"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.
High on the hills with the lonely goatherd
Lay-od-lay-od-lay-he-hoo
He yodelled back with the girl and goatherd
Lay-od-lay-od-low
Wind it up
Wind it up
Wind it up
Yodellay, yodallay, yodel-low (yeah)
This is the key that makes us wind up
When the beat comes on, the girls all line up
And the boys all look, but no, they can't touch
But the girls want to know why boys like us so much
They like way we dance, they like the way we work
They like the way that L.A.M.B. is going 'cross my shirt
They like the way my pants, it compliments my shape (she's crazy, right?)
They like the way we react every time we hear the
Every time the bass bangs, realize it calls your name
Let the beat wind you up, and don't stop 'til your time is up
(Get in line now)
Wind it up
Wind it up (c'mon)
Wind it up
Yodelay, yodelay, yodal-low
You've got to let the beat get under your skin
You've got to open up and let it all in
But see, once it gets in, the popping begins
Then you find out why all the boys stare
See, they're trying to bite our style
Trying to study our approach
They like the way we do it, so original
I guess that they are slow, so they should leave the room
This beat is for the clubs and cars that go
Every time the bass bangs, realize it calls your name
Let the beat wind you up, and don't stop 'til your time is up
(Get in line now)
Wind it up (whenever you're ready)
Wind it up
Wind it up
Wind it up
Yodelay, yodelay, yodal-low
(Uh huh) this is your moment
(Uh huh) come on girl, you know you own it
(Uh huh) you know your key is still tick-tocking
(Hell yeah) but you know they're watching
Get it girl, get it, get it girl
Get it girl, get it, get it girl
To the front, to the side, to the back, but don't let him ride
Keep going girl, it's your night
Don't let him steal your light
I know he thinks you're fine and stuff
But does he know how to wind you up? (c'mon)
Wind it up
Wind it up
Wind it up
Wind it up
Yodelay, yodelay, yodelay, hey!
Lay-od-lay-od-lay-he-hoo
He yodelled back with the girl and goatherd
Lay-od-lay-od-low
Wind it up
Wind it up
Wind it up
Yodellay, yodallay, yodel-low (yeah)
This is the key that makes us wind up
When the beat comes on, the girls all line up
And the boys all look, but no, they can't touch
But the girls want to know why boys like us so much
They like way we dance, they like the way we work
They like the way that L.A.M.B. is going 'cross my shirt
They like the way my pants, it compliments my shape (she's crazy, right?)
They like the way we react every time we hear the
Every time the bass bangs, realize it calls your name
Let the beat wind you up, and don't stop 'til your time is up
(Get in line now)
Wind it up
Wind it up (c'mon)
Wind it up
Yodelay, yodelay, yodal-low
You've got to let the beat get under your skin
You've got to open up and let it all in
But see, once it gets in, the popping begins
Then you find out why all the boys stare
See, they're trying to bite our style
Trying to study our approach
They like the way we do it, so original
I guess that they are slow, so they should leave the room
This beat is for the clubs and cars that go
Every time the bass bangs, realize it calls your name
Let the beat wind you up, and don't stop 'til your time is up
(Get in line now)
Wind it up (whenever you're ready)
Wind it up
Wind it up
Wind it up
Yodelay, yodelay, yodal-low
(Uh huh) this is your moment
(Uh huh) come on girl, you know you own it
(Uh huh) you know your key is still tick-tocking
(Hell yeah) but you know they're watching
Get it girl, get it, get it girl
Get it girl, get it, get it girl
To the front, to the side, to the back, but don't let him ride
Keep going girl, it's your night
Don't let him steal your light
I know he thinks you're fine and stuff
But does he know how to wind you up? (c'mon)
Wind it up
Wind it up
Wind it up
Wind it up
Yodelay, yodelay, yodelay, hey!
Lyrics submitted by LittleCell09, edited by JanzenZane
Wind It Up Lyrics as written by Richard Rodgers Oscar Ii Hammerstein
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, ONErpm, Downtown Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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oh shut up. this song is awesome. totally bizarre i admit, yet i can't help but love it.
I've haven't heard this song very much so I can't really remember how it goes. But as far as I can tell I it's good.
I like how she's mixed a classic, like a song from "The Sound of Music" with R&B/hip hop. Usually I'm not really for that kind of stuff.
Nonsense lyrics about "let the beat in" and a really catchy sound with "sound of music" samples and the yodelling... I love this song :P... well but I also love Gwen so it's easy for me to like it
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This is the wave of a new beat of music- songs you can't quite catch the first time you hear them. For example: Hollaback Girl, My Humps, When you were Young, The "bleep" song, Fegalicious (or something rather). When it comes to all these songs I know I had to listen to them at least two other times before I could understand the rythm. Its all freakin over the place nowadays.
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You've got to let the beat get under your skin You've got to open up, and let it all in But see, once it gets in, the poppin' begins And then you find out, why all the boys stare
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