"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.
Take cover, young lovers,
Fall apart at the seams
It's stainless steel, that's how I feel,
You're the girl of my dreams
Well I tried to call you on the phone,
Your dad said that you weren't at home
But we are, picking up the pieces of our lovin'
Over and over again
Picking up the pieces let's do it again
We're picking up the pieces,
Picking up the pieces of our love
Well, I need your lovin'
To show me what I am
And I want your body
To make me feel like a man
You know that I'm down on my knees,
You know it's you that I want to please, please
Picking up the pieces of our lovin'
Over and over again
Picking up the pieces let's do it again
We're picking up the pieces,
Picking up the pieces of our love
Fall apart at the seams
It's stainless steel, that's how I feel,
You're the girl of my dreams
Well I tried to call you on the phone,
Your dad said that you weren't at home
But we are, picking up the pieces of our lovin'
Over and over again
Picking up the pieces let's do it again
We're picking up the pieces,
Picking up the pieces of our love
Well, I need your lovin'
To show me what I am
And I want your body
To make me feel like a man
You know that I'm down on my knees,
You know it's you that I want to please, please
Picking up the pieces of our lovin'
Over and over again
Picking up the pieces let's do it again
We're picking up the pieces,
Picking up the pieces of our love
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Picking up the Pieces [Previously Unreleased Track] Lyrics as written by Randy Rhoads Kevin Dubrow
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