"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.
Oh oh oh, oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah, yeah
Love, ooh baby, ooh baby
In this world it's hard you know
Lovers come and lovers go
People never seem to hold on to what they've got, no no
Some they never stay together
You and I will be no better
We can make it last forever
Oh we can keep this love alive
Through the storm
Through the tears
You and I
I know we can survive
To the day
Through the night
If we try we can keep it alive
We can keep it alive
I know sometimes it's been so tough, yeah
We've been so close to giving up
Hey, but our love's so strong and we keep holding on, yeah
To what we got, ooh
It's easier to walk away
It takes a lot of love to stay
We've got all the love it takes
We know there's a brighter day
Through the storm
Through the tears
You and I
I know we can survive
To the day
Through the night
If we try we can keep it alive
We can keep it alive
We just gotta be strong
We just gotta be strong
We just gotta be strong together
We just gotta hold on
We just gotta hold on
We just gotta hold on and go through the storm, yeah, yeah
Through the storm
Oh whoa oh, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm never gonna make
Through the storm
Through the tears (ooh through the tears)
You and I (you and I)
I know we can survive
To the day (to the day)
Through the night (to the night)
If we try (girl if we try) we can keep it alive
We can keep it alive
Through the storm (through the storm)
Through the tears (through the tears)
You and I (oh you and I)
I know we can survive
To the day (to the day)
Through the night (oh through the night)
If we try, hey, we can keep it alive
We can keep it alive
Through the storm
Whoo, you're right on the one baby,
Yup, we made it, we're outta here, yes, sing it
Love, ooh baby, ooh baby
In this world it's hard you know
Lovers come and lovers go
People never seem to hold on to what they've got, no no
Some they never stay together
You and I will be no better
We can make it last forever
Oh we can keep this love alive
Through the storm
Through the tears
You and I
I know we can survive
To the day
Through the night
If we try we can keep it alive
We can keep it alive
I know sometimes it's been so tough, yeah
We've been so close to giving up
Hey, but our love's so strong and we keep holding on, yeah
To what we got, ooh
It's easier to walk away
It takes a lot of love to stay
We've got all the love it takes
We know there's a brighter day
Through the storm
Through the tears
You and I
I know we can survive
To the day
Through the night
If we try we can keep it alive
We can keep it alive
We just gotta be strong
We just gotta be strong
We just gotta be strong together
We just gotta hold on
We just gotta hold on
We just gotta hold on and go through the storm, yeah, yeah
Through the storm
Oh whoa oh, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm never gonna make
Through the storm
Through the tears (ooh through the tears)
You and I (you and I)
I know we can survive
To the day (to the day)
Through the night (to the night)
If we try (girl if we try) we can keep it alive
We can keep it alive
Through the storm (through the storm)
Through the tears (through the tears)
You and I (oh you and I)
I know we can survive
To the day (to the day)
Through the night (oh through the night)
If we try, hey, we can keep it alive
We can keep it alive
Through the storm
Whoo, you're right on the one baby,
Yup, we made it, we're outta here, yes, sing it
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Through the Storm Lyrics as written by Diane Warren Albert Hammond
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