"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.
Hold onto your hat, hold onto your heart
Ready, get set to tear this place apart
Don't need a ticket, only place in town
That'll take you up to heaven and never bring you down
Anything goes anything goes
Women to the left, women to the right
There to entertain and take you thru the night
So grab a little heat and come along with me
'Cause your mama don't mind what your mama don't see
Anything goes anything goes
Rock, rock, 'til you drop
Rock, rock, never stop
Rock, rock, 'til you drop
I say rock, rock, to the top
Ridin' into danger, laughin' all the way
Fast, free and easy, livin' for today
Gotta lip service, get it while you can
Hot, sweat 'n' nervous love on demand
Anything goes anything goes
Rock, rock, 'til you drop
Come on rock, rock, never stop
You got rock, rock, 'til you drop
Rock, rock, to the top
Rock, rock, give it to me
It's what I got goin' thru' me
Don't ever stop do it to me
Oh do it to me, rock, rock, you really move me
Rock, rock, 'til you drop
Rock, rock, never stop
Rock, rock, 'til you drop
We gonna rock, rock, to the top
Rock, rock, 'til you drop
Rock, rock, never stop, come, on, come on, come on
Hold on, hold on, hold tight
We're gonna rock, tonight
Too loud man, too loud
Ready, get set to tear this place apart
Don't need a ticket, only place in town
That'll take you up to heaven and never bring you down
Anything goes anything goes
Women to the left, women to the right
There to entertain and take you thru the night
So grab a little heat and come along with me
'Cause your mama don't mind what your mama don't see
Anything goes anything goes
Rock, rock, 'til you drop
Rock, rock, never stop
Rock, rock, 'til you drop
I say rock, rock, to the top
Ridin' into danger, laughin' all the way
Fast, free and easy, livin' for today
Gotta lip service, get it while you can
Hot, sweat 'n' nervous love on demand
Anything goes anything goes
Rock, rock, 'til you drop
Come on rock, rock, never stop
You got rock, rock, 'til you drop
Rock, rock, to the top
Rock, rock, give it to me
It's what I got goin' thru' me
Don't ever stop do it to me
Oh do it to me, rock, rock, you really move me
Rock, rock, 'til you drop
Rock, rock, never stop
Rock, rock, 'til you drop
We gonna rock, rock, to the top
Rock, rock, 'til you drop
Rock, rock, never stop, come, on, come on, come on
Hold on, hold on, hold tight
We're gonna rock, tonight
Too loud man, too loud
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