"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.
Uh oh,uh ooo,uh oh, uh ooo
Honestly
If I tell
Tell you what
What you want to know love
There ain't another
I don't want no other lover
I put nothin' above ya
I kick them to the gutter
They tryin' to shake me
Ya know ya lovin' me crazy
Look at us lately
And tell em whose your lady
I never thought you'd be the one
To make me shine brighter then the sun
There ain't no ups and downs
No in and outs
We're here right now
If you want me to stay
I'll never leave you
If you want me to stay
We'll always be
If you want me to stay
Love endlessly
If you want me to stay
If you want me to stay
Then I'll never leave you
Now that your loving back
We're happy it's a fact
Can't nothin' hold us back
We got this in the bag
There ain't no maybe
No question of your baby now
Look at us lately
And tell em whose your lady
I never thought you'd be the one
To make me shine brighter then the sun
There ain't no ups and downs
No in and out
You're here right now
If you want me to stay
I'll never leave you
If you want me to stay
We'll always be
If you want me to stay
Love endlessly
If you want me to stay
If you want me to stay
Then I'll never leave you
Uh oh, uh Ooh,uh oh,uh ooh
Uh oh, uh ooh,uh oh, uh ooh
Honestly
If I tell
Tell you what
What you want to know love
There ain't another
I don't want no other lover
I put nothin' above ya
I kick them to the gutter
They tryin' to shake me
Ya know ya lovin' me crazy
Look at us lately
And tell em whose your lady
I never thought you'd be the one
To make me shine brighter then the sun
There ain't no ups and downs
No in and outs
We're here right now
If you want me to stay
I'll never leave you
If you want me to stay
We'll always be
If you want me to stay
Love endlessly
If you want me to stay
If you want me to stay
Then I'll never leave you
Now that your loving back
We're happy it's a fact
Can't nothin' hold us back
We got this in the bag
There ain't no maybe
No question of your baby now
Look at us lately
And tell em whose your lady
I never thought you'd be the one
To make me shine brighter then the sun
There ain't no ups and downs
No in and out
You're here right now
If you want me to stay
I'll never leave you
If you want me to stay
We'll always be
If you want me to stay
Love endlessly
If you want me to stay
If you want me to stay
Then I'll never leave you
Uh oh, uh Ooh,uh oh,uh ooh
Uh oh, uh ooh,uh oh, uh ooh
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