"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.
I smoked my last cigarette
Threw that nasty habit away
Laid down my last dollar on my last bet
Didn't ever win anyway
Gave up the wine and whiskey
'Cause everybody said I should
But I'm givin' up on quittin' you, baby
'Cause it feels so damn good
You are my strongest weakness
Can't get enough, can't give you up
You are my deepest secret
I know it's wrong but I can't go on
And I try, try, try
I ask myself why, why, why?
My strongest weakness
You been runnin' around for a long time now
I know all the games you play
Sooner or later you will put me down
Gonna have to face it someday
But baby, every time you hold me
And I get another taste of your kiss
I feel a power comin' over me
That my body just can't miss
You are my strongest weakness
Can't get enough, can't give you up
You are my deepest secret
I know it's wrong but I can't go on
I try, try, try,
I ask myself why, why, why?
My strongest weakness
Why can't you just say no?
(Strongest weakness)
I said why can't I let you go?
(Strongest weakness)
Why, why do I keep, keep breakin' down?
(Strongest weakness)
I said why can't I turn around?
(Strongest weakness)
You know I try, try, try
I ask myself why, why, why?
I give in to you, baby
You are my strongest weakness
(Strongest weakness)
Can't get enough, can't give you up
(Deepest secret)
Deepest secret
(Strongest weakness)
Strongest weakness
(Deepest secret)
You are, you are
(Strongest weakness)
Threw that nasty habit away
Laid down my last dollar on my last bet
Didn't ever win anyway
Gave up the wine and whiskey
'Cause everybody said I should
But I'm givin' up on quittin' you, baby
'Cause it feels so damn good
You are my strongest weakness
Can't get enough, can't give you up
You are my deepest secret
I know it's wrong but I can't go on
And I try, try, try
I ask myself why, why, why?
My strongest weakness
You been runnin' around for a long time now
I know all the games you play
Sooner or later you will put me down
Gonna have to face it someday
But baby, every time you hold me
And I get another taste of your kiss
I feel a power comin' over me
That my body just can't miss
You are my strongest weakness
Can't get enough, can't give you up
You are my deepest secret
I know it's wrong but I can't go on
I try, try, try,
I ask myself why, why, why?
My strongest weakness
Why can't you just say no?
(Strongest weakness)
I said why can't I let you go?
(Strongest weakness)
Why, why do I keep, keep breakin' down?
(Strongest weakness)
I said why can't I turn around?
(Strongest weakness)
You know I try, try, try
I ask myself why, why, why?
I give in to you, baby
You are my strongest weakness
(Strongest weakness)
Can't get enough, can't give you up
(Deepest secret)
Deepest secret
(Strongest weakness)
Strongest weakness
(Deepest secret)
You are, you are
(Strongest weakness)
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Strongest Weakness Lyrics as written by Nicholson Bramlett
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