"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.
You said, you said, that everything would just work out in the end,
But I swear, I stare, into the face of adversity again
There's no turning back now,
So take your best shot, it's all that you've got
Won't quit with the pressure,
You know I'm never gonna be defeated
This is a test, a wake up call
It's a mission to talk,
Shock to the heart blow to the head
You said, you said,
That this is just the beginning of the end,
But I swear, I swear,
I will never let you get to me again
So just walk away now,
Well take your best shot it's all that you've got
Won't quit with the pressure,
You know I'm never gonna be defeated
This is a test, a wake up call
It's a mission to talk,
Shock to the heart blow to the head,
And a reason to fall
This is a test, a wake up call
It's a mission to talk,
Shock to the heart blow to the... head!
This is a test, a wake up call
It's a mission to talk,
Shock to the heart blow to the head,
And a reason to fall
This is a test, a wake up call
It's a mission to talk,
Shock to the heart blow to the head
The head
The head
The head
The..
But I swear, I stare, into the face of adversity again
There's no turning back now,
So take your best shot, it's all that you've got
Won't quit with the pressure,
You know I'm never gonna be defeated
This is a test, a wake up call
It's a mission to talk,
Shock to the heart blow to the head
You said, you said,
That this is just the beginning of the end,
But I swear, I swear,
I will never let you get to me again
So just walk away now,
Well take your best shot it's all that you've got
Won't quit with the pressure,
You know I'm never gonna be defeated
This is a test, a wake up call
It's a mission to talk,
Shock to the heart blow to the head,
And a reason to fall
This is a test, a wake up call
It's a mission to talk,
Shock to the heart blow to the... head!
This is a test, a wake up call
It's a mission to talk,
Shock to the heart blow to the head,
And a reason to fall
This is a test, a wake up call
It's a mission to talk,
Shock to the heart blow to the head
The head
The head
The head
The..
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