"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.
Would you believe me
If I said My head is spinning without you
Would you believe me
If I just want to let you know how I feel about you
Now I want to know what I can do to make you stay with me tonight
'Cause I do
Would you believe me if I leave you, cause here I go
Am I reaching you now
I'm just trying to tell you that I'm letting you go
Am I reaching you now
Dearly departed now that you've started, I'm going to finish it
Would you believe me
If I held on too tight to make it without you
Would you believe me
If I just gotta let you know I cant live without you
Would you believe me if I leave you cause here I go
Am I reaching you now
I'm just trying to tell you that I'm letting you go
Am I reaching you now
Dearly departed, now that you've started it, I'm going to finish it
Now I don't mean to test your faith
Or make you think that I wont wait for you
'Cause I will
But baby this is all I got
So I'm gonna give it one last shot
I would give you more than enough
But baby I got to let go
Let you go
Would you believe me
Am I reaching you now
I was trying to tell you I was letting you go
Am I reaching you now
Dearly departed, now that you've started, I'm going to finish it
(am I reaching you now)
Gotta finish it
Gotta finish it
Dearly departed, now that you've started, I'm gonna finish it
If I said My head is spinning without you
Would you believe me
If I just want to let you know how I feel about you
Now I want to know what I can do to make you stay with me tonight
'Cause I do
Would you believe me if I leave you, cause here I go
Am I reaching you now
I'm just trying to tell you that I'm letting you go
Am I reaching you now
Dearly departed now that you've started, I'm going to finish it
Would you believe me
If I held on too tight to make it without you
Would you believe me
If I just gotta let you know I cant live without you
Would you believe me if I leave you cause here I go
Am I reaching you now
I'm just trying to tell you that I'm letting you go
Am I reaching you now
Dearly departed, now that you've started it, I'm going to finish it
Now I don't mean to test your faith
Or make you think that I wont wait for you
'Cause I will
But baby this is all I got
So I'm gonna give it one last shot
I would give you more than enough
But baby I got to let go
Let you go
Would you believe me
Am I reaching you now
I was trying to tell you I was letting you go
Am I reaching you now
Dearly departed, now that you've started, I'm going to finish it
(am I reaching you now)
Gotta finish it
Gotta finish it
Dearly departed, now that you've started, I'm gonna finish it
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Am I Reaching You Now Lyrics as written by Brandon Bush Audley Freed
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