"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 will keep you in
(Perfect Peace)
Perfect Peace
All who's mine
(Stayed on me)
Stayed on me
I will keep you in
(Perfect Peace)
Perfect Peace
All who's mind
(Stayed on me)
Stayed on me
Remember the earth is the Lords
And the fullness thereof
The whole world and thing that dwell therein
(All belongs to him who has made)
All belongs to him who has made
Made us
He watches me
So why should I
(So why should I be bound)
When God has set me free
(When God has set me free)
Can you tell me
Tell me why, tell me why
(So why should I be bound when)
When Jesus, when Jesus
(Jesus died for you and me)
This is what he's done,
He has lifted
(Lifted)
He's lifted
(All of my burdens)
All of my burdens
He's lifted all of my burdens
(All away) All away
Said he is, yes he is
(He is the keeper of my soul)
The keeper of, He is the keeper
Of my soul
(My soul)
My soul
Don't you know that
(God will)
God will
(Make a way out of no way)
Make a way
Out of no way
Oh yes
(Oh yes)
Said so glad
So glad
(So glad that He's my savior)
That He's my savior
Yes He is, Yes He is
(He watches me)
He watches me
Said He is
He is a keeper
(He is a)
Jesus is a keeper
(Keeper of)
He is a keeper of
(My soul)
My soul
He holds me, He cradles me
He takes care of me
Yes! Yes!
Let him be the keeper (He is)
Let him be the keeper (the keeper)
The keeper of your soul (my soul)
I stopped right here to tell you
He'll make a way for you
He'll open doorways no man can shut
He'll be with you through the thick and thin
Yes He will
Yes He will
He is the keeper
Yes He is, yes he is,
Yes He is the keeper
Yes He is the keeper of my soul
(He is the keeper of my soul)
My soul
(My soul)
(Perfect Peace)
Perfect Peace
All who's mine
(Stayed on me)
Stayed on me
I will keep you in
(Perfect Peace)
Perfect Peace
All who's mind
(Stayed on me)
Stayed on me
Remember the earth is the Lords
And the fullness thereof
The whole world and thing that dwell therein
(All belongs to him who has made)
All belongs to him who has made
Made us
He watches me
So why should I
(So why should I be bound)
When God has set me free
(When God has set me free)
Can you tell me
Tell me why, tell me why
(So why should I be bound when)
When Jesus, when Jesus
(Jesus died for you and me)
This is what he's done,
He has lifted
(Lifted)
He's lifted
(All of my burdens)
All of my burdens
He's lifted all of my burdens
(All away) All away
Said he is, yes he is
(He is the keeper of my soul)
The keeper of, He is the keeper
Of my soul
(My soul)
My soul
Don't you know that
(God will)
God will
(Make a way out of no way)
Make a way
Out of no way
Oh yes
(Oh yes)
Said so glad
So glad
(So glad that He's my savior)
That He's my savior
Yes He is, Yes He is
(He watches me)
He watches me
Said He is
He is a keeper
(He is a)
Jesus is a keeper
(Keeper of)
He is a keeper of
(My soul)
My soul
He holds me, He cradles me
He takes care of me
Yes! Yes!
Let him be the keeper (He is)
Let him be the keeper (the keeper)
The keeper of your soul (my soul)
I stopped right here to tell you
He'll make a way for you
He'll open doorways no man can shut
He'll be with you through the thick and thin
Yes He will
Yes He will
He is the keeper
Yes He is, yes he is,
Yes He is the keeper
Yes He is the keeper of my soul
(He is the keeper of my soul)
My soul
(My soul)
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