"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.
So they say, she's a bad girl
Some say she's a bitch, she's a liar
Fucking with her is like playing with fire
So I'll say (so I'll say)
hey that's my girl (that's my girl)
And I'mma be the one that's gon' make her better
And you can always see the two of us together
'Cause when I'm going through some things I
Know that she's my daylight
In the middle of the darkness
I can see things clearly
Because she's near me yeah
Ain't no way I'm letting her go
See I've been warned by everyone around me
She gon' be the death of me oh yeah
But ain't no way I'm letting her go (no)
See all the money in this world don't mean
Nothing without her, nothing without her yeah
So they say, she's a problem
It ain't nothin' 'cause I'm known to be a solver
And I ain't worried about what other people call her
So I'll say (so I'll say)
I tamed a wild one (I tamed a wild one)
I ain't saying I can make nobody perfect
But I can really see what's underneath the surface
'Cause when I'm looking in her eyes I
See there's love inside I
Wanna be the one to show her
That I'm truly devoted
She's gonna know it yeah so
Ain't no way I'm letting her go
See I've been warned by everyone around me
She gon' be the death of me oh yeah
But ain't no way I'm letting her go (no)
See all the money in this world don't mean
Nothing without her, nothing without her yeah
Let me be the reason baby let me be the 'cause
Let me the only one you let up in your heart
Let me be the picture, sitting in your frame
Let me be your lover, I'll let you be the same
Let me be the reason baby let me be the 'cause
Let me the only one you let up in your heart
Let me be the picture, sitting in your frame
Let me be your lover, I'll let you be the same
Ain't no way I'm letting her go
See I've been warned by everyone around me
She gon' be the death of me oh yeah
But ain't no way I'm letting her go (no)
See all the money in this world don't mean
Nothing without her, nothing without her yeah
Some say she's a bitch, she's a liar
Fucking with her is like playing with fire
So I'll say (so I'll say)
hey that's my girl (that's my girl)
And I'mma be the one that's gon' make her better
And you can always see the two of us together
'Cause when I'm going through some things I
Know that she's my daylight
In the middle of the darkness
I can see things clearly
Because she's near me yeah
Ain't no way I'm letting her go
See I've been warned by everyone around me
She gon' be the death of me oh yeah
But ain't no way I'm letting her go (no)
See all the money in this world don't mean
Nothing without her, nothing without her yeah
So they say, she's a problem
It ain't nothin' 'cause I'm known to be a solver
And I ain't worried about what other people call her
So I'll say (so I'll say)
I tamed a wild one (I tamed a wild one)
I ain't saying I can make nobody perfect
But I can really see what's underneath the surface
'Cause when I'm looking in her eyes I
See there's love inside I
Wanna be the one to show her
That I'm truly devoted
She's gonna know it yeah so
Ain't no way I'm letting her go
See I've been warned by everyone around me
She gon' be the death of me oh yeah
But ain't no way I'm letting her go (no)
See all the money in this world don't mean
Nothing without her, nothing without her yeah
Let me be the reason baby let me be the 'cause
Let me the only one you let up in your heart
Let me be the picture, sitting in your frame
Let me be your lover, I'll let you be the same
Let me be the reason baby let me be the 'cause
Let me the only one you let up in your heart
Let me be the picture, sitting in your frame
Let me be your lover, I'll let you be the same
Ain't no way I'm letting her go
See I've been warned by everyone around me
She gon' be the death of me oh yeah
But ain't no way I'm letting her go (no)
See all the money in this world don't mean
Nothing without her, nothing without her yeah
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Nothing Without Her Lyrics as written by Cornell Haynes Richard Butler
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