"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.
There are so many people who have walked this earth
Thinking that they know the truth
So they often criticize the way I believe
And they say, "Tell me, where is your proof?"
I tell them Jesus was
(Wounded)
For my transgressions
(Transgressions)
And He was bruised
(Bruised)
For my inequities
(Inequities)
They're gonna know that's true
They're gonna know that's true
They've got to know that it's the truth
They've got to know that it's the truth
That
Jesus
(He was sent from the Father)
Jesus
(He's a great Messiah)
Jesus
(He's bread for the hungry)
Jesus
(He's water for the thirsty)
Jesus
(He's hope for the hopeless)
Jesus
(He arose from the dead)
Jesus
(Just like He said)
Every knee shall bow
Every tongue confess
That Jesus is Lord
That Jesus is Lord
He walked upon the water
And this same Jesus calmed the raging sea
He healed a man that was lame one day
And from sinking sand He lifted me
I tell them Jesus was
(Wounded)
For my transgressions
(Transgressions)
And He was bruised
(Bruised)
For my inequities
(Inequities)
Every knee shall bow
Every tongue confess
That Jesus is Lord
That Jesus is Lord
Jesus is Lord
Bow, bow
Bow, bow
Bow down
Everybody's gonna know it
Thinking that they know the truth
So they often criticize the way I believe
And they say, "Tell me, where is your proof?"
I tell them Jesus was
(Wounded)
For my transgressions
(Transgressions)
And He was bruised
(Bruised)
For my inequities
(Inequities)
They're gonna know that's true
They're gonna know that's true
They've got to know that it's the truth
They've got to know that it's the truth
That
Jesus
(He was sent from the Father)
Jesus
(He's a great Messiah)
Jesus
(He's bread for the hungry)
Jesus
(He's water for the thirsty)
Jesus
(He's hope for the hopeless)
Jesus
(He arose from the dead)
Jesus
(Just like He said)
Every knee shall bow
Every tongue confess
That Jesus is Lord
That Jesus is Lord
He walked upon the water
And this same Jesus calmed the raging sea
He healed a man that was lame one day
And from sinking sand He lifted me
I tell them Jesus was
(Wounded)
For my transgressions
(Transgressions)
And He was bruised
(Bruised)
For my inequities
(Inequities)
Every knee shall bow
Every tongue confess
That Jesus is Lord
That Jesus is Lord
Jesus is Lord
Bow, bow
Bow, bow
Bow down
Everybody's gonna know it
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Jesus Is Lord Lyrics as written by M. Winans Andrae E Crouch
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Capitol CMG Publishing
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