"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.
Sitting here all by myself with my heart up
On the shelf
This house don't feel like home to me
I watch the clock up on the wall, Time stands
Still that's all
When You're out of reach I wish you could see
Since you went away I've been feeling this way
What I really want to stay
I want to see you, I want to be with you, I want to
Feel you
And put my arms around you when I hold you
I won't let go of you baby
If I could kiss you I'd make love to you â??cause
I need you
Like I never needed anybody, oh baby can't
You see
You're the man that brings the woman out of
Me
I took a walk out in the rain, Knowing that
You feel the same
With each goodbye I'm closer to you
Though the miles pull us apart, We both knew
It from the start
Together we can make it through
Every minute that you're gone is a minute too
Long
Right here's where you belong
I want to see you, I want to be with you, I want to
Feel you
And put my arms around you when I hold you
I won't let go of you baby
If I could kiss you I'd make love to you â??cause
I need you
Like I never needed anybody, oh baby can't
You see
You're the man that brings the woman out of
Me
And when we are together it's like nothing
That I've ever felt before
When you lay your hands on me
Itâ??s lightning and it's thunder, this sweet
Spell that I'm under
Baby, You're all that I need
I want to see you, I want to be with you, I want to
Feel you
And put my arms around you when I hold you
I won't let go of you baby
If I could kiss you I'd make love to you â??cause
I need you
Like I never needed anybody, oh baby can't
You see
You're the man that brings the woman out of
Me
On the shelf
This house don't feel like home to me
I watch the clock up on the wall, Time stands
Still that's all
When You're out of reach I wish you could see
Since you went away I've been feeling this way
What I really want to stay
I want to see you, I want to be with you, I want to
Feel you
And put my arms around you when I hold you
I won't let go of you baby
If I could kiss you I'd make love to you â??cause
I need you
Like I never needed anybody, oh baby can't
You see
You're the man that brings the woman out of
Me
I took a walk out in the rain, Knowing that
You feel the same
With each goodbye I'm closer to you
Though the miles pull us apart, We both knew
It from the start
Together we can make it through
Every minute that you're gone is a minute too
Long
Right here's where you belong
I want to see you, I want to be with you, I want to
Feel you
And put my arms around you when I hold you
I won't let go of you baby
If I could kiss you I'd make love to you â??cause
I need you
Like I never needed anybody, oh baby can't
You see
You're the man that brings the woman out of
Me
And when we are together it's like nothing
That I've ever felt before
When you lay your hands on me
Itâ??s lightning and it's thunder, this sweet
Spell that I'm under
Baby, You're all that I need
I want to see you, I want to be with you, I want to
Feel you
And put my arms around you when I hold you
I won't let go of you baby
If I could kiss you I'd make love to you â??cause
I need you
Like I never needed anybody, oh baby can't
You see
You're the man that brings the woman out of
Me
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