"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.
Follow trails of you to here
Every mile takes you my way
Rolling faster than we can
Tables turnin' all the time
I'm the dog at your feet
So we are it again
You're the one
Fucking have to wait a dime
Every single flingin' mile
They're coming faster all the while
You're the one
Ain't it somethin', we're born to hula
Every mile takes you my way
Rolling faster than we can
Tables turnin' all the time
I'm the dog at your feet
So we are it again
You're the one
Fucking have to wait a dime
Every single flingin' mile
They're coming faster all the while
You're the one
Ain't it somethin', we're born to hula
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The lyrics that Elin submitted are the correct lyrics for the Kyuss/QOTSA split version.
The lyrics that bignique187 posted are the correct lyrics for the Stone Age Compilation version.
Both are correct, depending on what you're listening to.