"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.
ikiba tozashi ta haritsume ta kanshoku wa
doka anata e tadoritsuki taku te
I just want to see you
Coz I miss you
I'm just for you
itoshi sa ni unasare te kodoku no naka de nemuru yume
kurushiku te koware so de kimi no kakera
togire nagara?
Cold rain pours into my heart without mercy
Sad day piled up in my mind without mercy
I'm sick for you about them
Dear, can you hear me?
My heart seek you
Save me god
seijaku no naka yuutsu ni fusagare te
saikai o matsu kansho wa hakanaku te
I just want to see you
Coz I miss you
I'm just for you
kanashimi ni mitasare te kodoku no naka de utau imi
sabishiku te wasure so de kimi no kioku
yurameku mama?
Cold rain pours into my heart without mercy
Sad day piled up in my mind without mercy
I'm sick for you about them
Dear, can you hear me?
My heart seek you
Save me god
tatoeba kono omoi wa kasanarikageru tsuki ni
kotoba kake zu miokuru taiyo
itoshi sa ni unasare te kodoku no naka de nemuru yume
kurushiku te koware so de kimi no kakera
togire nagara?
Cold rain pours into my heart without mercy
Sad day piled up in my mind without mercy
I'm sick for you about them
Dear, can you hear me?
My heart seek you
Save me god
doka anata e tadoritsuki taku te
I just want to see you
Coz I miss you
I'm just for you
itoshi sa ni unasare te kodoku no naka de nemuru yume
kurushiku te koware so de kimi no kakera
togire nagara?
Cold rain pours into my heart without mercy
Sad day piled up in my mind without mercy
I'm sick for you about them
Dear, can you hear me?
My heart seek you
Save me god
seijaku no naka yuutsu ni fusagare te
saikai o matsu kansho wa hakanaku te
I just want to see you
Coz I miss you
I'm just for you
kanashimi ni mitasare te kodoku no naka de utau imi
sabishiku te wasure so de kimi no kioku
yurameku mama?
Cold rain pours into my heart without mercy
Sad day piled up in my mind without mercy
I'm sick for you about them
Dear, can you hear me?
My heart seek you
Save me god
tatoeba kono omoi wa kasanarikageru tsuki ni
kotoba kake zu miokuru taiyo
itoshi sa ni unasare te kodoku no naka de nemuru yume
kurushiku te koware so de kimi no kakera
togire nagara?
Cold rain pours into my heart without mercy
Sad day piled up in my mind without mercy
I'm sick for you about them
Dear, can you hear me?
My heart seek you
Save me god
Lyrics submitted by anniedelmar
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