"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.
Mm, mm
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mm, mm
Damn its like there she was (she's so)
This sweet lady (lady)
Man, she was lookin' so tight
That it drove me crazy (insane)
And I'll never go over trying
Tryin' to make this lady (ooh)
Oh how I wish that I wasn't so shy
It wasn't that I, I never had experience in
In chasing ladies (oh no)
Oh did I miss my chance
Hell I must be crazy
If I ever get the chance (the chance)
The chance to see her again
That's when I'll tell her that I need her so
She was my favorite girl
She was sweet as candy (sweet as candy)
And I gotta tell her that I wanna make her my baby (my baby)
And if we get the chance (the chance)
The chance to meet, yeah
That's when I'll tell her
That I need her so
Now I'm back on the block
In my new Jaguar
Trying to find this lady
Never gonna admit, I won't stop (til I)
Till I find my baby (baby)
Back down the alley way
I'm going crazy (yeah)
If it ever crossed my mind
That I wouldn't find this lady
Reality (ooh)
My mind's playin' tricks on me (yeah)
How could this be (that she)
She could have this effect on me
Right before my very eyes (there she was)
That's where I found her
And then I told her
That I need her so
She was my favorite girl
She was sweet as candy (sweet as candy)
And I gotta tell her that I wanna make her my baby (my baby)
And if we get the chance (the chance)
The chance to meet, yeah
That's when I'll tell her
That I need her so
She was my favorite girl
She was sweet as candy (sweet as candy)
And I gotta tell her that I wanna make her my baby (my baby)
And if we get the chance (the chance)
The chance to meet, yeah
That's when I'll tell her
That I need her so
She was my favorite girl
She was sweet as candy (sweet as candy)
And I gotta tell her that I wanna make her my baby (my baby)
And if we get the chance (the chance)
The chance to meet, yeah
That's when I'll tell her
That I need her so
Listen up here fellas (fellas)
If you ever find that girl (girl)
That girl you really want (yeah)
Go ahead and tell her
You don't wanna wait too long (too long)
She might find another (yeah)
And you don't wanna leave yourself
Shoulda, coulda
She was my favorite girl
She was sweet as candy (sweet as candy)
And I gotta tell her that I wanna make her my baby (my baby)
And if we get the chance (the chance)
The chance to meet, yeah
That's when I'll tell her
That I need her so
She was my favorite girl
She was sweet as candy (sweet as candy)
And I gotta tell her that I wanna make her my baby (my baby)
And if we get the chance (the chance)
The chance to meet, yeah
That's when I'll tell her
That I need her so
She was my favorite girl
She was sweet as candy (sweet as candy)
And I gotta tell her that I wanna make her my baby (my baby)
And if we get the chance (the chance)
The chance to meet, yeah
That's when I'll tell her
That I need her so
I need her so
She's so sweet candy
I made her so
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mm, mm
Damn its like there she was (she's so)
This sweet lady (lady)
Man, she was lookin' so tight
That it drove me crazy (insane)
And I'll never go over trying
Tryin' to make this lady (ooh)
Oh how I wish that I wasn't so shy
It wasn't that I, I never had experience in
In chasing ladies (oh no)
Oh did I miss my chance
Hell I must be crazy
If I ever get the chance (the chance)
The chance to see her again
That's when I'll tell her that I need her so
She was my favorite girl
She was sweet as candy (sweet as candy)
And I gotta tell her that I wanna make her my baby (my baby)
And if we get the chance (the chance)
The chance to meet, yeah
That's when I'll tell her
That I need her so
Now I'm back on the block
In my new Jaguar
Trying to find this lady
Never gonna admit, I won't stop (til I)
Till I find my baby (baby)
Back down the alley way
I'm going crazy (yeah)
If it ever crossed my mind
That I wouldn't find this lady
Reality (ooh)
My mind's playin' tricks on me (yeah)
How could this be (that she)
She could have this effect on me
Right before my very eyes (there she was)
That's where I found her
And then I told her
That I need her so
She was my favorite girl
She was sweet as candy (sweet as candy)
And I gotta tell her that I wanna make her my baby (my baby)
And if we get the chance (the chance)
The chance to meet, yeah
That's when I'll tell her
That I need her so
She was my favorite girl
She was sweet as candy (sweet as candy)
And I gotta tell her that I wanna make her my baby (my baby)
And if we get the chance (the chance)
The chance to meet, yeah
That's when I'll tell her
That I need her so
She was my favorite girl
She was sweet as candy (sweet as candy)
And I gotta tell her that I wanna make her my baby (my baby)
And if we get the chance (the chance)
The chance to meet, yeah
That's when I'll tell her
That I need her so
Listen up here fellas (fellas)
If you ever find that girl (girl)
That girl you really want (yeah)
Go ahead and tell her
You don't wanna wait too long (too long)
She might find another (yeah)
And you don't wanna leave yourself
Shoulda, coulda
She was my favorite girl
She was sweet as candy (sweet as candy)
And I gotta tell her that I wanna make her my baby (my baby)
And if we get the chance (the chance)
The chance to meet, yeah
That's when I'll tell her
That I need her so
She was my favorite girl
She was sweet as candy (sweet as candy)
And I gotta tell her that I wanna make her my baby (my baby)
And if we get the chance (the chance)
The chance to meet, yeah
That's when I'll tell her
That I need her so
She was my favorite girl
She was sweet as candy (sweet as candy)
And I gotta tell her that I wanna make her my baby (my baby)
And if we get the chance (the chance)
The chance to meet, yeah
That's when I'll tell her
That I need her so
I need her so
She's so sweet candy
I made her so
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