"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.
O holy night
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night
Of the dear Savior's birth
Long lay the world
In sin and error pining
Till he appeared
And the soul felt its worth
The thrill of hope
The weary soul rejoices
For yonder breaks
A new and glorious morn
Fall on your knees
Oh, hear the angels' voices
O night divine
O holy night
When Christ was born
O night divine
O holy night
When Christ was born
When Christ was born
Led by the light
A face supremely beaming
With glowing heart
By His cradle we stand
So led by light
Of the star so sweetly beaming
Here came the Wise Men
From far different lands
A king of kings
Is born, the world rejoices
In all our trials
Born to be our friend
Fall on your knees
Oh, hear the angels' voices
O night divine
O holy night
When Christ was born
O night
O holy night
When Christ was born
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night
Of the dear Savior's birth
Long lay the world
In sin and error pining
Till he appeared
And the soul felt its worth
The thrill of hope
The weary soul rejoices
For yonder breaks
A new and glorious morn
Fall on your knees
Oh, hear the angels' voices
O night divine
O holy night
When Christ was born
O night divine
O holy night
When Christ was born
When Christ was born
Led by the light
A face supremely beaming
With glowing heart
By His cradle we stand
So led by light
Of the star so sweetly beaming
Here came the Wise Men
From far different lands
A king of kings
Is born, the world rejoices
In all our trials
Born to be our friend
Fall on your knees
Oh, hear the angels' voices
O night divine
O holy night
When Christ was born
O night
O holy night
When Christ was born
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