"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
People so afraid of silence
Listen 'cause even your hearts are speakin'
How long before we find an answer?
How long before we find an answer?
Oh, the baby child still fightin'
Sing out with words we can still believe in
How long before we find the reason?
How long before we find an answer?
So say love you, search for love
And you'll find the answer
And then when you can find the answer
There'll only be another question
Sometimes I can feel the spirit shining
Just knowing his love's beside me
So close and still we keep on searching
How long until we find the answer?
So say love you, search for love
And you'll find
And love is still our best protection
Reach out and you will find the answer
How long before we find the answer?
And love is still our best protection
Reach out and you will find the answer
How long before we find an answer?
Listen 'cause even your hearts are speakin'
How long before we find an answer?
How long before we find an answer?
Oh, the baby child still fightin'
Sing out with words we can still believe in
How long before we find the reason?
How long before we find an answer?
So say love you, search for love
And you'll find the answer
And then when you can find the answer
There'll only be another question
Sometimes I can feel the spirit shining
Just knowing his love's beside me
So close and still we keep on searching
How long until we find the answer?
So say love you, search for love
And you'll find
And love is still our best protection
Reach out and you will find the answer
How long before we find the answer?
And love is still our best protection
Reach out and you will find the answer
How long before we find an answer?
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How Long? Lyrics as written by Carole Bayer Sager Tom Keane
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