"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 is for the things you never know
It's in the words you say that got me tearing at my soul
And you come to me and I'm come into you
And you're here tonight
Stay with me tonight
It's in the way your hair falls down
With every breath you send me spinning round and round
And these nights they always turn into days
Stay with me tonight
It will be alright
We'll be singing
Take me home
Take me again and again
Save me oh (in someway)
Just make me whole again
Now I'm waiting for you to run
You always say you're in love
So why you saying that you're done
You're just waiting for me to call out your name
Don't you leave tonight
Don't leave tonight
'Cause you're tired of then burning out
And the cross you bear doesn't fit with the crown
And you'll never know just how far we have come
But you'll be alright
Yeah you'll sing tonight
You'll be singing
Take me home
Take me again and again
Save me oh (in someway)
Just make me whole again
Now I'm waiting for you to give me a sign
That you'll be here with me in my darkest time
Probably be here fighting with the morning light
But you know I'll be alright
You know we'll sing tonight
We'll be here singing
Take me home
Take me again and again
Save me oh (in someway)
And just take me home again
We'll be singing
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
We'll be singing
Take me home
It's in the words you say that got me tearing at my soul
And you come to me and I'm come into you
And you're here tonight
Stay with me tonight
It's in the way your hair falls down
With every breath you send me spinning round and round
And these nights they always turn into days
Stay with me tonight
It will be alright
We'll be singing
Take me home
Take me again and again
Save me oh (in someway)
Just make me whole again
Now I'm waiting for you to run
You always say you're in love
So why you saying that you're done
You're just waiting for me to call out your name
Don't you leave tonight
Don't leave tonight
'Cause you're tired of then burning out
And the cross you bear doesn't fit with the crown
And you'll never know just how far we have come
But you'll be alright
Yeah you'll sing tonight
You'll be singing
Take me home
Take me again and again
Save me oh (in someway)
Just make me whole again
Now I'm waiting for you to give me a sign
That you'll be here with me in my darkest time
Probably be here fighting with the morning light
But you know I'll be alright
You know we'll sing tonight
We'll be here singing
Take me home
Take me again and again
Save me oh (in someway)
And just take me home again
We'll be singing
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
We'll be singing
Take me home
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