"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 don't know
I don't know
I don't know
It seemed like I had to lose in order to win
And when they walked out on me, that's when Your love came in
And when I feel like dyin', You made me feel better
You took me by the hand
You told me we could make it through this together
You were my strength, You were my strength
When I was exhausted
You were my strength, You were my strength
You were my strength, helped me climb the mountain
You were my
My God, my sword, my shield, my joy, my life
Your love so real
You were my strength, You were my strength
You were, you were my
It's amazin' to me when I look back and see, whoa, whoa
How I made it over
Man, I thought it was over
And when my heart was shattered into a million pieces
Your love put me back together again
You knew just what I needed
You were my strength, You were my strength
When I was exhausted
You were my strength, You were my strength
You were my strength, You helped me climb the mountain
You were my
My heart, my sword, my shield, my joy, my life
Your love so real
You were my strength, You were my strength
I just wanna say this
You were my
That is why I love You
That is why I love You
Took me back is why I love You
That is why I love You
You were my strength, You were my strength
When I was exhausted, yeah
You were my strength, You were my strength
You were my strength, helped me climb the mountain
You were my
My body, my sword, my shield, my joy, my life
Your love so real
You were my strength, You were my strength
You were my, my
You were my
You were my strength
You were my strength when I was exhausted
You were my strength
You were my strength, helped me climb the mountain
That is why I love You
That is why I love
You were my strength
You were my strength
I will never forget how You were
You were my strength
You were my strength
You were my strength
You were my strength
My body, my soul, my shield, my joy, my life
Your love so real
You were my strength, You were my strength
You were my
I don't know
I don't know
It seemed like I had to lose in order to win
And when they walked out on me, that's when Your love came in
And when I feel like dyin', You made me feel better
You took me by the hand
You told me we could make it through this together
You were my strength, You were my strength
When I was exhausted
You were my strength, You were my strength
You were my strength, helped me climb the mountain
You were my
My God, my sword, my shield, my joy, my life
Your love so real
You were my strength, You were my strength
You were, you were my
It's amazin' to me when I look back and see, whoa, whoa
How I made it over
Man, I thought it was over
And when my heart was shattered into a million pieces
Your love put me back together again
You knew just what I needed
You were my strength, You were my strength
When I was exhausted
You were my strength, You were my strength
You were my strength, You helped me climb the mountain
You were my
My heart, my sword, my shield, my joy, my life
Your love so real
You were my strength, You were my strength
I just wanna say this
You were my
That is why I love You
That is why I love You
Took me back is why I love You
That is why I love You
You were my strength, You were my strength
When I was exhausted, yeah
You were my strength, You were my strength
You were my strength, helped me climb the mountain
You were my
My body, my sword, my shield, my joy, my life
Your love so real
You were my strength, You were my strength
You were my, my
You were my
You were my strength
You were my strength when I was exhausted
You were my strength
You were my strength, helped me climb the mountain
That is why I love You
That is why I love
You were my strength
You were my strength
I will never forget how You were
You were my strength
You were my strength
You were my strength
You were my strength
My body, my soul, my shield, my joy, my life
Your love so real
You were my strength, You were my strength
You were my
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You Are My Strength Lyrics as written by Deitrick V Haddon Fred Crawford
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