"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.
They say your love will surely fade, girl
When things go wrong and trouble calls
But they don't know that your sweet sunshine, babe
Will never fade when darkness falls
They say that when the chips are down, girl
Your love won't stay so long, my friend
But they don't know that your sweet lovin', babe
Has been around through thick and thin
And I'd be a fool right now
If I should hurt you, girl
And I'd be a fool right now
If I should leave you, girl
And I'd be a fool right now
If I wouldn't love you, girl
And I'd be a fool right now
On the outside looking inside
They say your love is surely goin'
Just like a snowman in the sun
But they don't know that your sweet lovin', babe
Was here when all my friends were gone
And I'd be a fool right now
If I should hurt you, girl
Oh, such a fool right now
If I should leave you, girl
Baby, baby, a fool right now
If I wouldn't love you, girl
And I'd be a fool right now
On the outside lookin' inside
All my dreams would fall and crumble into dirt
If I walk away from you, I'd be the one to hurt
One day my dreams were surely dying, dying, dying, baby
Just like a flower without rain
They just don't know that your sweet sunshine, babe
Made my life blossom again
And so the story goes around, baby, yeah, yeah
That this is just a passing thing
But I believe in your sweet lovin', lovin', babe
With every summer fallin' rain
And I'd be a fool right now
If I should hurt you, girl
Oh, such a fool right now
If I should leave you, girl
I'd be a fool right now
If I wouldn't love you, girl
And I'd be a fool right now
Oh, hey
And I'd be a fool right now
If I should hurt you, girl
Oh, such a fool right now
If I should leave you, girl
Baby, baby, a fool right now
When things go wrong and trouble calls
But they don't know that your sweet sunshine, babe
Will never fade when darkness falls
They say that when the chips are down, girl
Your love won't stay so long, my friend
But they don't know that your sweet lovin', babe
Has been around through thick and thin
And I'd be a fool right now
If I should hurt you, girl
And I'd be a fool right now
If I should leave you, girl
And I'd be a fool right now
If I wouldn't love you, girl
And I'd be a fool right now
On the outside looking inside
They say your love is surely goin'
Just like a snowman in the sun
But they don't know that your sweet lovin', babe
Was here when all my friends were gone
And I'd be a fool right now
If I should hurt you, girl
Oh, such a fool right now
If I should leave you, girl
Baby, baby, a fool right now
If I wouldn't love you, girl
And I'd be a fool right now
On the outside lookin' inside
All my dreams would fall and crumble into dirt
If I walk away from you, I'd be the one to hurt
One day my dreams were surely dying, dying, dying, baby
Just like a flower without rain
They just don't know that your sweet sunshine, babe
Made my life blossom again
And so the story goes around, baby, yeah, yeah
That this is just a passing thing
But I believe in your sweet lovin', lovin', babe
With every summer fallin' rain
And I'd be a fool right now
If I should hurt you, girl
Oh, such a fool right now
If I should leave you, girl
I'd be a fool right now
If I wouldn't love you, girl
And I'd be a fool right now
Oh, hey
And I'd be a fool right now
If I should hurt you, girl
Oh, such a fool right now
If I should leave you, girl
Baby, baby, a fool right now
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