"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.
Nobody really wants to be alone, hey
I must stay this way for long on
I'm just trying my best to be honest, and open
I'm still learning how, yeah
I'm not saying that I'm here to bless
At some point it's got to be real
But I must confess that I'm clueless
Where I need to be, this is hard for me
'Cause I'm gonna hold you
When I touch you, it's the game I usually play
But when I feel you, I wanna be with you
And I know just what to say
It will be the sweetest thing you ever heard
And despite of all the things I wanna do to you
This time, I'm gonna be more than words
This time I'm gonna be, more than words, mm
Ready to let somebody get to know me, yeah
Not just only skin to skin
But to alleviate the pressure, pressure
Before we begin, yeah
Could you be that special somebody, yeah
'Cause I'm so alone to wait
I must confess that I'm clueless
Where I need to be, this is hard for me
'Cause I'm gonna hold you
When I touch you, it's the game I usually play
But when I feel you, I wanna be with you
And I know just what to say
It will be the sweetest thing you ever heard
And despite of all the things I wanna do to you
This time, I'm gonna be more than words
This time I'm gonna be, more than words, mm
Being close to you only makes it worse
If we rushing, somebody will get hurt
It's truly extraordinary, you might be the girl for me
Still I wanna hold you, wanna touch you
Is the game I usually play
I wanna feel you, I wanna be with you
And I know just what to say
It would be the sweetest thing you ever heard
And despite of all the things I wanna do to you
This time, I'm gonna be more than words
This time I'm gonna be, more than words, mm
I must stay this way for long on
I'm just trying my best to be honest, and open
I'm still learning how, yeah
I'm not saying that I'm here to bless
At some point it's got to be real
But I must confess that I'm clueless
Where I need to be, this is hard for me
'Cause I'm gonna hold you
When I touch you, it's the game I usually play
But when I feel you, I wanna be with you
And I know just what to say
It will be the sweetest thing you ever heard
And despite of all the things I wanna do to you
This time, I'm gonna be more than words
This time I'm gonna be, more than words, mm
Ready to let somebody get to know me, yeah
Not just only skin to skin
But to alleviate the pressure, pressure
Before we begin, yeah
Could you be that special somebody, yeah
'Cause I'm so alone to wait
I must confess that I'm clueless
Where I need to be, this is hard for me
'Cause I'm gonna hold you
When I touch you, it's the game I usually play
But when I feel you, I wanna be with you
And I know just what to say
It will be the sweetest thing you ever heard
And despite of all the things I wanna do to you
This time, I'm gonna be more than words
This time I'm gonna be, more than words, mm
Being close to you only makes it worse
If we rushing, somebody will get hurt
It's truly extraordinary, you might be the girl for me
Still I wanna hold you, wanna touch you
Is the game I usually play
I wanna feel you, I wanna be with you
And I know just what to say
It would be the sweetest thing you ever heard
And despite of all the things I wanna do to you
This time, I'm gonna be more than words
This time I'm gonna be, more than words, mm
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