"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.
We're the same and you don't even know it
We're afraid and we try not to show it
And you're tired and I am too
So there's only one thing you can do
You've got to hold me and tell me what you need
And don't be afraid of what you're feeling when
You know me then I'll never want to leave you just
Hold on to me
When we're apart
I still feel together
I still believe in a thing called forever
But we're drifting apart
It's true
And it's breaking my heart in two
You've got to hold me and tell me what you need
And don't be ( don't be ) afraid of what you' re feeling when
You ( know me ) know me then I'll never want to leave you just
Hold on to me
Hold on to me
We'll drive away where no one can find us
It's time to leave those dark days behind us
In my dreams it's always you
So there's only one thing we can do
You've got to hold me and tell me what you need
And don't be ( don't be ) afraid of what you' re feeling when
You ( know me ) know me then I'll never want to leave you just
Hold on to me
Just hold on to me
Still believe in a thing called forever
Still believe in a thing called forever
Still believe
We're afraid and we try not to show it
And you're tired and I am too
So there's only one thing you can do
You've got to hold me and tell me what you need
And don't be afraid of what you're feeling when
You know me then I'll never want to leave you just
Hold on to me
When we're apart
I still feel together
I still believe in a thing called forever
But we're drifting apart
It's true
And it's breaking my heart in two
You've got to hold me and tell me what you need
And don't be ( don't be ) afraid of what you' re feeling when
You ( know me ) know me then I'll never want to leave you just
Hold on to me
Hold on to me
We'll drive away where no one can find us
It's time to leave those dark days behind us
In my dreams it's always you
So there's only one thing we can do
You've got to hold me and tell me what you need
And don't be ( don't be ) afraid of what you' re feeling when
You ( know me ) know me then I'll never want to leave you just
Hold on to me
Just hold on to me
Still believe in a thing called forever
Still believe in a thing called forever
Still believe
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