"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.
Intro]
Hmm, yeah
(I miss you baby)
I been missin' you
(It's so hard bein' away from you)
Girl, I been missin' you, baby
(Mmm, I want you next to me so bad)
I been thinking about you girl
(I miss you so much girl)
I never felt loneliness like this before
I'm so paranoid
Thinkin' you gonna walk through the door
Girl my heart has so much pain to endure
It's been hurting for so long 'til it feels sore
Girl I don't wanna hurt no more
You're everything worth living for
So baby come back to me
You belong with me naturally
Take me outta my misery
Girl I'm going crazy
1 - Girl I been missing you, like crazy
Every minute seems like hours
Every day seems like weeks
Girl I been missing you, like crazy
Every minute seems like hours
Every day seems like weeks
Girl I been missing you, like crazy
Every minute seems like hours
Every day seems like weeks
Ooh girl, I'm missing you
(Ooh girl, I'm missing you)
You know I'm wanting to
Spend every moment with you
Girl it's been so long since I seen your face
And I'm feeling so out of place
The touch of your fingertips on my back
As we make contact, didn't I react
To the chills you send through my vains
Girl just the thought of you drive me insane
Girl I can't wait to feel that feeling again
It's your sweet love, I'm missing
Repeat 1
[Spoken]
Girl, I'm missing you like crazy
I don't know what it is about you
Each moment without you
Seems like forever babe
I just need to be next to you
And until I'm next to you
I'll be missin' you babe
(Oh, oh, oh, oh)
I been missing you
(Oh, oh, oh, oh)
Oh, the days have been so long
I been missing you
(Oh, oh, oh, oh)
I been thinkin' about cheatin' Mrs. Jones
I been missing you
(Oh, oh, oh, oh)
Said I'm lost without you baby
Oh baby, baby
I been missing you
I been missing you baby
Repeat 1
Hmm, yeah
(I miss you baby)
I been missin' you
(It's so hard bein' away from you)
Girl, I been missin' you, baby
(Mmm, I want you next to me so bad)
I been thinking about you girl
(I miss you so much girl)
I never felt loneliness like this before
I'm so paranoid
Thinkin' you gonna walk through the door
Girl my heart has so much pain to endure
It's been hurting for so long 'til it feels sore
Girl I don't wanna hurt no more
You're everything worth living for
So baby come back to me
You belong with me naturally
Take me outta my misery
Girl I'm going crazy
1 - Girl I been missing you, like crazy
Every minute seems like hours
Every day seems like weeks
Girl I been missing you, like crazy
Every minute seems like hours
Every day seems like weeks
Girl I been missing you, like crazy
Every minute seems like hours
Every day seems like weeks
Ooh girl, I'm missing you
(Ooh girl, I'm missing you)
You know I'm wanting to
Spend every moment with you
Girl it's been so long since I seen your face
And I'm feeling so out of place
The touch of your fingertips on my back
As we make contact, didn't I react
To the chills you send through my vains
Girl just the thought of you drive me insane
Girl I can't wait to feel that feeling again
It's your sweet love, I'm missing
Repeat 1
[Spoken]
Girl, I'm missing you like crazy
I don't know what it is about you
Each moment without you
Seems like forever babe
I just need to be next to you
And until I'm next to you
I'll be missin' you babe
(Oh, oh, oh, oh)
I been missing you
(Oh, oh, oh, oh)
Oh, the days have been so long
I been missing you
(Oh, oh, oh, oh)
I been thinkin' about cheatin' Mrs. Jones
I been missing you
(Oh, oh, oh, oh)
Said I'm lost without you baby
Oh baby, baby
I been missing you
I been missing you baby
Repeat 1
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