"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.
Oooh
I can't wait to get next to you
Oooh
I just can't leave you alone
Boy you got me doing things that I would never do
And I can't stop the way I'm feeling if I wanted to
I'm crazy 'bout the way that you could make me say your name
And if I couldn't have you I would probably go insane
'Cause only you can make me feel (only you can make me feel)
And only you can take me there (only you can take me there)
Only you can make me feel (only you, only you can make me feel)
And only you can take me there (only you can take me there)
Oooh
I can't wait to get next to you
Oooh
I just can't leave you alone
Boy you stay inside my mind, ain't no denyin' that
And only you could do them things that got me coming back
It's gotta be the realest thing that I have ever felt
And I do what I gotta do to keep you to myself
'Cause only you can make me feel (only you can make me feel)
And only you can take me there (only you can take me there)
Only you can make me feel (only you can make me feel)
And only you can take me there (only you can take me there)
Crazy 'bout the way you feel
I just gotta have you here
And I wanna let you know
I won't ever let you go
And only you can make me feel (only you can make me feel)
And only you can take me there (only you can take me there)
Only you can make me feel (you can make me feel)
And only you can take me there (only you can take me there)
Oooh
I can't wait to get next to you
Oooh
I just can't leave you alone
I can't wait to get next to you
Oooh
I just can't leave you alone
Boy you got me doing things that I would never do
And I can't stop the way I'm feeling if I wanted to
I'm crazy 'bout the way that you could make me say your name
And if I couldn't have you I would probably go insane
'Cause only you can make me feel (only you can make me feel)
And only you can take me there (only you can take me there)
Only you can make me feel (only you, only you can make me feel)
And only you can take me there (only you can take me there)
Oooh
I can't wait to get next to you
Oooh
I just can't leave you alone
Boy you stay inside my mind, ain't no denyin' that
And only you could do them things that got me coming back
It's gotta be the realest thing that I have ever felt
And I do what I gotta do to keep you to myself
'Cause only you can make me feel (only you can make me feel)
And only you can take me there (only you can take me there)
Only you can make me feel (only you can make me feel)
And only you can take me there (only you can take me there)
Crazy 'bout the way you feel
I just gotta have you here
And I wanna let you know
I won't ever let you go
And only you can make me feel (only you can make me feel)
And only you can take me there (only you can take me there)
Only you can make me feel (you can make me feel)
And only you can take me there (only you can take me there)
Oooh
I can't wait to get next to you
Oooh
I just can't leave you alone
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This is the ONLY Ashanti song I like, and I actually LOVE this song. The guitar and the beat and it's just like... SO GOOD. And at first I thought the song was talking to her fans. But I guess it's just everything else.
this song iz the best. it's a song that will make ya get up and dance. (and stuck in ur head ALL DAY) lol. but yea, i can relate to it ~christy
who is the creepy guy playing guitar in the video he look's like taye diggs impersonating andre 3000.
dude this sogn rocks! i love this song soo much i dance to ill all the tiem the beat is gr8!
Hmmm. I also thought this song is about the fans, but I guess not. Its a great song, the guitar and the beat totally make you want to get up dance. Basically this song is just about a certain someone that you like, only one person can make you feel all these feelings and do things for them, basically she sums it up with "Only you can make me feel."
I like the song a whole lot but ummm that dance thing, you know the thing in the video where she she is pumping her hands in and out, gosh, soooo uness'.
"I'm crazy bout the way that you could make me say your name And if I couldn't have you I would drop you for each day" should be "I'm crazy 'bout the way that you could make me say your name and if I couldn't have you I would probably go insane"
this song is the best
this song is the best
this song is the best