"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'm so addicted to
All the things you do
When you're going down on me
In between the sheets
Oh, the sounds you make
With every breath you take
It's unlike anything
When you're loving me
Ooh, girl, let's take it slow
So as for you, well, you know where to go
I wanna take my love and hate you 'til the end
It's not like you to turn away
From all the bullshit I can't take
It's not like me to walk away
I'm so addicted to
All the things you do
When you're going down on me
In between the sheets
Oh, the sounds you make
With every breath you take
It's unlike anything
When you're loving me
Yeah
And I know when it's getting rough
All the times we spend
Trying to make this love something better than
Just making up again
It's not like you to turn away
All the bullshit I can't take
Just when I think I can walk away
I'm so addicted to
All the things you do
When you're going down on me
In between the sheets
Oh, the sounds you make
With every breath you take
It's unlike anything
I'm so addicted to
The things you do
When you're going down on me
Oh, the sounds you make
With every breath you take
It's unlike anything
When you're loving me
Yeah
When you're loving me
How can I make it through
All the things you do
There's just gotta be more to you and me
I'm so addicted to
All the things you do
When you're going down on me
In between the sheets
Oh, the sounds you make
With every breath you take
It's unlike anything
It's unlike anything
I'm so addicted to
All the things you do
When you're going down on me
Oh, the sounds you make
With every breath you take
It's unlike anything
I'm so addicted to you
Addicted to you
All the things you do
When you're going down on me
In between the sheets
Oh, the sounds you make
With every breath you take
It's unlike anything
When you're loving me
Ooh, girl, let's take it slow
So as for you, well, you know where to go
I wanna take my love and hate you 'til the end
It's not like you to turn away
From all the bullshit I can't take
It's not like me to walk away
I'm so addicted to
All the things you do
When you're going down on me
In between the sheets
Oh, the sounds you make
With every breath you take
It's unlike anything
When you're loving me
Yeah
And I know when it's getting rough
All the times we spend
Trying to make this love something better than
Just making up again
It's not like you to turn away
All the bullshit I can't take
Just when I think I can walk away
I'm so addicted to
All the things you do
When you're going down on me
In between the sheets
Oh, the sounds you make
With every breath you take
It's unlike anything
I'm so addicted to
The things you do
When you're going down on me
Oh, the sounds you make
With every breath you take
It's unlike anything
When you're loving me
Yeah
When you're loving me
How can I make it through
All the things you do
There's just gotta be more to you and me
I'm so addicted to
All the things you do
When you're going down on me
In between the sheets
Oh, the sounds you make
With every breath you take
It's unlike anything
It's unlike anything
I'm so addicted to
All the things you do
When you're going down on me
Oh, the sounds you make
With every breath you take
It's unlike anything
I'm so addicted to you
Addicted to you
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@cso1982 Like ramblinrokrgrl, I listen to all music genres. Even Bob Segar as you mentioned. Yet I still like this song. Yes, it might be clique, but that doesn't mean that it's not good. I'm in a relationship that this song describes pretty much perfectly, but I'd still like it if I wasn't. Plus, there are songs that are "pretty much" like every other song, same meaning, and bands that sound a lot like others. But seriously, if there was only one band that only wrote one song about a topic, not everyone in the world would like it.
@wingedfeetxc
I agree with ramblinrokrgrl again, you do need to learn some manners. You can express your opinion without being so damn hateful. Anyways, these lyrics aren't stupid, lyrics like "Chicken Noodle Soup with a Soda on the side" are. Some people, like me, ARE in relationships like this, and it's not STUPID. It's just a confusing relationship they haven't figured out what to do with quite yet. And just so you know, just because I compare to this song doesn't mean my intelligence is "like a wet cardboard box". I had Straight A's. Intelligence has nothing to do with liking a song.