"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.
Well, I fell beyond the blue
It's just you and me, baby
I, I don't know
Why I can't get over you
Every night it's true
My problem is you, yeah
Early this morning
You were on my mind
Trouble everywhere
But I'm, I'm fine, doin' just fine
That's true
My, my, my, my problem is you
A biggest problem, baby
(My problem is you)
Let me just say that
Every night it's true
My problem is you, yeah
(My problem is you)
Early this morning
You were on my mind
There's trouble everywhere
But I'm doin' just fine
Sure it's true, babe
I can't seem to get on with you
And my problem is you
Every night is through
My, my biggest problem seemed to be you
And this morning
You were on my mind
There maybe trouble everywhere
But I'm doin' just fine
I know it's true
I, I, I can't seem to get over you
Oh baby, my problem is you
Every night is through
I can't seem to get over you
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
My problem is you
I know it's true
I know it's through
Every night it's through
I can't seem to get over you, girl
So long, baby
So long
It's just you and me, baby
I, I don't know
Why I can't get over you
Every night it's true
My problem is you, yeah
Early this morning
You were on my mind
Trouble everywhere
But I'm, I'm fine, doin' just fine
That's true
My, my, my, my problem is you
A biggest problem, baby
(My problem is you)
Let me just say that
Every night it's true
My problem is you, yeah
(My problem is you)
Early this morning
You were on my mind
There's trouble everywhere
But I'm doin' just fine
Sure it's true, babe
I can't seem to get on with you
And my problem is you
Every night is through
My, my biggest problem seemed to be you
And this morning
You were on my mind
There maybe trouble everywhere
But I'm doin' just fine
I know it's true
I, I, I can't seem to get over you
Oh baby, my problem is you
Every night is through
I can't seem to get over you
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
My problem is you
I know it's true
I know it's through
Every night it's through
I can't seem to get over you, girl
So long, baby
So long
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