"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.
Unzip your skirt
Take off your blouse
I hope your toes are painted
'Cause you're gone dance in your undies all over your house
When your eyes are closed I hope I'm the man you see (the man you see)
'Cause if not, I want you too know tonight I plan to be
Is this for me? Ho
Slow motion like a dream but real time is what it seems
I love the way she dance
Slow motion like a dream but real time is what it seems
I love the way she dance, see I
Love the way she dance
Girl, I love the way you dance, yeah
I am in your aquarium
Are you are mermaid or something
Is it possible to marry one?
Big tits, a fat ass and turquoise hair
When your eyes are closed I hope I'm the man you see (the man you see)
'Cause if not, I want you too know tonight I plan to be
Is this for me?
Slow motion like a dream but real time is what it seems
I love the way she dance
Slow motion like a dream but real time is what it seems
I love the way she dance, see I
Love the way she dance
Girl, I love the way you dance, and
Calling all cars, please arrest her
She's a criminal in my dreams
She just stole my heart
And it's a A.P.B.
Slow motion like a dream but real time is what it seems
I love the way she dance
Slow motion like a dream but real time is what it seems
I love the way she dance, see I
Love the way she dance
Girl, I love the way you dance, and
Kiss you, kissing me, it's euphoria
Mission 2 and mission 3 it's kissing 4 of ya
When sparks fly, when sparks fly (yeah)
I think that's love
When sparks fly, when sparks fly
Don't you think?
Close your eyes hold my hand concentration
No destination just dance on constellations
When sparks fly, when sparks fly (yeah)
I think that's love
When sparks fly, when sparks fly (yeah)
Don't you think?
Excuse me but girl come with me
See you and I can be each other's company
But can't you see
When sparks fly, when sparks fly
I think that's love
When sparks fly, when sparks fly
Don't you think?
Take off your blouse
I hope your toes are painted
'Cause you're gone dance in your undies all over your house
When your eyes are closed I hope I'm the man you see (the man you see)
'Cause if not, I want you too know tonight I plan to be
Is this for me? Ho
Slow motion like a dream but real time is what it seems
I love the way she dance
Slow motion like a dream but real time is what it seems
I love the way she dance, see I
Love the way she dance
Girl, I love the way you dance, yeah
I am in your aquarium
Are you are mermaid or something
Is it possible to marry one?
Big tits, a fat ass and turquoise hair
When your eyes are closed I hope I'm the man you see (the man you see)
'Cause if not, I want you too know tonight I plan to be
Is this for me?
Slow motion like a dream but real time is what it seems
I love the way she dance
Slow motion like a dream but real time is what it seems
I love the way she dance, see I
Love the way she dance
Girl, I love the way you dance, and
Calling all cars, please arrest her
She's a criminal in my dreams
She just stole my heart
And it's a A.P.B.
Slow motion like a dream but real time is what it seems
I love the way she dance
Slow motion like a dream but real time is what it seems
I love the way she dance, see I
Love the way she dance
Girl, I love the way you dance, and
Kiss you, kissing me, it's euphoria
Mission 2 and mission 3 it's kissing 4 of ya
When sparks fly, when sparks fly (yeah)
I think that's love
When sparks fly, when sparks fly
Don't you think?
Close your eyes hold my hand concentration
No destination just dance on constellations
When sparks fly, when sparks fly (yeah)
I think that's love
When sparks fly, when sparks fly (yeah)
Don't you think?
Excuse me but girl come with me
See you and I can be each other's company
But can't you see
When sparks fly, when sparks fly
I think that's love
When sparks fly, when sparks fly
Don't you think?
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