"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.
As we stroll along together
Holding hands walking all along
So in love are we two
That we don't know what to do
So in love (do so in love)
In a world of our own (do so in love)
As we walk by the sea together
Under stars twinkling high above
So in love are we two
No one else but me and you
So in love (do so in love)
So much in love (do so in love)
So in love (do so in love)
So much in love (do so in love)
We stroll along together
I tell you, I need you oh so much
I love, I love you my darling
Can you tell it in my touch
As we walk down the aisle together
We will vow to be together till we die
So in love are we two
Just can't wait to say I do
So in love (do so in love)
In a world of our own
(Do so in love) so in love
(Do so in love) are you and I
(Do so in love)
Baby, I hope you realize
That you mean so much to me
You're everything I ever wanted in a woman
To touch, to feel your body close to me
And I just want to hold you in my arms forever
Can you (I love you baby) tell it in my touch
As we walk down the aisle together
We will vow to be together till we die
So in love are we two
Are we two just can't wait to say I do
So in love (do so in love)
Are you and I (do so in love)
So in love (do so in love)
Are you and I (do so in love)
(Do so in love) so in love
(Do so in love) so in love
(Do so in love) so in love
(Do so in love) so in love
Holding hands walking all along
So in love are we two
That we don't know what to do
So in love (do so in love)
In a world of our own (do so in love)
As we walk by the sea together
Under stars twinkling high above
So in love are we two
No one else but me and you
So in love (do so in love)
So much in love (do so in love)
So in love (do so in love)
So much in love (do so in love)
We stroll along together
I tell you, I need you oh so much
I love, I love you my darling
Can you tell it in my touch
As we walk down the aisle together
We will vow to be together till we die
So in love are we two
Just can't wait to say I do
So in love (do so in love)
In a world of our own
(Do so in love) so in love
(Do so in love) are you and I
(Do so in love)
Baby, I hope you realize
That you mean so much to me
You're everything I ever wanted in a woman
To touch, to feel your body close to me
And I just want to hold you in my arms forever
Can you (I love you baby) tell it in my touch
As we walk down the aisle together
We will vow to be together till we die
So in love are we two
Are we two just can't wait to say I do
So in love (do so in love)
Are you and I (do so in love)
So in love (do so in love)
Are you and I (do so in love)
(Do so in love) so in love
(Do so in love) so in love
(Do so in love) so in love
(Do so in love) so in love
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