"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.
Stuck in the storm but there's no need to mourn
You're my roof, you're my shelter your love keeps me warm
We sail away
You and I
Oh thunder all around waves up and down
But I hold to this song I hold to the sound
So come what may
You and I
We put the stars to shame
What can I say
The earth it turns but we never fade away
Forever hold on
Forever stay close
All I ever need you'll be all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I ever know
Ah yeah wake from my slumber
Swallow above us
Time falls away and the spell that we're under
I don't fear
You and I
As we let go of all this
Nothing we don't miss
Pleasure explode and the second we kiss
Baby I don't fear
You and I
We put the stars to shame
What can I say
The earth it turns but we never fade away
Forever hold on
Forever stay close
All I ever need you'll be all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
We put the stars to shame
What can I say
The earth it turns but we never fade away
Forever hold on
Forever stay close
All I ever need you'll be all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I ever know
Stuck in the storm but there's no need to mourn
You're my roof, you're my shelter your love keeps me warm
We sail a-way
You and I
You're my roof, you're my shelter your love keeps me warm
We sail away
You and I
Oh thunder all around waves up and down
But I hold to this song I hold to the sound
So come what may
You and I
We put the stars to shame
What can I say
The earth it turns but we never fade away
Forever hold on
Forever stay close
All I ever need you'll be all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I ever know
Ah yeah wake from my slumber
Swallow above us
Time falls away and the spell that we're under
I don't fear
You and I
As we let go of all this
Nothing we don't miss
Pleasure explode and the second we kiss
Baby I don't fear
You and I
We put the stars to shame
What can I say
The earth it turns but we never fade away
Forever hold on
Forever stay close
All I ever need you'll be all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
We put the stars to shame
What can I say
The earth it turns but we never fade away
Forever hold on
Forever stay close
All I ever need you'll be all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I, all I ever know
You'll be all I, all I ever know
Stuck in the storm but there's no need to mourn
You're my roof, you're my shelter your love keeps me warm
We sail a-way
You and I
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