"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.
Eighty-Six Charlie came over
He asked me for a favor
Asked me a question
Asked me to make an exception
Eighty-Six Charlie, he came back
Said he'd been thinking it over
Said he's had a change of heart
He thinks he's made a grave mistake
But I, I'll never forget you
I'll never forget you
You make things so easy
I'll never forget you
Eighty-Six Charlie, he came back, he came back
Sat down at the table, and for the last time
Said he's finally made up his mind
He wonders if it's not too late
It's not too late because
I'll never forget you
I'll never forget you
You made me so angry
I'll never forget you
He asked me for a favor
Asked me a question
Asked me to make an exception
Eighty-Six Charlie, he came back
Said he'd been thinking it over
Said he's had a change of heart
He thinks he's made a grave mistake
But I, I'll never forget you
I'll never forget you
You make things so easy
I'll never forget you
Eighty-Six Charlie, he came back, he came back
Sat down at the table, and for the last time
Said he's finally made up his mind
He wonders if it's not too late
It's not too late because
I'll never forget you
I'll never forget you
You made me so angry
I'll never forget you
Lyrics submitted by sassiellsworth, edited by gkwldnjs2127
I'll Never Forget You Lyrics as written by Francis Farewell Starlite
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