"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.
Not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Starting from here, let's make a promise
You and me, let's just be honest
We're gonna run, nothing can stop us
Even the night that falls all around us
Soon there will be laughter and voices
Beyond the clouds over the mountains
We'll run away on roads that are empty
Lights from the airfield shining upon you
Nothing can stop this, not now, I love you
They're not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us
Nothing can stop this, not now, I love you
They're not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us (gonna get us, gonna get us)
They're not gonna get us (gonna get us)
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Not gonna get us (gonna get us)
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Get us
Not gonna get us
We'll run away, keep everything simple
Night will come down, our guardian angel
We rush ahead, the crossroads are empty
Our spirits rise, they're not gonna get us
My love for you, always forever
Just you and me, all else is nothing
Not going back, not going back there
They don't understand
They don't understand us
(Don't understand us)
Not gonna get us (not gonna get us, not gonna get us)
Not gonna get us (not gonna get us, not gonna get us)
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They're not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Nothing can stop this, not now, I love you
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They're not gonna get us
Nothing can stop this, not now, I love you
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They're not gonna get us
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They're not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Starting from here, let's make a promise
You and me, let's just be honest
We're gonna run, nothing can stop us
Even the night that falls all around us
Soon there will be laughter and voices
Beyond the clouds over the mountains
We'll run away on roads that are empty
Lights from the airfield shining upon you
Nothing can stop this, not now, I love you
They're not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us
Nothing can stop this, not now, I love you
They're not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us (gonna get us, gonna get us)
They're not gonna get us (gonna get us)
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us (gonna get us)
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Get us
Not gonna get us
We'll run away, keep everything simple
Night will come down, our guardian angel
We rush ahead, the crossroads are empty
Our spirits rise, they're not gonna get us
My love for you, always forever
Just you and me, all else is nothing
Not going back, not going back there
They don't understand
They don't understand us
(Don't understand us)
Not gonna get us (not gonna get us, not gonna get us)
Not gonna get us (not gonna get us, not gonna get us)
Not gonna get us (not gonna get us, not gonna get us)
They're not gonna get us
Not gonna get us
Nothing can stop this, not now, I love you
They're not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us
Nothing can stop this, not now, I love you
They're not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us
They're not gonna get us (not gonna get us)
They're not gonna get us (gonna get us)
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Not gonna get us (gonna get us)
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Not gonna get us (gonna get us, gonna get us)
Not gonna get us (gonna get us, gonna get us)
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