"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.
Billie Piper
Officially Yours
nine to five a m
gonna party all weekend
i got your message
but i ain't got time
so much stuff to do
girlfriends keeping me from you but
i wanna see you
honey thats no lie
ain't no way ain't no use
cos i'm officially yours
kick your fears baby you can't lose
cos honey i'm not the girl gonna do you wrong
ain't no doubt always true
cause i'm officially yours
always give my love to you
baby all night long
boy you know that i
always like to socialise
but that don't mean
that i'm not down with you
this girl's got to be
who she is cos this is me
who says it means that i'm gonna do
what the other girls do
ain't no way ain't no use
cos i'm officially yours
kick your fears baby you can't lose
cos honey i'm not the girl gonna do you wrong
ain't no doubt always true
cause i'm officially yours
always give my love to you
baby all night long
i can't deny that i wanna be oh
everything that you need from me
just relax oh baby can't you see
don't have to follow me
you got my honesty
so don't you worry
cause i'm gonna treat you right
no situation
no need to fuss and fight oh no
ain't no way ain't no use
cos i'm officially yours
kick your fears baby you can't lose
cos honey i'm not the girl gonna do you wrong
ain't no doubt always true
cause i'm officially yours
always give my love to you
baby all night long
chorus repeat x 2
Officially Yours
nine to five a m
gonna party all weekend
i got your message
but i ain't got time
so much stuff to do
girlfriends keeping me from you but
i wanna see you
honey thats no lie
ain't no way ain't no use
cos i'm officially yours
kick your fears baby you can't lose
cos honey i'm not the girl gonna do you wrong
ain't no doubt always true
cause i'm officially yours
always give my love to you
baby all night long
boy you know that i
always like to socialise
but that don't mean
that i'm not down with you
this girl's got to be
who she is cos this is me
who says it means that i'm gonna do
what the other girls do
ain't no way ain't no use
cos i'm officially yours
kick your fears baby you can't lose
cos honey i'm not the girl gonna do you wrong
ain't no doubt always true
cause i'm officially yours
always give my love to you
baby all night long
i can't deny that i wanna be oh
everything that you need from me
just relax oh baby can't you see
don't have to follow me
you got my honesty
so don't you worry
cause i'm gonna treat you right
no situation
no need to fuss and fight oh no
ain't no way ain't no use
cos i'm officially yours
kick your fears baby you can't lose
cos honey i'm not the girl gonna do you wrong
ain't no doubt always true
cause i'm officially yours
always give my love to you
baby all night long
chorus repeat x 2
Lyrics submitted by LyssaLyss
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