"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.
Early morning, I got Mona Lisa by my side
What's the story behind that devious smile
Do do do do
Do do do do do do
Do do do do
She's an angel, now she's the monkey on my back
She has freedom still she never lets me go now
And my blood starts pumpin' and my heart goes jumpin'
Every time she says, 'I have to go now'
But it really don't matter for worse or for better
She will always be my number one
[Chorus]
She goes
Do do do do
Do do do do do do
Do do do do
My heart goes bang bang boom
Do do do do
When she walks into the room
Do do do do
My heart goes bang bang boom
She supplies me whenever ever I'm in need
Still a thief from the day she stole my heart now
And my blood starts pumpin' and my heart goes jumpin'
Every time she says, 'I have to go now'
But it really don't matter for worse or for better
She will always be my number one
She goes
Do do do do
Do do do do do do
Do do do do
My heart goes bang bang boom
Do do do do
When she walks into the room
Do do do do
My heart goes bang bang boom
When she walks into the room
She makes me touch the sky
A devil in disguise
She makes me touch the sky
An angel in disguise
It makes me cry, yeah, yeah
Mona Lisa by my side
With a devious little smile
She's a devil in disguise
She can make me touch the sky,
Love supplier when I'm in need
Stole my heart and me bleed
I don't mind
I don't mind
I don't mind
When she goes
Do do do do
Do do do do do do
Do do do do
My heart goes bang bang boom
Do do do do
When she walks into the room
Do do do do
My heart goes bang bang boom
Do do do do
Do do do do do do
Do do do do
My heart goes yeah yeah yeah
Do do do do
When she walks into the room
Do do do do
My heart goes bang bang boom
What's the story behind that devious smile
Do do do do
Do do do do do do
Do do do do
She's an angel, now she's the monkey on my back
She has freedom still she never lets me go now
And my blood starts pumpin' and my heart goes jumpin'
Every time she says, 'I have to go now'
But it really don't matter for worse or for better
She will always be my number one
[Chorus]
She goes
Do do do do
Do do do do do do
Do do do do
My heart goes bang bang boom
Do do do do
When she walks into the room
Do do do do
My heart goes bang bang boom
She supplies me whenever ever I'm in need
Still a thief from the day she stole my heart now
And my blood starts pumpin' and my heart goes jumpin'
Every time she says, 'I have to go now'
But it really don't matter for worse or for better
She will always be my number one
She goes
Do do do do
Do do do do do do
Do do do do
My heart goes bang bang boom
Do do do do
When she walks into the room
Do do do do
My heart goes bang bang boom
When she walks into the room
She makes me touch the sky
A devil in disguise
She makes me touch the sky
An angel in disguise
It makes me cry, yeah, yeah
Mona Lisa by my side
With a devious little smile
She's a devil in disguise
She can make me touch the sky,
Love supplier when I'm in need
Stole my heart and me bleed
I don't mind
I don't mind
I don't mind
When she goes
Do do do do
Do do do do do do
Do do do do
My heart goes bang bang boom
Do do do do
When she walks into the room
Do do do do
My heart goes bang bang boom
Do do do do
Do do do do do do
Do do do do
My heart goes yeah yeah yeah
Do do do do
When she walks into the room
Do do do do
My heart goes bang bang boom
Lyrics submitted by aquagrrl84
Bang Bang Boom Lyrics as written by Kurt Sahlen Kee Marcello
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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