"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.
Woke up this morning with my heart on fire
Held on to what I'd been dreaming
Woke up this morning, I had one desire
To get back to what I'd been seeing
Heaven, it was heaven
I have never known a bliss
Witnessed anything like this
Glowing all over as I started on my feet
Thought I heard somebody calling
Heaven, it was heaven
Now I know I've seen the light
Make it go on shining
I keep on searching for the way to your heart
Try to believe it's getting better
Please, take me all the way to your heart
I want you, oh
All the sweet kisses, all the tenderness
That I'm being shared all around me
Only remind me of my only stress
No loving arms to surround me
Falling, I am falling
You could help me out of there
Being mine forever
I keep on searching for the way to your heart
Try to believe it's getting better
Babe, take me all the way to your heart
I want you, oh
You got it, you got it
There'll be no doubt about it
Nobody's going keep me from you, oh
I want you, I need you
I'll find a way to get through
Nobody's going keep me from you
Heaven, it was heaven
Now I know I've seen the light
Make it go on shining
I keep on searching for the way to your heart
Try to believe it's getting better
Babe, take me all the way to your heart
I want you, oh
I keep on searching for the way to your heart
Try to believe it's getting better
Please, take me all the way to your heart
I want you, I want you, oh
Keep on searchin' for the way to your heart
Try to believe it's getting better
Babe, babe, baby, baby, I want you, oh
Held on to what I'd been dreaming
Woke up this morning, I had one desire
To get back to what I'd been seeing
Heaven, it was heaven
I have never known a bliss
Witnessed anything like this
Glowing all over as I started on my feet
Thought I heard somebody calling
Heaven, it was heaven
Now I know I've seen the light
Make it go on shining
I keep on searching for the way to your heart
Try to believe it's getting better
Please, take me all the way to your heart
I want you, oh
All the sweet kisses, all the tenderness
That I'm being shared all around me
Only remind me of my only stress
No loving arms to surround me
Falling, I am falling
You could help me out of there
Being mine forever
I keep on searching for the way to your heart
Try to believe it's getting better
Babe, take me all the way to your heart
I want you, oh
You got it, you got it
There'll be no doubt about it
Nobody's going keep me from you, oh
I want you, I need you
I'll find a way to get through
Nobody's going keep me from you
Heaven, it was heaven
Now I know I've seen the light
Make it go on shining
I keep on searching for the way to your heart
Try to believe it's getting better
Babe, take me all the way to your heart
I want you, oh
I keep on searching for the way to your heart
Try to believe it's getting better
Please, take me all the way to your heart
I want you, I want you, oh
Keep on searchin' for the way to your heart
Try to believe it's getting better
Babe, babe, baby, baby, I want you, oh
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