"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.
The rain is falling down
Along with the sky
The colors and remembered suns
Are pouring by.
What will I do with the sky
When it is empty?
Come to the window
Put your arms around me again
If you don't hold me
I will wash away with the rain
What will I do with my arms
When they are empty?
I'll just stand here and watch
The sky fall while you
Put yourself together
While you gather up the time it took to
Make us think we would last forever.
The window fills your face
With silver and grain,
You're soaking up the sky
I'll never see it again
What will I do with the sky
When it is empty
What will I do with my life
When you have left me?
Along with the sky
The colors and remembered suns
Are pouring by.
What will I do with the sky
When it is empty?
Come to the window
Put your arms around me again
If you don't hold me
I will wash away with the rain
What will I do with my arms
When they are empty?
I'll just stand here and watch
The sky fall while you
Put yourself together
While you gather up the time it took to
Make us think we would last forever.
The window fills your face
With silver and grain,
You're soaking up the sky
I'll never see it again
What will I do with the sky
When it is empty
What will I do with my life
When you have left me?
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Sky Fell Lyrics as written by Judy Collins
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