"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.
I was reborn when I was broken
I wouldn't believe, I wouldn't believe, no
Been through a storm, no use in hoping
That you would come rescue me
Somehow your love set me free
And I, I can let my life pass me by
Or I can get down and try
Work it all out this lifetime
Work it on out this time
I can let it all pass me by
Or I can get down and try
Work it all out this lifetime, lifetime
There was a time when love wasn't chosen
Now I'm just open for more
Now I'm just reaching out for something better
Than I had before, girl
There ain't a bottom line in your world
Ooh and I, I can let my life pass me by
Or I can get down and try
Work it all out this lifetime
Work it on out this time
I can let it all pass me by
Or I can just try and try
I can move to the light
Oh if I take it one day at a time (oh I)
Oh spread my love out and fly
Oh I (I can move to the light)
Ooh I can just make you understand
That love is not a fairy tale in a melody
If you want it you can have it girl
Maybe you will see, maybe you will see
Ooh oh oh whoa oh
(Lifetime, lifetime)
And I, I can let my life pass me by
I can just try and try
Work it all out this lifetime, lifetime
I can let it all pass me by
Or I can get just, all right now
(Lifetime, lifetime)
I can let my life pass me by
Work it on (Lifetime, lifetime)
I can let my life pass me by
There's no way, there's no way
I won't leave you, I won't leave (Lifetime, lifetime)
I can let my life pass me by
You're so mine, baby
(Lifetime, lifetime)
I wouldn't believe, I wouldn't believe, no
Been through a storm, no use in hoping
That you would come rescue me
Somehow your love set me free
And I, I can let my life pass me by
Or I can get down and try
Work it all out this lifetime
Work it on out this time
I can let it all pass me by
Or I can get down and try
Work it all out this lifetime, lifetime
There was a time when love wasn't chosen
Now I'm just open for more
Now I'm just reaching out for something better
Than I had before, girl
There ain't a bottom line in your world
Ooh and I, I can let my life pass me by
Or I can get down and try
Work it all out this lifetime
Work it on out this time
I can let it all pass me by
Or I can just try and try
I can move to the light
Oh if I take it one day at a time (oh I)
Oh spread my love out and fly
Oh I (I can move to the light)
Ooh I can just make you understand
That love is not a fairy tale in a melody
If you want it you can have it girl
Maybe you will see, maybe you will see
Ooh oh oh whoa oh
(Lifetime, lifetime)
And I, I can let my life pass me by
I can just try and try
Work it all out this lifetime, lifetime
I can let it all pass me by
Or I can get just, all right now
(Lifetime, lifetime)
I can let my life pass me by
Work it on (Lifetime, lifetime)
I can let my life pass me by
There's no way, there's no way
I won't leave you, I won't leave (Lifetime, lifetime)
I can let my life pass me by
You're so mine, baby
(Lifetime, lifetime)
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