"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.
If you want me to sail
To the far end of the island
If you want me to dive down
And gather you pearls
If you want me to shine
Like a light up in the lighthouse
If you want me to take you
To the end of the world
Just show me the way
One more way,
One more way
Little darlin' now don't you see
This crazy lovin' has got to me
Little darlin' now don't you know
This crazy lovin' has got to go
If you want me to ride
To the far side of the mountain
If you want me to bring back
All the silver and gold
If you want me to run
Like a thief up in the canyon
If you want me to find out
What's never been told
Just show me the way
One more way,
One more way
Little darlin' now don't you see
This crazy lovin' has got to me
Little darlin' now don't you know
This crazy lovin' has got to go
(ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh)
(ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh)
(ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh)
(ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh)
Little darlin' now don't you see
This crazy lovin' has got to me
Little darlin' now don't you see
This crazy lovin' has got to me
Little darlin' now don't you know
This crazy lovin' has got to go
To the far end of the island
If you want me to dive down
And gather you pearls
If you want me to shine
Like a light up in the lighthouse
If you want me to take you
To the end of the world
Just show me the way
One more way,
One more way
Little darlin' now don't you see
This crazy lovin' has got to me
Little darlin' now don't you know
This crazy lovin' has got to go
If you want me to ride
To the far side of the mountain
If you want me to bring back
All the silver and gold
If you want me to run
Like a thief up in the canyon
If you want me to find out
What's never been told
Just show me the way
One more way,
One more way
Little darlin' now don't you see
This crazy lovin' has got to me
Little darlin' now don't you know
This crazy lovin' has got to go
(ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh)
(ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh)
(ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh)
(ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh)
Little darlin' now don't you see
This crazy lovin' has got to me
Little darlin' now don't you see
This crazy lovin' has got to me
Little darlin' now don't you know
This crazy lovin' has got to go
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Crazy Lovin' Lyrics as written by Steve Cash John Dillon
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