"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.
Won't you take me back to school?
I need to learn the golden rule
Won't you lay it on the line?
I need to hear it just one more time
Oh, won't you tell me again?
Oh, can you feel it?
Oh, won't you tell me again tonight?
Each and every heart it seems,
Is bounded by a world of dreams
Each and every rising sun,
Is greeted by a lonely one
Oh, won't you tell me again?
Oh, can you feel it?
Oh, won't you tell me again tonight?
Cause out on the ocean of life my love
There a so many storms we must rise above
Can you hear the spirit calling, as it's carried across the waves?
You're already falling it's calling you back to face the music
And the song that is coming through
You're already falling the one that it's calling is you
My a promise take a vow
And trust your feelings it easy now
Understand The Voice within
And feel a change already beginning
Oh, won't you tell me again?
Oh, can you feel it?
Oh, won't you tell me again tonight? Tonight?
Oh, won't you tell me again?
Oh, can you feel it?
Oh, won't you tell me again tonight?
And how many words have I got to say?
And how many times will it be this way?
With your arms around the future and your back up against the past
You're already falling it's calling you on to face the music
And the song that is coming through
You're already falling the one that it's calling is you
Each and every heart it seems,
Is bounded by a world of dreams
Each and every rising sun,
Is greeted by, a lonely, lonely one
Won't you tell me again?
Oh, can you feel it?
Oh, won't you tell me again tonight?
I need to learn the golden rule
Won't you lay it on the line?
I need to hear it just one more time
Oh, won't you tell me again?
Oh, can you feel it?
Oh, won't you tell me again tonight?
Each and every heart it seems,
Is bounded by a world of dreams
Each and every rising sun,
Is greeted by a lonely one
Oh, won't you tell me again?
Oh, can you feel it?
Oh, won't you tell me again tonight?
Cause out on the ocean of life my love
There a so many storms we must rise above
Can you hear the spirit calling, as it's carried across the waves?
You're already falling it's calling you back to face the music
And the song that is coming through
You're already falling the one that it's calling is you
My a promise take a vow
And trust your feelings it easy now
Understand The Voice within
And feel a change already beginning
Oh, won't you tell me again?
Oh, can you feel it?
Oh, won't you tell me again tonight? Tonight?
Oh, won't you tell me again?
Oh, can you feel it?
Oh, won't you tell me again tonight?
And how many words have I got to say?
And how many times will it be this way?
With your arms around the future and your back up against the past
You're already falling it's calling you on to face the music
And the song that is coming through
You're already falling the one that it's calling is you
Each and every heart it seems,
Is bounded by a world of dreams
Each and every rising sun,
Is greeted by, a lonely, lonely one
Won't you tell me again?
Oh, can you feel it?
Oh, won't you tell me again tonight?
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