"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 don't know it but I loved you more than this
I would do it all again, just for you
You gotta head the right way you know its set
You gotta make it count cause its all you got
The road unwinds and leads you far
Far from where you started from
I don't know why you got so weighed down
All I know is you have to...
Run I'll find you (and I will find you)
Now I've got you (and I've got you)
You got you got you got me now (you got yeah you got me)
You got you got you got me now
All those times we spoke I never would have guessed
What you had for me was never second best
You gotta head the right way you know its set
You gotta make it count cause its all you got
The road unwinds and leads you far
Far from where you started from
I don't know why you got so weighed down
All I know is you have to...
Run I'll find you (and I will find you)
Now I've got you (and I've got you)
You got you got you got me now (you got yeah you got me)
You got you got you got me now
And I will find you
And I've got you
And I will find you
And I've got you
You got, yeah, you got me
You got you got you got me now
When your'e lost and alone I'll come find you
Hear my voice don't let go I am with you
Fix your eyes, take a breath when your'e sinking
Just call my name
When your'e lost and alone I'll come find you
Hear my voice don't let go I am with you
Fix your eyes, take a breath when your'e sinking
Call my name
When your'e lost and alone I'll come find you
Hear my voice don't let go I am with you
Fix your eyes, take a breath when your'e sinking
Just call my name
I would do it all again, just for you
You gotta head the right way you know its set
You gotta make it count cause its all you got
The road unwinds and leads you far
Far from where you started from
I don't know why you got so weighed down
All I know is you have to...
Run I'll find you (and I will find you)
Now I've got you (and I've got you)
You got you got you got me now (you got yeah you got me)
You got you got you got me now
All those times we spoke I never would have guessed
What you had for me was never second best
You gotta head the right way you know its set
You gotta make it count cause its all you got
The road unwinds and leads you far
Far from where you started from
I don't know why you got so weighed down
All I know is you have to...
Run I'll find you (and I will find you)
Now I've got you (and I've got you)
You got you got you got me now (you got yeah you got me)
You got you got you got me now
And I will find you
And I've got you
And I will find you
And I've got you
You got, yeah, you got me
You got you got you got me now
When your'e lost and alone I'll come find you
Hear my voice don't let go I am with you
Fix your eyes, take a breath when your'e sinking
Just call my name
When your'e lost and alone I'll come find you
Hear my voice don't let go I am with you
Fix your eyes, take a breath when your'e sinking
Call my name
When your'e lost and alone I'll come find you
Hear my voice don't let go I am with you
Fix your eyes, take a breath when your'e sinking
Just call my name
Lyrics submitted by liniwa
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