"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.
I heard your heartbeat
And my body grew so still
I looked into your mothers eyes
And I knew you were alive
I long to meet you
And show you all I know
Hand in hand with this new love
This life means so much more
I know now what I hear
It's a new love that I feel
It's you that blessed us with this life
That we've waited for so long
Your life has changed me
I'm not the man I was before
You're in my head my heart my soul
You're always on my mind
My time to know you is
Quickly drawing near but
Not as fast as my love grows
You've made me feel alive
I know now what I hear
It's a new love that I feel
It's you that blessed us with this life
That we've waited for so long
I know now what I hear
It's a new love that I feel
It's you that blessed us with this life
That we've waited for so long
Nice to see you
Welcome to this place that we call home
Life looks brighter now you're here
I know now what I hear
It's a new love that I feel
It's you that blessed us with this life
That we've waited for so long
I know now what I hear
It's a new love that I feel
It's you that blessed us with this life
That we've waited for so long
We're so happy now
We're so happy now
You're here
And my body grew so still
I looked into your mothers eyes
And I knew you were alive
I long to meet you
And show you all I know
Hand in hand with this new love
This life means so much more
I know now what I hear
It's a new love that I feel
It's you that blessed us with this life
That we've waited for so long
Your life has changed me
I'm not the man I was before
You're in my head my heart my soul
You're always on my mind
My time to know you is
Quickly drawing near but
Not as fast as my love grows
You've made me feel alive
I know now what I hear
It's a new love that I feel
It's you that blessed us with this life
That we've waited for so long
I know now what I hear
It's a new love that I feel
It's you that blessed us with this life
That we've waited for so long
Nice to see you
Welcome to this place that we call home
Life looks brighter now you're here
I know now what I hear
It's a new love that I feel
It's you that blessed us with this life
That we've waited for so long
I know now what I hear
It's a new love that I feel
It's you that blessed us with this life
That we've waited for so long
We're so happy now
We're so happy now
You're here
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