"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.
Baby, it's alright
Maybe, you'll stay here tonight
Baby, it's alright
Maybe, you can stay here tonight
Out on the street
Love, music, and my guitar
Drove up a woman
In one of those old fancy cars
She said hey boy
Why don't you get on in
For tonight
I'll be your lover and your friend
And she said baby if it's alright
Maybe, you can stay here tonight
She said baby it's alright
Maybe, you'll stay here tonight
It was champagne, candle light, and wine
The girl looked so good
She gave eyesight to the blind
She said come here boy
I'm gonna take you higher
Boy tonight the stars
Shine much brighter
And she said baby it's alright
Maybe, you can stay here tonight
Baby, baby, it's alright
You know it's alright
Maybe, she said baby
You'll stay here tonight
Can I kiss you
Can I hold you
Put my arm around you
Thank god I found you
I gotta kiss you
Can I hold you baby
Put my arm around you
Thank god I found you
And she said baby, she said baby, it's alright
You know it's alright
Baby, she said baby
It's alright
You can stay here tonight
In the morning
In the evening
In the night time
I really need you woman
I really love you baby
Can I kiss ya
Gotta hold ya
Can I hold you once more
In the night time
You know that it's alright, yeah
In the morning
In the sun
It's a wonderful world
I want to love you baby
You know you are the only girl
In my life, in my life
In my wonderful life
Maybe, you'll stay here tonight
Baby, it's alright
Maybe, you can stay here tonight
Out on the street
Love, music, and my guitar
Drove up a woman
In one of those old fancy cars
She said hey boy
Why don't you get on in
For tonight
I'll be your lover and your friend
And she said baby if it's alright
Maybe, you can stay here tonight
She said baby it's alright
Maybe, you'll stay here tonight
It was champagne, candle light, and wine
The girl looked so good
She gave eyesight to the blind
She said come here boy
I'm gonna take you higher
Boy tonight the stars
Shine much brighter
And she said baby it's alright
Maybe, you can stay here tonight
Baby, baby, it's alright
You know it's alright
Maybe, she said baby
You'll stay here tonight
Can I kiss you
Can I hold you
Put my arm around you
Thank god I found you
I gotta kiss you
Can I hold you baby
Put my arm around you
Thank god I found you
And she said baby, she said baby, it's alright
You know it's alright
Baby, she said baby
It's alright
You can stay here tonight
In the morning
In the evening
In the night time
I really need you woman
I really love you baby
Can I kiss ya
Gotta hold ya
Can I hold you once more
In the night time
You know that it's alright, yeah
In the morning
In the sun
It's a wonderful world
I want to love you baby
You know you are the only girl
In my life, in my life
In my wonderful life
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