"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've been through so much
And felt so much pain
When I'm going through fire
You're loves like the rain
That's why I need you and
Love you so much come hold me
Console me girl I need your touch
I never imagine a love so unique
I can hear Angels each time you speak
It feels like heaven there's peace in my life
And when you are here you make things alright
I feel your love running through my veins
There is no life without you
Do you feel the same life is to short
So lets not play games
Nothing else mattered girl before you came
[Chorus]
Say that you love me girl say that you care
This love is forever you'll always be near
Come on with me lets journey on
With out you with me girl I just can't go on
Just can't go on
Now this might sound crazy it just might sound strange
When I'm alone I'm calling your name (I call your name)
I go through your drawer when you're away
You are my life line I need to be saved
Send me an angel straight from above
Whose wise as a serpent soft as a dove
Sometimes I fall short and I get so weak
But you saw my faults and felt my needs
Whenever you're scared and need someone near
I'm right beside you there's no need to fear
I'll be your shoulder whenever you cry
Without you with me girl I'll surely die.
[Chorus]
We might have our strong days
We might even fight but we
Struggled for love and everything's alright
What ever it is we wither the storms
I just can't I just can't go on
[Chorus: x 2]
And felt so much pain
When I'm going through fire
You're loves like the rain
That's why I need you and
Love you so much come hold me
Console me girl I need your touch
I never imagine a love so unique
I can hear Angels each time you speak
It feels like heaven there's peace in my life
And when you are here you make things alright
I feel your love running through my veins
There is no life without you
Do you feel the same life is to short
So lets not play games
Nothing else mattered girl before you came
[Chorus]
Say that you love me girl say that you care
This love is forever you'll always be near
Come on with me lets journey on
With out you with me girl I just can't go on
Just can't go on
Now this might sound crazy it just might sound strange
When I'm alone I'm calling your name (I call your name)
I go through your drawer when you're away
You are my life line I need to be saved
Send me an angel straight from above
Whose wise as a serpent soft as a dove
Sometimes I fall short and I get so weak
But you saw my faults and felt my needs
Whenever you're scared and need someone near
I'm right beside you there's no need to fear
I'll be your shoulder whenever you cry
Without you with me girl I'll surely die.
[Chorus]
We might have our strong days
We might even fight but we
Struggled for love and everything's alright
What ever it is we wither the storms
I just can't I just can't go on
[Chorus: x 2]
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