"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.
Say we're gonna spread the love epidemic
All around the world
People, now spread it to every man
Boy, woman and girl
Listen people
It's gonna make you love me, brother
And put a smile on your face, oh
Make you forget about colors
Think about the human race
There won't be no need for medication, no, no, no
'Cause there won't be no disease or contamination
Ooh, all we need is your participation, yeah, people
Then we all can reunite this nation, oh
Spread the love epidemic all around the world
People, now spread it to every man
Boy, woman and girl, it's alright
Alright, listen
It's gonna make you love your neighbor
Treat all your enemies kind
People, show the world that you're able
Get along with all mankind
This epidemic is a great prescription, yeah
To relieve us from this hate condition
Ooh, sooner as we all learn to love and share
People, it's alright, problems of this world will disappear
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Spread the love epidemic all around the world
People, now spread it to every man
Boy, woman and girl, oh, spread it, alright, yeah
Oh, we're gonna spread it in Chicago
And over in St. Louis, come on
New York City, come on
And feel it in Dallas too, oh
Man or farmer, yes, we are
Texas too, y'all
We got to spread it, ooh, yeah
We got to spread it now, now
We're gonna spread it, come on
We're gonna spread it, yes, we are
We just gonna spread it, we are
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's alright
Miami, Florida, it's alright
I'm just a G A O
Detroit City, yo
Goin' out to L.A., yeah
San Francisco, yeah
Take me home, it's alright
We're gonna spread this now
Just love your neighbor, yeah
Come on
Now you're in this too, yeah, yeah, yeah
We just gonna spread this now
Oh, this love epidemic, oh yeah
Love your brother now
Hey, and sister too, yeah, yeah
All around the world
People, now spread it to every man
Boy, woman and girl
Listen people
It's gonna make you love me, brother
And put a smile on your face, oh
Make you forget about colors
Think about the human race
There won't be no need for medication, no, no, no
'Cause there won't be no disease or contamination
Ooh, all we need is your participation, yeah, people
Then we all can reunite this nation, oh
Spread the love epidemic all around the world
People, now spread it to every man
Boy, woman and girl, it's alright
Alright, listen
It's gonna make you love your neighbor
Treat all your enemies kind
People, show the world that you're able
Get along with all mankind
This epidemic is a great prescription, yeah
To relieve us from this hate condition
Ooh, sooner as we all learn to love and share
People, it's alright, problems of this world will disappear
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Spread the love epidemic all around the world
People, now spread it to every man
Boy, woman and girl, oh, spread it, alright, yeah
Oh, we're gonna spread it in Chicago
And over in St. Louis, come on
New York City, come on
And feel it in Dallas too, oh
Man or farmer, yes, we are
Texas too, y'all
We got to spread it, ooh, yeah
We got to spread it now, now
We're gonna spread it, come on
We're gonna spread it, yes, we are
We just gonna spread it, we are
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's alright
Miami, Florida, it's alright
I'm just a G A O
Detroit City, yo
Goin' out to L.A., yeah
San Francisco, yeah
Take me home, it's alright
We're gonna spread this now
Just love your neighbor, yeah
Come on
Now you're in this too, yeah, yeah, yeah
We just gonna spread this now
Oh, this love epidemic, oh yeah
Love your brother now
Hey, and sister too, yeah, yeah
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Love Epidemic Lyrics as written by Norman Harris Leroy Green
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