"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.
We're together again (oh darlin')
We're together again (oh darlin')
Out of all the times you made me cry
Out of all the times you made me sigh
Still we're together again (we're together again)
We're together again (we're together again)
I didn't want ever want you to go
Darlin' I can't help but let the whole world know
That we're together again (we're together again)
We're together, together again
I didn't mean to ever leave you alone
I didn't mean to ever do you wrong
Now that you're back where you belong
I'm gonna love you all night long
We're together again (oh darlin')
We're together again (we're together again)
We're together again (we're together again)
We're together again (we're together again)
We're together again (we're together again)
Darlin'
We're together again
We're together again
We're together again
We're together again
We're together again (oh darlin')
Out of all the times you made me cry
Out of all the times you made me sigh
Still we're together again (we're together again)
We're together again (we're together again)
I didn't want ever want you to go
Darlin' I can't help but let the whole world know
That we're together again (we're together again)
We're together, together again
I didn't mean to ever leave you alone
I didn't mean to ever do you wrong
Now that you're back where you belong
I'm gonna love you all night long
We're together again (oh darlin')
We're together again (we're together again)
We're together again (we're together again)
We're together again (we're together again)
We're together again (we're together again)
Darlin'
We're together again
We're together again
We're together again
We're together again
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We're Together Again [Bonus Track] Lyrics as written by Ronald Lee Wilson
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