"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.
Come on
Ooh
Shit, Lord have mercy
I've never felt this way before
And she's all that I need and more
Her hips and waist belong to me
It often makes me write on my dreams
If I knew there was only nine
She's still might be around because
I-I can't go on
Oh no
I tell you, what am I gon' do now (hey)
Without her
My life just won't, it won't be the same
I tell you, what am I gon' do now? (Hey)
Without
Ooh
Shit, Lord have mercy
I never thought that I would be
So caught up that I wouldn't see
Just who would go to war for me
And take out two or three so easily
I give up everything to see I found you
(Baby girl)
'Cause it don't mean shit without you 'cause I ('cause I)
I can't go on (I can't go on)
Oh no
I tell you, know now
What am I gon' do now (hey)
Without her? (Without her)
My life just won't, it won't be the same
What am I gon' do now? (Hey, without)
Ooh
Shit, Lord have mercy
I gave her everything she ever needed
That's why it shocked me when she said she was leavin'
I wanted to find out what was going on
'Cause I'm thinkin' to myself, man, something's wrong
And then smokin' one day, it hit me kinda fast
That I needed to go check my stash 'cause I
'Cause I ('cause I)
I can't go on (I can't go on)
Oh no
I tell you, know now
What am I gon' do now (hey-hey)
Without her? (Without her)
My life just won't, it won't be the same
What am I gon' do now? (Hey)
Because I ('cause I)
I can't go on (I can't go on)
Oh no, I tell you, know now
What am I gon' do now? (Hey-hey)
Without her? (Without her)
My life just won't, it won't be the same
What am I gon' do now? (Hey)
Without
Ooh
Lord have mercy
Ooh
Lord have mercy
Ooh
Shit, Lord have mercy
I've never felt this way before
And she's all that I need and more
Her hips and waist belong to me
It often makes me write on my dreams
If I knew there was only nine
She's still might be around because
I-I can't go on
Oh no
I tell you, what am I gon' do now (hey)
Without her
My life just won't, it won't be the same
I tell you, what am I gon' do now? (Hey)
Without
Ooh
Shit, Lord have mercy
I never thought that I would be
So caught up that I wouldn't see
Just who would go to war for me
And take out two or three so easily
I give up everything to see I found you
(Baby girl)
'Cause it don't mean shit without you 'cause I ('cause I)
I can't go on (I can't go on)
Oh no
I tell you, know now
What am I gon' do now (hey)
Without her? (Without her)
My life just won't, it won't be the same
What am I gon' do now? (Hey, without)
Ooh
Shit, Lord have mercy
I gave her everything she ever needed
That's why it shocked me when she said she was leavin'
I wanted to find out what was going on
'Cause I'm thinkin' to myself, man, something's wrong
And then smokin' one day, it hit me kinda fast
That I needed to go check my stash 'cause I
'Cause I ('cause I)
I can't go on (I can't go on)
Oh no
I tell you, know now
What am I gon' do now (hey-hey)
Without her? (Without her)
My life just won't, it won't be the same
What am I gon' do now? (Hey)
Because I ('cause I)
I can't go on (I can't go on)
Oh no, I tell you, know now
What am I gon' do now? (Hey-hey)
Without her? (Without her)
My life just won't, it won't be the same
What am I gon' do now? (Hey)
Without
Ooh
Lord have mercy
Ooh
Lord have mercy
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