"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.
Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, cool-cool kitty
Tell us about the boy from New York City
Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, come on kitty (oh, yeah)
Tell us about the boy from New York City
He's kinda tall
He's really fine (yeah, yeah)
Someday I hope to make him mine, all mine
Yeah, yeah
And he's neat
And oh, so sweet
And the way he looked at me just swept me off my feet
Yeah, yeah
Ooh-wee
You oughta come and see
How he walks yeah yeah
And how he talks
Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, cool-cool kitty (oh, yeah)
Tell us about the boy from New York City
He's really down
And he's no clown (yeah, yeah)
He has the finest penthouse
I've ever seen in town (yeah, yeah)
And he's cute in his mohair suit
And he keeps his pockets full of spending loot yeah, yeah
Ooh-wee
You ought to come and see
His pretty bar (yeah, yeah)
In his brand new car (yeah, yeah)
Every time he says he loves me
Chills run down my spine
Every time he wants to kiss me
Ooh, he makes me feel so fine yeah
Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, come on kitty (oh yeah)
Tell us about the boy from New York city
He can dance
And make romance (yeah, yeah)
That's when I fell in love with just one glance (yeah, yeah)
He was shy
And so was I
And now I know we'll never ever say goodbye (yeah, yeah)
Ooh-wee
You ought to come and see
He's the most (yeah, yeah)
From coast to coast (yeah, yeah)
Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, cool-cool kitty (oh, yeah)
Tell us about the boy from New York city (oh, yeah)
Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, come on kitty (aha)
Tell us about the boy from New York city (a-aha)
Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, cool-cool kitty (oh, yeah)
Tell us about the boy from New York city (oh, yeah)
Tell us about the boy from New York City
Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, come on kitty (oh, yeah)
Tell us about the boy from New York City
He's kinda tall
He's really fine (yeah, yeah)
Someday I hope to make him mine, all mine
Yeah, yeah
And he's neat
And oh, so sweet
And the way he looked at me just swept me off my feet
Yeah, yeah
Ooh-wee
You oughta come and see
How he walks yeah yeah
And how he talks
Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, cool-cool kitty (oh, yeah)
Tell us about the boy from New York City
He's really down
And he's no clown (yeah, yeah)
He has the finest penthouse
I've ever seen in town (yeah, yeah)
And he's cute in his mohair suit
And he keeps his pockets full of spending loot yeah, yeah
Ooh-wee
You ought to come and see
His pretty bar (yeah, yeah)
In his brand new car (yeah, yeah)
Every time he says he loves me
Chills run down my spine
Every time he wants to kiss me
Ooh, he makes me feel so fine yeah
Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, come on kitty (oh yeah)
Tell us about the boy from New York city
He can dance
And make romance (yeah, yeah)
That's when I fell in love with just one glance (yeah, yeah)
He was shy
And so was I
And now I know we'll never ever say goodbye (yeah, yeah)
Ooh-wee
You ought to come and see
He's the most (yeah, yeah)
From coast to coast (yeah, yeah)
Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, cool-cool kitty (oh, yeah)
Tell us about the boy from New York city (oh, yeah)
Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, come on kitty (aha)
Tell us about the boy from New York city (a-aha)
Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, cool-cool kitty (oh, yeah)
Tell us about the boy from New York city (oh, yeah)
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The Boy from New York City Lyrics as written by John Taylor George Davis
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