"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.
You left me alone with nothin' but a heartache
Don't leave me alone livin' with a heartache
After all this time
I still wish you were mine
I miss you every day
Come back to me and stay
Livin' with a heartache
Livin' with a heartache
I've loved you for so long
It's hard to believe that you've really gone
And I'll try to change to what I should be (I will change)
I'm no good alone you know-a everyone sees
That you left me alone with nothin' but a heartache (nothin' but a heartache)
But don't leave me alone livin' with a heartache (with a heartache)
After all this time
I still wish you were mine
I miss you every day
Come back to me and stay
Livin' with a heartache
Livin' with a heartache
Please come back and stay with me
Give our love a chance and maybe you'll see
My love is true like a heart of gold (love is true)
I promise you a love you can hold (promise you)
Still you left me alone with nothin' but a heartache (nothin' but a heartache)
But don't leave me alone livin' with a heartache (with a heartache)
After all this time
I still wish you were mine
I miss you every day
Come back to me and stay
I'm livin' with a heartache
I'm livin' with a heartache
We are strangers since we've been apart
And I can't live inside this broken heart
So now I say what's on my mind (on my mind)
It's up to you, are we wasting time (up to you)
You left me alone livin' with a heartache (livin' with a heartache)
Now don't leave me alone livin' with a heartache (with a heartache)
After all this time
I still wish you were mine
I miss you every day
Come back to me and stay
Livin' with a heartache
Livin' with a heartache
Don't leave me livin' with a heartache
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
Don't leave me alone livin' with a heartache
After all this time
I still wish you were mine
I miss you every day
Come back to me and stay
Livin' with a heartache
Livin' with a heartache
I've loved you for so long
It's hard to believe that you've really gone
And I'll try to change to what I should be (I will change)
I'm no good alone you know-a everyone sees
That you left me alone with nothin' but a heartache (nothin' but a heartache)
But don't leave me alone livin' with a heartache (with a heartache)
After all this time
I still wish you were mine
I miss you every day
Come back to me and stay
Livin' with a heartache
Livin' with a heartache
Please come back and stay with me
Give our love a chance and maybe you'll see
My love is true like a heart of gold (love is true)
I promise you a love you can hold (promise you)
Still you left me alone with nothin' but a heartache (nothin' but a heartache)
But don't leave me alone livin' with a heartache (with a heartache)
After all this time
I still wish you were mine
I miss you every day
Come back to me and stay
I'm livin' with a heartache
I'm livin' with a heartache
We are strangers since we've been apart
And I can't live inside this broken heart
So now I say what's on my mind (on my mind)
It's up to you, are we wasting time (up to you)
You left me alone livin' with a heartache (livin' with a heartache)
Now don't leave me alone livin' with a heartache (with a heartache)
After all this time
I still wish you were mine
I miss you every day
Come back to me and stay
Livin' with a heartache
Livin' with a heartache
Don't leave me livin' with a heartache
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
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