"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.
I've had money
And I lost it
Seen an ocean
Nearly crossed it
I have been to another world
And I have returned
And for every high joy
A hard lesson learned
But when love comes tumbling down
I will wear a Crown
I've had power
I've used and abused it
Tasted glory
I have wooed and refused it
Tried to live in a sacred way
I did and I did not
And for everything I lost
There's been something else I got
And when love comes tumbling down
I will wear a Crown
I've been up and I've been down
Sometimes almost level with the ground
Once in every hundred years I can
Still remember who I am
Been in danger
Tried to face it
Saw a mirage
And for seven years I chased it
I'm not through with my changes
I've got a long way still to run
I'm gonna play this show
Even if nobody comes
And when love comes tumbling down
When love comes tumbling down
When love comes tumbling down
I will wear a Crown
And I lost it
Seen an ocean
Nearly crossed it
I have been to another world
And I have returned
And for every high joy
A hard lesson learned
But when love comes tumbling down
I will wear a Crown
I've had power
I've used and abused it
Tasted glory
I have wooed and refused it
Tried to live in a sacred way
I did and I did not
And for everything I lost
There's been something else I got
And when love comes tumbling down
I will wear a Crown
I've been up and I've been down
Sometimes almost level with the ground
Once in every hundred years I can
Still remember who I am
Been in danger
Tried to face it
Saw a mirage
And for seven years I chased it
I'm not through with my changes
I've got a long way still to run
I'm gonna play this show
Even if nobody comes
And when love comes tumbling down
When love comes tumbling down
When love comes tumbling down
I will wear a Crown
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