"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.
Don't know where to start 'cuz something ain't going right|Feel it in my soul 'cuz I've tried, oh baby|Tried to keep you satisfied, please don't cry|I just think we both need time||I just feel that we are in the same room|But living two worlds apart|And it's causing too much pain||[Chorus]|She said, ‘Baby can you please just stay|It ain't too late to work this thing out,'|I said, ‘Girl this ain't easy for me,|At least the truth is coming out'|She said, ‘Why can't we make up like the last time,|I'm just afraid to hear you say go.'|I said, ‘Baby I'm sorry,|I think it's time we let go.'||‘Baby don't leave, don't leave, don't leave,|Tell me you'll stay, you'll stay, you'll stay'|‘Gotta leave, gotta leave, gotta leave 'cuz|I think it's time we let go'||[Verse 2 - Kevin]|See these teardrops falling from your eyes (from your eyes)|That don't change my mind (oh baby)|Please don't make things more difficult then they gotta be|I can't take no more|This is killing me||And everytime I look at you|I see more reason for me to leave you,|And it's causing me too much pain yeah!||[Chorus]|She said, ‘Baby can you please just stay (stay)|It ain't too late to work this thing out, (I said)'|I said, ‘Girl this ain't easy for me,|At least the truth is coming out (coming out)'|She said, ‘Why can't we make up like the last time,|I'm just afraid to hear you say go.' (say go)|I said, ‘Baby I'm sorry,|I think it's time we let go.' (time to it let go)||‘Baby don't leave, don't leave, don't leave (baby don't leave)|Tell me you'll stay, you'll stay, you'll stay' (I gotta leave)|‘Gotta leave, gotta leave, gotta leave 'cuz|I think it's time we let go.' (think it's time to go)||‘Baby don't leave, don't leave, don't leave|Tell me you'll stay, you'll stay, you'll stay'|‘Gotta leave, gotta leave, gotta leave 'cuz|I think it's time we let go.'||[Kevin & Travis]|Time that we let go!||[Chorus]|She said, ‘Baby can you please just stay (please just stay)|It ain't too late to work this thing out, (this thing out)'|I said, ‘Girl this ain't easy for me,|At least the truth is coming out (coming out)' (she said)|She said, ‘Why can't we make up like the last time, (make up the last time)|I'm just afraid to hear you say go.' (wanna say go)|I said, ‘Baby I'm sorry, (GO!) (say go)|I think it's time we let go.' (time we let go)||‘Baby don't leave, don't leave, don't leave (I gotta leave) (I gotta leave)|Tell me you'll stay, you'll stay, you'll stay' (I gotta leave) (I gotta leave)|‘Gotta leave, gotta leave, gotta leave 'cuz|I think it's time we let go.' (no, no, no, no)||‘Baby don't leave, don't leave, don't leave (I gotta leave) (I gotta leave)|Tell me you'll stay, you'll stay, you'll stay' (I can't stay) (I can't stay)|‘Gotta leave, gotta leave, gotta leave 'cuz|I think it's time we let go.'|
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