"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'm gonna tell you what you need to hear
And I'm a little too late
By three or four years
And it may not make much sense
Now that we are apart
But I'm going to stop pretending
That I didn't break your heart
You see I never thought enough of myself
To realize that losing me could mean
Something like the tears in your eyes
And I want to tell you I'm sorry
And it's too late to start
But I'm going to stop pretending
That I didn't break your heart
And it's christmas eve
Years down the line
Sitting here wishing I'd treated you better
When you where mine
And I have no way of knowing where you are
But I'm going to stop pretending
That I didn't break your heart
I didn't mean to hurt you
I didn't know what I was doing
But I know what I have done
And I'm a little too late
By three or four years
And it may not make much sense
Now that we are apart
But I'm going to stop pretending
That I didn't break your heart
You see I never thought enough of myself
To realize that losing me could mean
Something like the tears in your eyes
And I want to tell you I'm sorry
And it's too late to start
But I'm going to stop pretending
That I didn't break your heart
And it's christmas eve
Years down the line
Sitting here wishing I'd treated you better
When you where mine
And I have no way of knowing where you are
But I'm going to stop pretending
That I didn't break your heart
I didn't mean to hurt you
I didn't know what I was doing
But I know what I have done
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<i>I can't say how long I'll stand at the line that I'm toeing But I've got a good feeling 'bout where I'm going</i>
I wondered if it was supposed to be "toe-ing" or "towing".
I like to think of it as "towing" for some reason. It makes for a better vision in my head of a sailor or fisherman heading out onto the open sea (towing lifeboats, or a net with which to catch his fish) looking for a New World to plant his pocketful of seeds.