"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.
This is your night
Dancing free until the morning light
Together forever 'cause, this is your night
And everything is gonna be alright
Aww yeah, so in love with you
Aww yeah, it's too good to be true
Aww yeah, feelin' so brand-new, aww yeah, yeah, yeah
You captured my heart, you're the key to my life
A vision of our love, that made me survive
Regaining the mood, that we're in, it's so real
It's time to move up, and to face what I feel, ooh
This is your night
Dancing free until the morning light
Together forever 'cause, this is your night
And everything is gonna be alright
Aww yeah, so in love with you
Aww yeah, it's too good to be true
Aww yeah, feelin' so brand-new, aww yeah, yeah, yeah
Tonight with my spirits, the one that you call
I'm ready to stand up, and ready to fall
I can't find a way, so attracted by you
Let me be your girl, and I'll be so true, ooh
This is your night
Dancing free until the morning light
Together forever 'cause, this is your night
And everything is gonna be alright
Aww yeah, so in love with you
Aww yeah, it's too good to be true
Aww yeah, feelin' so brand-new, aww yeah, yeah yeah
Dadadadadada, ditaitaidai
Dadadadadada, ditaitaidai
Dadadadadada, ditaitaidai
Ditaitaidai, ditaitaidai
Dadadadadada, ditaitaidai
Dadadadadada, ditaitaidai
Dadadadadada, ditaitaidai
Ditaitaidai
This is your night
Dancing free until the morning light
Together forever 'cause, this is your night
And everything is gonna be alright
Aww yeah, so in love with you
Aww yeah, it's too good to be true
Aww yeah, feelin' so brand-new, aww yeah, yeah, yeah
This is your night, oh
Dancing free until the morning light
Together forever 'cause, this is your night
And everything is gonna be alright
Aww yeah, so in love with you
Aww yeah, it's too good to be true
Aww yeah, feelin' so brand-new, aww yeah, yeah, yeah
You captured my heart, you're the key to my life
A vision of our love, that made me survive
Regaining the mood, that we're in, it's so real
It's time to move up, and to face what I feel, ooh
This is your night
Dancing free until the morning light
Together forever 'cause, this is your night
And everything is gonna be alright
Aww yeah, so in love with you
Aww yeah, it's too good to be true
Aww yeah, feelin' so brand-new, aww yeah, yeah, yeah
Tonight with my spirits, the one that you call
I'm ready to stand up, and ready to fall
I can't find a way, so attracted by you
Let me be your girl, and I'll be so true, ooh
This is your night
Dancing free until the morning light
Together forever 'cause, this is your night
And everything is gonna be alright
Aww yeah, so in love with you
Aww yeah, it's too good to be true
Aww yeah, feelin' so brand-new, aww yeah, yeah yeah
Dadadadadada, ditaitaidai
Dadadadadada, ditaitaidai
Dadadadadada, ditaitaidai
Ditaitaidai, ditaitaidai
Dadadadadada, ditaitaidai
Dadadadadada, ditaitaidai
Dadadadadada, ditaitaidai
Ditaitaidai
This is your night
Dancing free until the morning light
Together forever 'cause, this is your night
And everything is gonna be alright
Aww yeah, so in love with you
Aww yeah, it's too good to be true
Aww yeah, feelin' so brand-new, aww yeah, yeah, yeah
This is your night, oh
Lyrics submitted by LisaBv1921
This Is Your Night Lyrics as written by Christian Beermann Didier Rene Henri Barbelivien
Lyrics © MUSIC SALES CORPORATION, Universal Music Publishing Group, Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Those that dont know, it was in the "Night of the Roxbury"
That movie was badass!
Richard Grecico was awesome in it too!