"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.
Girl don't you know
I can't let you go
I want you all the time, all the time
Now can't you see
What you're doing to me
I've got to make you mine, make you mine
Boy you should know
Before I let it go
You got to treat me right, treat me right
Boy can't you see
That I want you and me
Because you look tight, I want you tonight
Love me or leave me
Don't you dare deceive me
Can't you see I'm at the point of no return
Love me or leave me
Don't you deceive me
Love me or leave me
Don't you deceive me
Can't you see I'm at the point of no return
Girl now I know
Your hearts touch and go
I know you cry, I know you cry
Girl just believe
That I won't deceive
I'm gonna make you mine, I'll make you mine
Boy can't you see
If you want to be with me
You've gotta feel alright, you feel alright
Boy desperately
If you want what you see
You better do it right, I can do it all night
Love me or leave me
Don't you dare deceive me
Can't you see I'm at the point of no return
Girl don't you know
I love to be the man who turns you on
Could you be the man who turns me on
Give you the love you're dreamin' of
c'mon girl, I can keep it strong
c'mon baby, keep it strong
Can't you feel my heart beats beating
Don't you leave girl, time is fleeting
You must know that you're the only one
So get ready 'cause here I come
Love me or leave me
Don't you dare deceive me
Can't you see I'm at the point of no return
I can't let you go
I want you all the time, all the time
Now can't you see
What you're doing to me
I've got to make you mine, make you mine
Boy you should know
Before I let it go
You got to treat me right, treat me right
Boy can't you see
That I want you and me
Because you look tight, I want you tonight
Love me or leave me
Don't you dare deceive me
Can't you see I'm at the point of no return
Love me or leave me
Don't you deceive me
Love me or leave me
Don't you deceive me
Can't you see I'm at the point of no return
Girl now I know
Your hearts touch and go
I know you cry, I know you cry
Girl just believe
That I won't deceive
I'm gonna make you mine, I'll make you mine
Boy can't you see
If you want to be with me
You've gotta feel alright, you feel alright
Boy desperately
If you want what you see
You better do it right, I can do it all night
Love me or leave me
Don't you dare deceive me
Can't you see I'm at the point of no return
Girl don't you know
I love to be the man who turns you on
Could you be the man who turns me on
Give you the love you're dreamin' of
c'mon girl, I can keep it strong
c'mon baby, keep it strong
Can't you feel my heart beats beating
Don't you leave girl, time is fleeting
You must know that you're the only one
So get ready 'cause here I come
Love me or leave me
Don't you dare deceive me
Can't you see I'm at the point of no return
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Love of a Lifetime Lyrics as written by Sylvia Bennet Smith Laney Stewart
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