"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.
* kono mama issho ni iyou yo
zutto futari de issho ni iyou
atashi no Power subete ageru wa
dare ni mo makenai Power wo anata ni
kore kara atashitachi koi ni ochite
kore kara atashitachi beddo de asa ni ohayou
penki de makka ni nutta mitaina haato
itsu made mo kienai no
ano sora no shita de aou yo futari no ai wa eien yo
anata to nara daijoubu
samishiku natta toki denwa suru wa
kanashiku natta toki anata no mae de nakibeso
ureshiku natta toki ichiban ni jiman suru no
tanoshii toki wa mochiron anata to issho ne
kono mama de issho ni iyou yo
zutto futari de issho ni iyou
anata no kimochi wakatteiru wa
kikanakutatte sonna no shouchi yo
hajimete atta toki pin to kita no
anata ni atta toki [kore da.] tte sou omotta no
umi wo hasami de kitte Love Letter kakou kana
ima ichiban no koibito sekaijuu no futari nante
atashitachi ni kanau hito wa kitto inai ne
anata to iru to ne "hajimete" ookute
karada no naka kara "waku waku" umareru no
[kitto dekiru yo!] tte senaka tatakaretara
chounouryoku datte machigai nashi ne
kono mama issho ni iyou yo
zutto futari de issho ni iyou
anata ga suki suki suki daisuki
Power zenkai
* repeat
zutto futari de issho ni iyou
atashi no Power subete ageru wa
dare ni mo makenai Power wo anata ni
kore kara atashitachi koi ni ochite
kore kara atashitachi beddo de asa ni ohayou
penki de makka ni nutta mitaina haato
itsu made mo kienai no
ano sora no shita de aou yo futari no ai wa eien yo
anata to nara daijoubu
samishiku natta toki denwa suru wa
kanashiku natta toki anata no mae de nakibeso
ureshiku natta toki ichiban ni jiman suru no
tanoshii toki wa mochiron anata to issho ne
kono mama de issho ni iyou yo
zutto futari de issho ni iyou
anata no kimochi wakatteiru wa
kikanakutatte sonna no shouchi yo
hajimete atta toki pin to kita no
anata ni atta toki [kore da.] tte sou omotta no
umi wo hasami de kitte Love Letter kakou kana
ima ichiban no koibito sekaijuu no futari nante
atashitachi ni kanau hito wa kitto inai ne
anata to iru to ne "hajimete" ookute
karada no naka kara "waku waku" umareru no
[kitto dekiru yo!] tte senaka tatakaretara
chounouryoku datte machigai nashi ne
kono mama issho ni iyou yo
zutto futari de issho ni iyou
anata ga suki suki suki daisuki
Power zenkai
* repeat
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hehe, this song is really great if you know how to speak japanese!!!!! Seriously! I speak some, but most of my friends can speak it fluently... None of us are jap though, but it's all gravy and fishsticks!