"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.
She was about five foot three
Heavenly complected and you know me
I ran in her direction
Because I had to see
If what was going on was really going on
She had almond eyes
Hair that ran down to her chocolate thighs
Had a playa shook like my, my, my
Yeah, every word I would've said
Wouldn't come out right
Baby girl had it going on
The way her jeans hugged her hips
Just turned me on
And the shape of her lips
Hotter than the sun
I wish that she could be the one
But she used to be my
You used to be my man's girl
I wish that you would be my girl
No matter what people say
Girl they won't change the way I feel
Girl you used to be my man's girl
I wish that you could be my girl
Now tell me what I got to say
Just tell me what I got to say
Girl you got me wanting to be
Hugging all over your body
Wondering how to get you down with me
Shorty don't front 'cause I got what you want
Number one fan
Shorty I just want to be your man
'Cause ain't no way that we can't win
So believe it baby, believe it baby
Baby girl had it going on
The way her jeans hugged her hips
Just turned me on
And the shape of her lips
Hotter than the sun
I wish that she could be the one
You used to be my man's girl
I wish that you would be my girl
No matter what people say
It really won't change the way I feel
No no you done been my man's girl
Baby, my girl
So baby just tell me what I gotta do
Just tell me what I got to say
I need you baby
Even when people try to tell you things about me
Don't believe it baby
'Cause ain't no limit to what we can grow to be
Can't you see it baby
Us against the world that's how it's supposed to be
Girl I need you to be with me
You used to be my man's girl
I wish that you would be my girl
No matter what people say
It won't change the way I feel
You used to be my man's girl
I wish that you were my girl
So tell me what I got to say
Just tell me what I got to say
You used to be my man's girl
I wish that you would be my girl
No matter what people say
I won't change the way I feel
Girl you used to be my man's girl
Be my girl
So tell me what I got to say
Just tell me what I got to say
Ohhhh
Oh yeah, oh
Heavenly complected and you know me
I ran in her direction
Because I had to see
If what was going on was really going on
She had almond eyes
Hair that ran down to her chocolate thighs
Had a playa shook like my, my, my
Yeah, every word I would've said
Wouldn't come out right
Baby girl had it going on
The way her jeans hugged her hips
Just turned me on
And the shape of her lips
Hotter than the sun
I wish that she could be the one
But she used to be my
You used to be my man's girl
I wish that you would be my girl
No matter what people say
Girl they won't change the way I feel
Girl you used to be my man's girl
I wish that you could be my girl
Now tell me what I got to say
Just tell me what I got to say
Girl you got me wanting to be
Hugging all over your body
Wondering how to get you down with me
Shorty don't front 'cause I got what you want
Number one fan
Shorty I just want to be your man
'Cause ain't no way that we can't win
So believe it baby, believe it baby
Baby girl had it going on
The way her jeans hugged her hips
Just turned me on
And the shape of her lips
Hotter than the sun
I wish that she could be the one
You used to be my man's girl
I wish that you would be my girl
No matter what people say
It really won't change the way I feel
No no you done been my man's girl
Baby, my girl
So baby just tell me what I gotta do
Just tell me what I got to say
I need you baby
Even when people try to tell you things about me
Don't believe it baby
'Cause ain't no limit to what we can grow to be
Can't you see it baby
Us against the world that's how it's supposed to be
Girl I need you to be with me
You used to be my man's girl
I wish that you would be my girl
No matter what people say
It won't change the way I feel
You used to be my man's girl
I wish that you were my girl
So tell me what I got to say
Just tell me what I got to say
You used to be my man's girl
I wish that you would be my girl
No matter what people say
I won't change the way I feel
Girl you used to be my man's girl
Be my girl
So tell me what I got to say
Just tell me what I got to say
Ohhhh
Oh yeah, oh
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