"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.
Whoa!
Huh! Huh!
(Aww, baby)
I'm having me a party
(I don't think I can come)
Uh,uh, this ain't just any kind of party
(Nah, I think I'll stay at home)
Uh, oh, no It's gonna be really, really hot
(Startin' to sound good)
I'm gonna put you on the spot
(Baby, maybe I should)
Yeah, there'll be lots of one on one
(Guess I could be there)
Come on and join the fun
(What should I wear?)
I'll tell you that it
It doesn't matter what you wear
'Cause it's only gonna be
You and me there (Whoa!)
I'm having a party
A party for two
Invitin' nobody
Nobody but you
You'll be sexy in your socks
(We can polish the floors)
In case that anybody knocks
(Let's lock all the doors)
Yeah, all the things I'm gonna do
(I'm gonna do with you)
I want to try something new
(I want to try it, too)
I tell you that it
It doesn't matter
What I wear
'Cause it's only gonna be
You and me there
I'm having a party
A party for two, yeah
Invitin' nobody
Nobody but you
(I'm here) You're there
(That's all) we really need
(We're gonna) We're gonna party hearty
(Just) Just you and me
(And don't) Don't think about it now
(Don't) Don't even doubt it now
(I'm inviting you to a) party for two
(Whoa!)
Shake it, shake it
(Come on baby!)
Aww, all the things I'm gonna do
(I'm gonna do with you)
I'm gonna try something new with you, boy
(I want to try that, too)
I'll tell you that it
It doesn't matter what you wear
('Cause it's only gonna be)
It's only gonna be you and me
(Aww, yeah)
I'm havin' a party
(A little bitty party baby)
A party for two
It's just me and you
(That's right)
Invitin' nobody
I ain't inviting anybody
(Nobody baby)
Nobody but you
I'm having a party (I'm having a party)
A party for two (A party for two)
Invitin' nobody (Invitin' nobody)
Nobody but you (Nobody but you)
Come on, come on
(Come on, come on)
Come on, come on, come on
(Come on, come on, yeah)
Come on, come on
(Come on, come on)
Come on, come on, come on
(Come on, come on, yeah)
(Just you and me there)
That was great!
(Let's do it again!)
Huh! Huh!
(Aww, baby)
I'm having me a party
(I don't think I can come)
Uh,uh, this ain't just any kind of party
(Nah, I think I'll stay at home)
Uh, oh, no It's gonna be really, really hot
(Startin' to sound good)
I'm gonna put you on the spot
(Baby, maybe I should)
Yeah, there'll be lots of one on one
(Guess I could be there)
Come on and join the fun
(What should I wear?)
I'll tell you that it
It doesn't matter what you wear
'Cause it's only gonna be
You and me there (Whoa!)
I'm having a party
A party for two
Invitin' nobody
Nobody but you
You'll be sexy in your socks
(We can polish the floors)
In case that anybody knocks
(Let's lock all the doors)
Yeah, all the things I'm gonna do
(I'm gonna do with you)
I want to try something new
(I want to try it, too)
I tell you that it
It doesn't matter
What I wear
'Cause it's only gonna be
You and me there
I'm having a party
A party for two, yeah
Invitin' nobody
Nobody but you
(I'm here) You're there
(That's all) we really need
(We're gonna) We're gonna party hearty
(Just) Just you and me
(And don't) Don't think about it now
(Don't) Don't even doubt it now
(I'm inviting you to a) party for two
(Whoa!)
Shake it, shake it
(Come on baby!)
Aww, all the things I'm gonna do
(I'm gonna do with you)
I'm gonna try something new with you, boy
(I want to try that, too)
I'll tell you that it
It doesn't matter what you wear
('Cause it's only gonna be)
It's only gonna be you and me
(Aww, yeah)
I'm havin' a party
(A little bitty party baby)
A party for two
It's just me and you
(That's right)
Invitin' nobody
I ain't inviting anybody
(Nobody baby)
Nobody but you
I'm having a party (I'm having a party)
A party for two (A party for two)
Invitin' nobody (Invitin' nobody)
Nobody but you (Nobody but you)
Come on, come on
(Come on, come on)
Come on, come on, come on
(Come on, come on, yeah)
Come on, come on
(Come on, come on)
Come on, come on, come on
(Come on, come on, yeah)
(Just you and me there)
That was great!
(Let's do it again!)
Lyrics submitted by planetearth
Party For Two Lyrics as written by Shania Twain Robert John Lange
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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The video makes me cringe so much i actually have to turn over... Lol.