"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.
Woke up this morning
Wanting to cry
Then I remember
Yes, I know why
She's a real good one for having her cake
I'm gonna go fishing or jump in the lake
Yeah, I'm gonna go fishing
That's what I'll do
Think about nothing
Not even you
Catch a real big one, a big speckled trout
Snapping in the water I'll pull him on out
Sweet talking liar
Spin me a yarn
Tell me a story
Big as a barn
Don't stop listening; I won't hear you out
I'm gonna go fishing and catch me a trout
If a gal is a liar
A gal is a fool
Playing for keepers
And breaking the rules
She'll be the loser yet to find out
I'm gonna go fishing and catch me a trout
Here in the water
Look at him shine
There goes a big one
That one is mine
Catch up the reel now; I've got the feel now
Hooked onto my fly rod I've got me a trout
Sweet talking liar
You're in for a fall
You tell me a story
You cut to the wall
Don't go my way; I'm down the highway
I'm gonna go fishing
Yes, I'm gonna go fishing
Yes, I'm gonna go fishing and get me some trout
Wanting to cry
Then I remember
Yes, I know why
She's a real good one for having her cake
I'm gonna go fishing or jump in the lake
Yeah, I'm gonna go fishing
That's what I'll do
Think about nothing
Not even you
Catch a real big one, a big speckled trout
Snapping in the water I'll pull him on out
Sweet talking liar
Spin me a yarn
Tell me a story
Big as a barn
Don't stop listening; I won't hear you out
I'm gonna go fishing and catch me a trout
If a gal is a liar
A gal is a fool
Playing for keepers
And breaking the rules
She'll be the loser yet to find out
I'm gonna go fishing and catch me a trout
Here in the water
Look at him shine
There goes a big one
That one is mine
Catch up the reel now; I've got the feel now
Hooked onto my fly rod I've got me a trout
Sweet talking liar
You're in for a fall
You tell me a story
You cut to the wall
Don't go my way; I'm down the highway
I'm gonna go fishing
Yes, I'm gonna go fishing
Yes, I'm gonna go fishing and get me some trout
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I'm Gonna Go Fishin' Lyrics as written by Lee Ellington
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