"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.
R) I've known about you for awhile now
R) When he leaves me He wears a smile now
R) As soon as he's away from me
R) In your arms is where he wants to be
L) But you're the one he rushes home to
L) You're the one he gave his name to
L) I never see his face
L) In the early morning light
L) You have his mornings, his daytimes,
L) And sometimes I have his nights
R) But does he love you
L) Does he love you
R) Like he loves me
L) Like he loves me
R) Does he think of you
L) Does he think of you
B) When he's holding me
R) And does he whisper
L) Does he whisper
B) All his fantasies
R) Does he love you
L) Does he love you
B) Like he's been loving me
L) But when he's with me
L) He says he needs me
L) And that he wants me
L) That he believes in me
R) And when I'm in his arms
R) Oh, he swears there's no one else
R) Is he decieving me
R) Or am I decieiving myself
L) Am I decieiving myself
R) But does he love you
L) Does he love you
R) Like he loves me
L) Like he loves me
R) Does he think of you
L) Does he think of you
B) When he's holding me
R) And does he whisper
L) does he whisper
B) All his fantasies
R) Does he love you
L) Does he love you
B) Like he's been loving me
~
R) Oh, shouldn't I lose my temper
L) Oh, shouldn't I be ashamed
R) Cause I have everything to lose
L) And I, I have nothing to gain
R) But does he love you
L) Does he love you
R) Like he loves me
L) Like he loves me
R) Does he think of you
L) Does he think of you
B) When he's holding me
R) And does he whisper
L) does he whisper
B) All his fantasies
R) Does he love you
L) Does he love you
B) Like he's been loving me
R) Oh, does he love you
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R) When he leaves me He wears a smile now
R) As soon as he's away from me
R) In your arms is where he wants to be
L) But you're the one he rushes home to
L) You're the one he gave his name to
L) I never see his face
L) In the early morning light
L) You have his mornings, his daytimes,
L) And sometimes I have his nights
R) But does he love you
L) Does he love you
R) Like he loves me
L) Like he loves me
R) Does he think of you
L) Does he think of you
B) When he's holding me
R) And does he whisper
L) Does he whisper
B) All his fantasies
R) Does he love you
L) Does he love you
B) Like he's been loving me
L) But when he's with me
L) He says he needs me
L) And that he wants me
L) That he believes in me
R) And when I'm in his arms
R) Oh, he swears there's no one else
R) Is he decieving me
R) Or am I decieiving myself
L) Am I decieiving myself
R) But does he love you
L) Does he love you
R) Like he loves me
L) Like he loves me
R) Does he think of you
L) Does he think of you
B) When he's holding me
R) And does he whisper
L) does he whisper
B) All his fantasies
R) Does he love you
L) Does he love you
B) Like he's been loving me
~
R) Oh, shouldn't I lose my temper
L) Oh, shouldn't I be ashamed
R) Cause I have everything to lose
L) And I, I have nothing to gain
R) But does he love you
L) Does he love you
R) Like he loves me
L) Like he loves me
R) Does he think of you
L) Does he think of you
B) When he's holding me
R) And does he whisper
L) does he whisper
B) All his fantasies
R) Does he love you
L) Does he love you
B) Like he's been loving me
R) Oh, does he love you
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Lyrics submitted by HeatherGuh047, edited by JDHuntsvilleAL
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