"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.
[Chorus:]
Baby please don't go
Please don't go
Stay right by my side
By my side
Rainy days bring back memories of you
And I will never lie
I want you by my side
Thinking of you
Makes me not want you to go
Please stay, stay with me
[Chorus]
Oh I can't face the fact
That I want you in my life
Don't Go my love I'll show
My heart I send to you
You are my friend
Don't leave I'll do anything you need
Rainy days brings back memories
Rainy days brings back memories
Rainy days brings back memories of you
Rainy days, rainy days brings back memories
Rainy days, brings back memories of you
Rainy days I think of you
Oh, baby please don't go, please don't go
Stay right by my side, stay by my side, by my side
Baby please don't go, please don't go
Stay right by my side, you're in my life, by my side
Oh ya
Rain
Rainy days, you, you, you, you
Please don't go
Please don't go
Rainy days, you, you, you, you
Stay right by my side
Rain
Stay right by my side
Please don't go
Rainy days, you, you, you, you
Stay right by my side, by my side, in my life
Baby please don't go, please don't go, please stay
I need you back in my life
Oh ya, by my side, oh ya
Don't go, baby please don't go
No, no, no, I want you back in my life, here
Please don't go, please don't go,
Please don't go, please don't go
Don't run away, back in my life, baby
Baby please don't go
Please don't go
Stay right by my side
By my side
Rainy days bring back memories of you
And I will never lie
I want you by my side
Thinking of you
Makes me not want you to go
Please stay, stay with me
[Chorus]
Oh I can't face the fact
That I want you in my life
Don't Go my love I'll show
My heart I send to you
You are my friend
Don't leave I'll do anything you need
Rainy days brings back memories
Rainy days brings back memories
Rainy days brings back memories of you
Rainy days, rainy days brings back memories
Rainy days, brings back memories of you
Rainy days I think of you
Oh, baby please don't go, please don't go
Stay right by my side, stay by my side, by my side
Baby please don't go, please don't go
Stay right by my side, you're in my life, by my side
Oh ya
Rain
Rainy days, you, you, you, you
Please don't go
Please don't go
Rainy days, you, you, you, you
Stay right by my side
Rain
Stay right by my side
Please don't go
Rainy days, you, you, you, you
Stay right by my side, by my side, in my life
Baby please don't go, please don't go, please stay
I need you back in my life
Oh ya, by my side, oh ya
Don't go, baby please don't go
No, no, no, I want you back in my life, here
Please don't go, please don't go,
Please don't go, please don't go
Don't run away, back in my life, baby
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