"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.
There's four words
On the tip of my tongue
That I couldn't say to just anyone
Maybe I'm crazy to say them to you
My hearts fighting
Sweet temptations - since you sparked my imagination
Baby baby - I'm bad about you
Trying hard to keep control
And tell you more than you need to know
Anything to keep my cool - tow the line not break the rules
I've been good for most of my life
But you could change all that tonight
Baby,baby I'm bad about you
Trying hard to keep control
And tell you more than you need to know
Anything to keep my cool - tow the line not break the rules
My hearts fighting
Sweet temptations - since you sparked my imagination
Baby baby - I'm bad about you
I've been good for most of my life
But you could change all that tonight
Baby,baby I'm bad about you
Baby,baby I'm bad about you
On the tip of my tongue
That I couldn't say to just anyone
Maybe I'm crazy to say them to you
My hearts fighting
Sweet temptations - since you sparked my imagination
Baby baby - I'm bad about you
Trying hard to keep control
And tell you more than you need to know
Anything to keep my cool - tow the line not break the rules
I've been good for most of my life
But you could change all that tonight
Baby,baby I'm bad about you
Trying hard to keep control
And tell you more than you need to know
Anything to keep my cool - tow the line not break the rules
My hearts fighting
Sweet temptations - since you sparked my imagination
Baby baby - I'm bad about you
I've been good for most of my life
But you could change all that tonight
Baby,baby I'm bad about you
Baby,baby I'm bad about you
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What I Say Lyrics as written by Ray Charles
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