"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.
What is love
Come on rock
Come on rock
What is love
(Four three two one)
What is love
Come on rock
Come on rock
What is love
Come on rock
Come on rock
Yeah
Yeah
Oh I don’t know
Why you’re not fair
I give you my love
But you don’t care
So what is right
And what is wrong
Gimme a sign
What is love
Baby don’t hurt me
Don’t hurt me no more
What is love
Oh baby don’t hurt me
Don’t hurt me no more
(Oh uh yeah
Oh uh yeah)
What is love
What is love
Time is getting cold
What is going on
What is on your mind
Are your feelings gone
Need to see it clear
Where do we go
Why are you doing things
All the things you do
Life will never be the same
Life is changing
Life will never be the same
Life is changing
Everybody needs somebody to love
To love
Everybody needs somebody to love
To love
Come on rock
Come on rock
(Yeah)
Come on rock
Come on rock
(Give me your love
Give me your love)
Rock my heart
When we come together
We make it better
Every day
Rock my heart
When we come together
We make it better
Every day
Rock my heart
Celebrate
Celebrate vitality
Free your mind
Do just what you want to
You and I
Celebrate a special love
That is why
I wanna be with you
Rock my heart
When we come together
We make it better
Every day
Rock my heart
When we come together
We make it better
Every day
Rock my heart
(Ooh ooh)
Rock my heart
(Ooh ooh)
(Give me your love
Give me your love)
Rock my heart
Who do you love
(Rock my heart
Rock
Rock my heart
Rock)
(Rock my heart
Rock)
Say who do you love
And say if you realy care
(Rock my heart
Rock)
Who do you love
(Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah)
Look into my eyes
And let me know what’s wrong
Just where do you belong
Don’t wanna be hurt no more
I am not blind
You've got to put me right
Oh baby
If someone out of sight
Is all you’re waiting for
I need to know
Who do you love
Say who do you love
And say if you really care
Who do you love
Say who do you love
And say if you really care
Who do you love
(Yeah yeah)
Who do you love
(Yeah yeah)
Rock my heart
Rock my heart
Its just another day
Its just another day
There are moments in our lives
When everything goes right
And we're making love
Endless love
And then we have all these days
Where we go separate ways
A heart full of pain
And no one's to blame
It's just another day
Without you
Without you
It's just another day
Without you
Without you
It’s just another day
(Yeah yeah yeah)
It’s just another day
(Yeah yeah yeah)
Rock my heart
Come on rock
Come on rock
Rock my heart
Come on rock
Come on rock
What is love
Come on rock
Come on rock
What is love
(Four three two one)
What is love
Come on rock
Come on rock
What is love
Come on rock
Come on rock
Yeah
Yeah
Oh I don’t know
Why you’re not fair
I give you my love
But you don’t care
So what is right
And what is wrong
Gimme a sign
What is love
Baby don’t hurt me
Don’t hurt me no more
What is love
Oh baby don’t hurt me
Don’t hurt me no more
(Oh uh yeah
Oh uh yeah)
What is love
What is love
Time is getting cold
What is going on
What is on your mind
Are your feelings gone
Need to see it clear
Where do we go
Why are you doing things
All the things you do
Life will never be the same
Life is changing
Life will never be the same
Life is changing
Everybody needs somebody to love
To love
Everybody needs somebody to love
To love
Come on rock
Come on rock
(Yeah)
Come on rock
Come on rock
(Give me your love
Give me your love)
Rock my heart
When we come together
We make it better
Every day
Rock my heart
When we come together
We make it better
Every day
Rock my heart
Celebrate
Celebrate vitality
Free your mind
Do just what you want to
You and I
Celebrate a special love
That is why
I wanna be with you
Rock my heart
When we come together
We make it better
Every day
Rock my heart
When we come together
We make it better
Every day
Rock my heart
(Ooh ooh)
Rock my heart
(Ooh ooh)
(Give me your love
Give me your love)
Rock my heart
Who do you love
(Rock my heart
Rock
Rock my heart
Rock)
(Rock my heart
Rock)
Say who do you love
And say if you realy care
(Rock my heart
Rock)
Who do you love
(Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah)
Look into my eyes
And let me know what’s wrong
Just where do you belong
Don’t wanna be hurt no more
I am not blind
You've got to put me right
Oh baby
If someone out of sight
Is all you’re waiting for
I need to know
Who do you love
Say who do you love
And say if you really care
Who do you love
Say who do you love
And say if you really care
Who do you love
(Yeah yeah)
Who do you love
(Yeah yeah)
Rock my heart
Rock my heart
Its just another day
Its just another day
There are moments in our lives
When everything goes right
And we're making love
Endless love
And then we have all these days
Where we go separate ways
A heart full of pain
And no one's to blame
It's just another day
Without you
Without you
It's just another day
Without you
Without you
It’s just another day
(Yeah yeah yeah)
It’s just another day
(Yeah yeah yeah)
Rock my heart
Come on rock
Come on rock
Rock my heart
Come on rock
Come on rock
What is love
Lyrics submitted by Ocean Soul
In the Mix: What Is Love / Life / Rock My Heart / Who Do You Love / Another Day Without You Lyrics as written by Donald Medder Adidja Palmer
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol CMG Publishing, Integrity Music
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