"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.
This old heart of mine been broke a thousand times
Each time you break away, feel you're gone to stay
Lonely nights that come, memories that go
Bringing you back again, hurting me more and more
Maybe it's my mistake to show this love I feel inside
'Cause each day that passes by
You got me never knowing if I'm coming or going
But I love you, yes I do
I love you, this old heart weeps for you
I try hard to hide my hurt inside
This old heart of mine always keeps me crying
The way you treat me leaves me incomplete
You're here for the day, gone for the week
But if I leave me a hundred times
A hundred times I'll take you back
I'm yours whenever you want me
I want to shout about it, tell the world about it
'Cause I love you, this old heart weeps for you
I love you, this old heart weeps for you
This old heart of mine been broke a thousand times
Each time you break away, feel you're gone to stay
Lonely nights that come, memories that go
Bringing you back again, hurting me more and more
Maybe it's my mistake to show this love I feel inside
'Cause each day that passes by
You got me never knowing if I'm coming or going
But I love you, yes I do
This old heart weeps for you
I love you
I love you, yes I do
Yes I do
I love you, this old heart weeps for you
I love you, darling weeps for you
I love you, yes I do
I love you
Each time you break away, feel you're gone to stay
Lonely nights that come, memories that go
Bringing you back again, hurting me more and more
Maybe it's my mistake to show this love I feel inside
'Cause each day that passes by
You got me never knowing if I'm coming or going
But I love you, yes I do
I love you, this old heart weeps for you
I try hard to hide my hurt inside
This old heart of mine always keeps me crying
The way you treat me leaves me incomplete
You're here for the day, gone for the week
But if I leave me a hundred times
A hundred times I'll take you back
I'm yours whenever you want me
I want to shout about it, tell the world about it
'Cause I love you, this old heart weeps for you
I love you, this old heart weeps for you
This old heart of mine been broke a thousand times
Each time you break away, feel you're gone to stay
Lonely nights that come, memories that go
Bringing you back again, hurting me more and more
Maybe it's my mistake to show this love I feel inside
'Cause each day that passes by
You got me never knowing if I'm coming or going
But I love you, yes I do
This old heart weeps for you
I love you
I love you, yes I do
Yes I do
I love you, this old heart weeps for you
I love you, darling weeps for you
I love you, yes I do
I love you
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