"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.
Strangers in the night
Exchanging glances
Wandering the night
What were the chances
We'd be sharing love
Before the night was through?
Something in your eyes
Was so inviting
Something in your smile
Was so exciting
Something in my heart
Told me I must have you
Strangers in the night
Two lonely people
We were strangers in the night
Up to the moment
When we said our first hello
Little did we know
Love was just a glance away
A warm embracing dance away
Ever since that night
We've been together
Lovers at first sight
In love forever
It turned out so right
For strangers in the night
Ahh, ahh
Yeah, yeah
Ooh-la-da-da-da-da
Shoo-bee-doo, shoo-bee-doo
Shoo-bee-doo-doo, doo-bee-da
Shoo-bee, sha-ba-da-ya
Ha, shoo-bee-doo-bee-doo
Shoo-bee-doo-bee-doo
Ha, strangers in the night
Two lonely people
We were strangers in the night
Up to the moment
When we said our first hello
Little did we know
Love was just a glance away
Well, a warm embracing dance away
Ever since that night
We've been together
Lovers at first sight
In love forever
It turned out so right
For strangers in the night
Ha, it turned out so right
For strangers in, in the night, ha
We were strangers
Couple of strangers
Two lonely people
Ha, and we were lovers
Groovin' lovers
Couple of strangers
Ha, loving strangers (hey Marvin)
Yeah
(Unforgettable, unforgettable)
Exchanging glances
Wandering the night
What were the chances
We'd be sharing love
Before the night was through?
Something in your eyes
Was so inviting
Something in your smile
Was so exciting
Something in my heart
Told me I must have you
Strangers in the night
Two lonely people
We were strangers in the night
Up to the moment
When we said our first hello
Little did we know
Love was just a glance away
A warm embracing dance away
Ever since that night
We've been together
Lovers at first sight
In love forever
It turned out so right
For strangers in the night
Ahh, ahh
Yeah, yeah
Ooh-la-da-da-da-da
Shoo-bee-doo, shoo-bee-doo
Shoo-bee-doo-doo, doo-bee-da
Shoo-bee, sha-ba-da-ya
Ha, shoo-bee-doo-bee-doo
Shoo-bee-doo-bee-doo
Ha, strangers in the night
Two lonely people
We were strangers in the night
Up to the moment
When we said our first hello
Little did we know
Love was just a glance away
Well, a warm embracing dance away
Ever since that night
We've been together
Lovers at first sight
In love forever
It turned out so right
For strangers in the night
Ha, it turned out so right
For strangers in, in the night, ha
We were strangers
Couple of strangers
Two lonely people
Ha, and we were lovers
Groovin' lovers
Couple of strangers
Ha, loving strangers (hey Marvin)
Yeah
(Unforgettable, unforgettable)
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Strangers in the Night [Live; Previously Unreleased Track] Lyrics as written by Charles Singleton Bert Kaempfert
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