"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.
Lord, I stand in Your presence
Wanting You and needing You
And I am here and I surrender
All of me so I can see
Your will is where I desire to be
Take all of me
All that I have and all that I do
I give it to You, Lord, it's for You
Just take my hand
And I'll follow You
For all that I am
And all that I do, it's for You
You are my song
It's Your love that keeps me strong
And You are the light
In the darkness of my night
I'm lost without You
Broken without You
Oh, how I need You
Oh, how I need You
You make life worth living
Your grace always keep giving
I'm lost without You
Broken without You
Oh, how I need You
Oh, how I need You
Lord, have mercy, Lord have mercy
Ooh, have mercy
We need Your healing
Please give us healing
Lord, have mercy
Have mercy
Lord, have mercy
Have mercy
Oh Lord, Lord, I come
Broken in this place
Weak and poor
For all I have is Yours, all Yours
This life, these things
They can't compare to You
No wealth, no fame can separate
The one my heart adores
Yet, we take our eyes off You
We're blind in reaching for the truth
And now this whole world cries
Because it realizes
There is none quite like You
The earth, the stars, the universe
They just repeat these words so true
Life begins and life will end with You
Hear me singing
When I die, what will they say about me?
Will the work that I've done
Be enough to help someone?
When I die, will I draw men's hearts to You?
At the setting of the sun
Wanna hear You say
Well done, when I die
Well done, well done
I know He will make me the spirit and the [Incomprehensible]
Wanting You and needing You
And I am here and I surrender
All of me so I can see
Your will is where I desire to be
Take all of me
All that I have and all that I do
I give it to You, Lord, it's for You
Just take my hand
And I'll follow You
For all that I am
And all that I do, it's for You
You are my song
It's Your love that keeps me strong
And You are the light
In the darkness of my night
I'm lost without You
Broken without You
Oh, how I need You
Oh, how I need You
You make life worth living
Your grace always keep giving
I'm lost without You
Broken without You
Oh, how I need You
Oh, how I need You
Lord, have mercy, Lord have mercy
Ooh, have mercy
We need Your healing
Please give us healing
Lord, have mercy
Have mercy
Lord, have mercy
Have mercy
Oh Lord, Lord, I come
Broken in this place
Weak and poor
For all I have is Yours, all Yours
This life, these things
They can't compare to You
No wealth, no fame can separate
The one my heart adores
Yet, we take our eyes off You
We're blind in reaching for the truth
And now this whole world cries
Because it realizes
There is none quite like You
The earth, the stars, the universe
They just repeat these words so true
Life begins and life will end with You
Hear me singing
When I die, what will they say about me?
Will the work that I've done
Be enough to help someone?
When I die, will I draw men's hearts to You?
At the setting of the sun
Wanna hear You say
Well done, when I die
Well done, well done
I know He will make me the spirit and the [Incomprehensible]
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The Appeal Lyrics as written by Kirk Franklin
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