"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.
Yeah 1993
Check this freaky style I was born with
I feel so freaky tonight
And I need someone to make me feel alright
So bring your body here baby
Lady have no fear
I'm gonna fulfill your fantasies
Just as long as you
Ooh
Sex me baby (oh yeah baby)
Lady (sex me)
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Sex me, baby baby (sex me baby)
Sex me (sex me baby)
Sex me, baby baby (sex me baby)
Sex me (baby won't you sex me)
Come over here and let me take off your clothes
Things I wanna do to you
Nobody has to know, no baby
So lay your body right here
Lady have no fear
'Cause ecstasy is near oh yeah
Any unexpected position
Bring it on
Any secret fantasy (baby)
I'll fulfill as long as you sex me
Sex me, baby baby (sex me baby)
Sex me baby
Sex me, baby baby, sex me
Baby won't you sex me
Baby
Now let me feel your body next to mine
'Cause girl I wanna see you sweat
Oh, you're so very wet, baby
Now put me inside of you
Do what you wanna do
'Cause you got a need for me
And I got a need for you
Anything unexpected
Any unexpected position, baby
Bring it on
Any secret fantasy
You see I will fulfill as long as you sex me
Sex me, baby baby (sex me baby)
Sex me baby (sex me baby)
Sex me, baby baby (sex me baby)
Sex me (oh ooh)
Let me kiss you in the right place
So I can see 'Sex me baby' written on your face
Slow baby, slow baby steady as we go
Up and down to a sixty-nine tempo
Yeah, now throw your body parts around
Now let me hear you make a ooh aah sound
'Cause I'm your lover man
So call your other man and say you found another man
Sex me, baby baby (sex me baby)
Sex me (move it baby)
Sex me, baby baby (sex me baby)
Sex me (oh)
Sex me, baby baby (sex me baby)
Sex me (with me baby)
Sex me, baby baby (sex me baby)
Sex me (oh)
Sex me, baby baby (sex me baby)
Sex me (sex me baby)
Sex me, baby baby (sex me baby)
Sex me
Baby, take off your clothes and come on
Turn off the lights 'cause girl it's on
Now that we are all alone
I want you to sex me
Baby, take off your clothes and come on
Turn off the lights 'cause girl it's on
Now that we are all alone
I want you to sex me (sex me, sex me)
Listen to the remix baby
(Come here girl)
Come over here and let me take off your clothes
'Cause things I wanna do to you
Nobody has to know
Just lay your body right here
Lady have no fear
'Cause ecstasy is near oh yes it is
Any unexpected positions
Anything unexpected, bring it on
Any secret fantasies
You see I will fulfill as long as you sex me
Baby, take off your clothes and come on
Turn off the lights 'cause girl it's on
Now that we are all alone
I want you to sex me (sex me baby)
Now let me feel your body next to mine
I wanna see you sweat
Girl you're so very wet, yes
Now put me inside of you
Do what you wanna do, yeah, hmm
'Cause this is my remix baby
And I'm gonna need all of you, singing
Any unexpected positions
Anything unexpected, bring it on, yeah
Any secret fantasies
Anything secret I fulfill
As long as you sex me
Baby, take off your clothes and come on
Turn off the lights 'cause girl it's on
Now that we are all alone
I want you to sex me (sex me baby)
Baby, take off your clothes and come on
Turn off the lights 'cause girl it's on
Now that we are all alone
I want you to sex me (sex me baby yeah yeah)
Let me kiss you in the right place (let me kiss you baby)
So I can see 'Sex me baby' written on your face (written all over your place)
Slow baby, slow baby steady as we go (steady baby)
Up and down to a sixty-nine tempo
Yeah, now throw your body parts around
Now let me hear you make a ooh aah sound
'Cause I'm your lover man
So call your other man and say you found another man
Baby, take off your clothes and come on
Turn off the lights 'cause girl it's on
Now that we are all alone
I want you to sex me (sex me baby)
Baby, take off your clothes and come on
Turn off the lights 'cause girl it's on
Now that we are all alone (now that we are all alone)
I want you to sex me
Baby, take off your clothes and come on
Turn off the lights 'cause girl it's on
Now that we are all alone
I want you to sex me (I want you to sex me baby)
Baby, take off your clothes and come on
Turn off the lights 'cause girl it's on
Now that we are all alone (now that we are all alone)
I want you to sex me (now it's just love for you to sex me girl)
Baby, take off your clothes and come on
Turn off the lights 'cause girl it's on
Now that we are all alone
I want you to sex me (I want you to sex me baby)
Baby, take off your clothes and come on
Turn off the lights 'cause girl it's on
Now that we are all alone (we are all alone)
I want you to sex me (girl you make me wanna say)
Ooh na, na, na, na, na, na
Your body, na, na, na, na
Ooh na, na, na, na, na, na
Your body, na, na, na, na
Ooh na, na, na, na, na, na
Your body, na, na, na, na
Ooh na, na, na, na, na, na
Your body, na, na, na, na
Check this freaky style I was born with
I feel so freaky tonight
And I need someone to make me feel alright
So bring your body here baby
Lady have no fear
I'm gonna fulfill your fantasies
Just as long as you
Ooh
Sex me baby (oh yeah baby)
Lady (sex me)
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Sex me, baby baby (sex me baby)
Sex me (sex me baby)
Sex me, baby baby (sex me baby)
Sex me (baby won't you sex me)
Come over here and let me take off your clothes
Things I wanna do to you
Nobody has to know, no baby
So lay your body right here
Lady have no fear
'Cause ecstasy is near oh yeah
Any unexpected position
Bring it on
Any secret fantasy (baby)
I'll fulfill as long as you sex me
Sex me, baby baby (sex me baby)
Sex me baby
Sex me, baby baby, sex me
Baby won't you sex me
Baby
Now let me feel your body next to mine
'Cause girl I wanna see you sweat
Oh, you're so very wet, baby
Now put me inside of you
Do what you wanna do
'Cause you got a need for me
And I got a need for you
Anything unexpected
Any unexpected position, baby
Bring it on
Any secret fantasy
You see I will fulfill as long as you sex me
Sex me, baby baby (sex me baby)
Sex me baby (sex me baby)
Sex me, baby baby (sex me baby)
Sex me (oh ooh)
Let me kiss you in the right place
So I can see 'Sex me baby' written on your face
Slow baby, slow baby steady as we go
Up and down to a sixty-nine tempo
Yeah, now throw your body parts around
Now let me hear you make a ooh aah sound
'Cause I'm your lover man
So call your other man and say you found another man
Sex me, baby baby (sex me baby)
Sex me (move it baby)
Sex me, baby baby (sex me baby)
Sex me (oh)
Sex me, baby baby (sex me baby)
Sex me (with me baby)
Sex me, baby baby (sex me baby)
Sex me (oh)
Sex me, baby baby (sex me baby)
Sex me (sex me baby)
Sex me, baby baby (sex me baby)
Sex me
Baby, take off your clothes and come on
Turn off the lights 'cause girl it's on
Now that we are all alone
I want you to sex me
Baby, take off your clothes and come on
Turn off the lights 'cause girl it's on
Now that we are all alone
I want you to sex me (sex me, sex me)
Listen to the remix baby
(Come here girl)
Come over here and let me take off your clothes
'Cause things I wanna do to you
Nobody has to know
Just lay your body right here
Lady have no fear
'Cause ecstasy is near oh yes it is
Any unexpected positions
Anything unexpected, bring it on
Any secret fantasies
You see I will fulfill as long as you sex me
Baby, take off your clothes and come on
Turn off the lights 'cause girl it's on
Now that we are all alone
I want you to sex me (sex me baby)
Now let me feel your body next to mine
I wanna see you sweat
Girl you're so very wet, yes
Now put me inside of you
Do what you wanna do, yeah, hmm
'Cause this is my remix baby
And I'm gonna need all of you, singing
Any unexpected positions
Anything unexpected, bring it on, yeah
Any secret fantasies
Anything secret I fulfill
As long as you sex me
Baby, take off your clothes and come on
Turn off the lights 'cause girl it's on
Now that we are all alone
I want you to sex me (sex me baby)
Baby, take off your clothes and come on
Turn off the lights 'cause girl it's on
Now that we are all alone
I want you to sex me (sex me baby yeah yeah)
Let me kiss you in the right place (let me kiss you baby)
So I can see 'Sex me baby' written on your face (written all over your place)
Slow baby, slow baby steady as we go (steady baby)
Up and down to a sixty-nine tempo
Yeah, now throw your body parts around
Now let me hear you make a ooh aah sound
'Cause I'm your lover man
So call your other man and say you found another man
Baby, take off your clothes and come on
Turn off the lights 'cause girl it's on
Now that we are all alone
I want you to sex me (sex me baby)
Baby, take off your clothes and come on
Turn off the lights 'cause girl it's on
Now that we are all alone (now that we are all alone)
I want you to sex me
Baby, take off your clothes and come on
Turn off the lights 'cause girl it's on
Now that we are all alone
I want you to sex me (I want you to sex me baby)
Baby, take off your clothes and come on
Turn off the lights 'cause girl it's on
Now that we are all alone (now that we are all alone)
I want you to sex me (now it's just love for you to sex me girl)
Baby, take off your clothes and come on
Turn off the lights 'cause girl it's on
Now that we are all alone
I want you to sex me (I want you to sex me baby)
Baby, take off your clothes and come on
Turn off the lights 'cause girl it's on
Now that we are all alone (we are all alone)
I want you to sex me (girl you make me wanna say)
Ooh na, na, na, na, na, na
Your body, na, na, na, na
Ooh na, na, na, na, na, na
Your body, na, na, na, na
Ooh na, na, na, na, na, na
Your body, na, na, na, na
Ooh na, na, na, na, na, na
Your body, na, na, na, na
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