"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.
One looks for happiness
One longs to find a partner
One knows that nowadays
One love will be the answer
One sees a crazy world
One needs a fresh perspective
One comes to realize
One love's a true objective
One seeks a perfect verb
One learns to tell the difference
One finds in consequence
One love is all that makes sense
One hopes there'll be a way
One peers into the distance
One thinks that come what may
One love will be the best chance
One love, and only one
One love to last forever
One love, only one love
One love, it's now or never
One tries to draw a line
One draws a swift conclusion
One tells oneself in life
One love is the solution
One falls in love at last
One celebrates the meeting
One always will because
One love cannot be beaten
One love, and only one
One love with no misgivings
One love, only one love
One love, while we're still living
One tries to draw a line
One draws a swift conclusion
One tells oneself in life
One love is the solution
One falls in love at last
One celebrates the meeting
One always will because
One love cannot be beaten
One love, and only one
One love to last forever
One love, only one love
One love, it's now or never
One love, and only one
One love with no misgivings
One love, only one love
One love, while we're still living
One longs to find a partner
One knows that nowadays
One love will be the answer
One sees a crazy world
One needs a fresh perspective
One comes to realize
One love's a true objective
One seeks a perfect verb
One learns to tell the difference
One finds in consequence
One love is all that makes sense
One hopes there'll be a way
One peers into the distance
One thinks that come what may
One love will be the best chance
One love, and only one
One love to last forever
One love, only one love
One love, it's now or never
One tries to draw a line
One draws a swift conclusion
One tells oneself in life
One love is the solution
One falls in love at last
One celebrates the meeting
One always will because
One love cannot be beaten
One love, and only one
One love with no misgivings
One love, only one love
One love, while we're still living
One tries to draw a line
One draws a swift conclusion
One tells oneself in life
One love is the solution
One falls in love at last
One celebrates the meeting
One always will because
One love cannot be beaten
One love, and only one
One love to last forever
One love, only one love
One love, it's now or never
One love, and only one
One love with no misgivings
One love, only one love
One love, while we're still living
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One Love Lyrics as written by Ian Dury Chaz Jankel
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