"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.
Baby you can't go on
Wondering where you belong
Let me help you find yourself
Cause you don't need nobody else
Ahh you should be right here with me babe
Instead of going round this frantic town
And start messin around
With all the lonely lonely people out there
No one to care
Why don't you come and stay with me
Because I love you so
You tell me you love me so
Why do you have to go
Everything you'll ever need
You will find right here with me
Ahh you should be right here with me babe
Instead of going round this frantic town
And start messin around
With all the lonely lonely people out there
No one to care
Why don't you come and stay with me
Because I love you so
Stay with me, stay with me
Stay with me, stay with me
Stay with me, stay with me
Stay with me, stay with me
Stay with me
Ahh you should be with me babe
Ahh you shouldn't go no where
And all I'm trying to tell you babe
Happiness is waiting for you
So won't you stay with me? so won't you stay with me?
I got what you need
So won't you stay with me?
Don't go nowhere baby, don't go, no, no
I got what ya need
So won't you stay with me?
Don't go, don't go, I love you so
(repeat 3x to fade)
Wondering where you belong
Let me help you find yourself
Cause you don't need nobody else
Ahh you should be right here with me babe
Instead of going round this frantic town
And start messin around
With all the lonely lonely people out there
No one to care
Why don't you come and stay with me
Because I love you so
You tell me you love me so
Why do you have to go
Everything you'll ever need
You will find right here with me
Ahh you should be right here with me babe
Instead of going round this frantic town
And start messin around
With all the lonely lonely people out there
No one to care
Why don't you come and stay with me
Because I love you so
Stay with me, stay with me
Stay with me, stay with me
Stay with me, stay with me
Stay with me, stay with me
Stay with me
Ahh you should be with me babe
Ahh you shouldn't go no where
And all I'm trying to tell you babe
Happiness is waiting for you
So won't you stay with me? so won't you stay with me?
I got what you need
So won't you stay with me?
Don't go nowhere baby, don't go, no, no
I got what ya need
So won't you stay with me?
Don't go, don't go, I love you so
(repeat 3x to fade)
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Stay With Me Lyrics as written by Brian Kelly Mcknight
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