"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.
Well my baby, she's a superstar
She's got diamond fingers,
Drives a super car
When I see you burnin' down the highway
Driving everybody insane
And I ask you, are you going my way
Don't you want to know my name
I say, baby give me one little chance
To show you that I can romance
Baby give me one little chance
To dance with you
Well my baby, baby
She's a man-eater
And she's mine, all mine
Life couldn't be sweeter,
When I see you on a TV programme
You're driving me insane
Then I hear you on a radio
I'm going to get you some day
Baby give me one little chance
To show you that I can romance
Baby give me one little chance
To dance with you
Now when I'm lonely, she comes to me
And when I'm tied down,
She set me free, she set me free
Baby give me one little chance
To show you that I can romance
Baby give me one big chance
To dance with you
Oh my baby, she's a man-eater, yeah
And she's mine, all mine
Life couldn't be sweeter, yeah, yeah, yeah
When I see you burnin' down the highway
Driving everybody insane
And I ask you, are you going my way
Don't you want to know my name
I said, baby give me one little chance, right now,
To show you that I can romance
Baby give me one little chance
To dance with you,
I want to dance with you
And when I'm lonely, she comes to me
And when I'm tied down,
She set me free, she set me free, yeah, yeah
Oh, oh, I'm dreaming
Oh, oh, I'm sleeping
I want to get you baby,
Oh, oh, oh, get you baby,
I'm going to get you baby,
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Going to get you baby, yeah, yeah.
She's got diamond fingers,
Drives a super car
When I see you burnin' down the highway
Driving everybody insane
And I ask you, are you going my way
Don't you want to know my name
I say, baby give me one little chance
To show you that I can romance
Baby give me one little chance
To dance with you
Well my baby, baby
She's a man-eater
And she's mine, all mine
Life couldn't be sweeter,
When I see you on a TV programme
You're driving me insane
Then I hear you on a radio
I'm going to get you some day
Baby give me one little chance
To show you that I can romance
Baby give me one little chance
To dance with you
Now when I'm lonely, she comes to me
And when I'm tied down,
She set me free, she set me free
Baby give me one little chance
To show you that I can romance
Baby give me one big chance
To dance with you
Oh my baby, she's a man-eater, yeah
And she's mine, all mine
Life couldn't be sweeter, yeah, yeah, yeah
When I see you burnin' down the highway
Driving everybody insane
And I ask you, are you going my way
Don't you want to know my name
I said, baby give me one little chance, right now,
To show you that I can romance
Baby give me one little chance
To dance with you,
I want to dance with you
And when I'm lonely, she comes to me
And when I'm tied down,
She set me free, she set me free, yeah, yeah
Oh, oh, I'm dreaming
Oh, oh, I'm sleeping
I want to get you baby,
Oh, oh, oh, get you baby,
I'm going to get you baby,
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Going to get you baby, yeah, yeah.
Lyrics submitted by Charlie the man
Superstar Woman Lyrics as written by Paul Rodgers
Lyrics © HYVETOWN MUSIC INC
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