"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.
Sometimes it's wrong to walk away, though you think it's over
Knowing there's so much more to say
And suddenly the moment's gone
And all your dreams are upside down
And you just want to change the way the world goes round, tell me
Have you ever loved and lost somebody
Wished there was a chance to say I'm sorry
Can't you see, that's the way I feel about you and me, baby
Have you ever felt your heart was breaking
Looking down the road you should be taking
I should know, 'cause I loved and lost, the day I let you go
Can't help but think that this is wrong
We should be together
Back in your arms where I belong
And now I've finally realized
It was forever that I've found (forever that I've found)
I'd give it all to change the way the world goes round, tell me
Have you ever loved and lost somebody
Wished there was a chance to say I'm sorry
Can't you see, that's the way I feel about you and me, baby
Have you ever felt your heart was breaking
Looking down the road you should be taking
I should know (I should know), 'cause I loved and lost, the day I let you go
I really want to hear you say, that you know just how it feels
To have it all and let it slip away, can't you see
Even though the moment's gone (moment's gone), I'm still holding on somehow
Wishing I could change the way the world goes round, tell me
Have you ever loved and lost somebody
Wished there was a chance to say I'm sorry
Can't you see, that's the way I feel about you and me, baby
Have you ever felt your heart was breaking
Looking down the road you should be taking
I should know (I should know), 'cause I loved and lost, the day I let
Yes I loved and lost the day I let
Yes I loved and lost the day I let you go
Knowing there's so much more to say
And suddenly the moment's gone
And all your dreams are upside down
And you just want to change the way the world goes round, tell me
Have you ever loved and lost somebody
Wished there was a chance to say I'm sorry
Can't you see, that's the way I feel about you and me, baby
Have you ever felt your heart was breaking
Looking down the road you should be taking
I should know, 'cause I loved and lost, the day I let you go
Can't help but think that this is wrong
We should be together
Back in your arms where I belong
And now I've finally realized
It was forever that I've found (forever that I've found)
I'd give it all to change the way the world goes round, tell me
Have you ever loved and lost somebody
Wished there was a chance to say I'm sorry
Can't you see, that's the way I feel about you and me, baby
Have you ever felt your heart was breaking
Looking down the road you should be taking
I should know (I should know), 'cause I loved and lost, the day I let you go
I really want to hear you say, that you know just how it feels
To have it all and let it slip away, can't you see
Even though the moment's gone (moment's gone), I'm still holding on somehow
Wishing I could change the way the world goes round, tell me
Have you ever loved and lost somebody
Wished there was a chance to say I'm sorry
Can't you see, that's the way I feel about you and me, baby
Have you ever felt your heart was breaking
Looking down the road you should be taking
I should know (I should know), 'cause I loved and lost, the day I let
Yes I loved and lost the day I let
Yes I loved and lost the day I let you go
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