"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.
Come live with me angel
Come live with me in comfort
I wanna be your lover
I don't understand your mood, baby
Ooh, I wanna be your lover
I really really
Ooh, wanna be your lover
When you want some solitude, yeah
I wanna be your lover
You can't have it
Ooh, yeah, baby
I wanna be your lover
Darling, please walk around me (at least three times a day)
So I can getcha baby
(I wanna be your lover) I want to get true at least three times a day
In all the ways baby, woo
You can have your way if you decide to stay
So
Come live with me, ooh, angel
Come live with me in comfort
Come live with me angel
Come live with me in comfort
(I wanna be your lover) ooh-ooh-ooh
(I wanna be your lover) this is where all your fantasies end
(I wanna be your lover) let me explore all your treasures
(I wanna be your lover) I'll turn you on to all of those freakish pleasures
(I wanna be your lover) good experienced company
Knows all the ways is what you need, baby
Just you and me locked up for days
After we eat breakfast in bed
Turn on the music for our heads
Come live with me angel (papas sweet angel)
Come live with me in comfort woo-ooh
Come live with me angel
Come live with me in comfort
Come live with me my beautiful angel
Come live with me in comfort
Come live with me darling angel
Come live with me in comfort
Sock it to me (woo)
Baby, sock it to me
Sock it to me
Baby, sock it to me (woo)
Sock it to me
Baby, sock it to me
Sock it to me
Baby, sock it to me
Sock it to me (woo-ooh-ooh)
Baby, sock it to me
Sock it to me
Baby, sock it to me
Sock it to me
Baby, sock it to me
Sock it to me
Baby, sock it to me
Sock it to me (woo)
Baby, sock it to me (woo)
Sock it to me (woo)
Baby, sock it to me (woo)
Sock it to me (woo)
Baby, sock it to me (woo)
Woo-ooh
Woo-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Woo-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Woo-ooh-ooh
Come on angel
Come on and go with me, woo
Please, come on go with me, I said please (woo)
Sweet little, baby
It's no mystery on how much I want you
I want you, baby
I want you
I want you, can't you see?
I'll give you everything
Sweet little sexy thing
I want you to live with me, woo
Come on sweet, lady
Come on live with me, yeah
Come on now baby, woo
Come live with me in comfort
I wanna be your lover
I don't understand your mood, baby
Ooh, I wanna be your lover
I really really
Ooh, wanna be your lover
When you want some solitude, yeah
I wanna be your lover
You can't have it
Ooh, yeah, baby
I wanna be your lover
Darling, please walk around me (at least three times a day)
So I can getcha baby
(I wanna be your lover) I want to get true at least three times a day
In all the ways baby, woo
You can have your way if you decide to stay
So
Come live with me, ooh, angel
Come live with me in comfort
Come live with me angel
Come live with me in comfort
(I wanna be your lover) ooh-ooh-ooh
(I wanna be your lover) this is where all your fantasies end
(I wanna be your lover) let me explore all your treasures
(I wanna be your lover) I'll turn you on to all of those freakish pleasures
(I wanna be your lover) good experienced company
Knows all the ways is what you need, baby
Just you and me locked up for days
After we eat breakfast in bed
Turn on the music for our heads
Come live with me angel (papas sweet angel)
Come live with me in comfort woo-ooh
Come live with me angel
Come live with me in comfort
Come live with me my beautiful angel
Come live with me in comfort
Come live with me darling angel
Come live with me in comfort
Sock it to me (woo)
Baby, sock it to me
Sock it to me
Baby, sock it to me (woo)
Sock it to me
Baby, sock it to me
Sock it to me
Baby, sock it to me
Sock it to me (woo-ooh-ooh)
Baby, sock it to me
Sock it to me
Baby, sock it to me
Sock it to me
Baby, sock it to me
Sock it to me
Baby, sock it to me
Sock it to me (woo)
Baby, sock it to me (woo)
Sock it to me (woo)
Baby, sock it to me (woo)
Sock it to me (woo)
Baby, sock it to me (woo)
Woo-ooh
Woo-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Woo-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Woo-ooh-ooh
Come on angel
Come on and go with me, woo
Please, come on go with me, I said please (woo)
Sweet little, baby
It's no mystery on how much I want you
I want you, baby
I want you
I want you, can't you see?
I'll give you everything
Sweet little sexy thing
I want you to live with me, woo
Come on sweet, lady
Come on live with me, yeah
Come on now baby, woo
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