"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.
That girl she's awfully pretty now.
She's something else, she makes me move
To all the guys trying to get some tonight
Move over, Move over, I'm coming through
I approach on with all the right words to say.
She's not used to this sort of thing
She bites her lip,and I can tell that she's nervous
And every line delieved has served its purpose
Hidden are your skeletons in your closet
Well, I do believe you owe me an apology
I draw my guns to defend their pride
Let's ditch this place and head to mine.
Every corner here is screaming were whispers
We head out and she's begging me to kiss her
The rooms cold but the beds even colder
It's over and she wants me to hold her
She cracks a smile and she starts to confess
She needs me right now
Well bitch it's gonna happen
Hidden are your skeletons in your closet
Well, I do believe you owe me an apology
So come on, let's hear it.
You wanted this to happen
Please don't hate me in the morning
We breathe intimacy
Just one night, and you have warning
Affairs are risky buisness
It's not my fault
the devil made me do it
You wanted this to happen
Please don't hate me
Please don't hate me
Hidden are your skeletons in your closet
Well, I do believe you owe me an apology
So come on, let's hear it.
Hidden are your skeletons in your closet
Well, I do believe you owe me an apology
She's something else, she makes me move
To all the guys trying to get some tonight
Move over, Move over, I'm coming through
I approach on with all the right words to say.
She's not used to this sort of thing
She bites her lip,and I can tell that she's nervous
And every line delieved has served its purpose
Hidden are your skeletons in your closet
Well, I do believe you owe me an apology
I draw my guns to defend their pride
Let's ditch this place and head to mine.
Every corner here is screaming were whispers
We head out and she's begging me to kiss her
The rooms cold but the beds even colder
It's over and she wants me to hold her
She cracks a smile and she starts to confess
She needs me right now
Well bitch it's gonna happen
Hidden are your skeletons in your closet
Well, I do believe you owe me an apology
So come on, let's hear it.
You wanted this to happen
Please don't hate me in the morning
We breathe intimacy
Just one night, and you have warning
Affairs are risky buisness
It's not my fault
the devil made me do it
You wanted this to happen
Please don't hate me
Please don't hate me
Hidden are your skeletons in your closet
Well, I do believe you owe me an apology
So come on, let's hear it.
Hidden are your skeletons in your closet
Well, I do believe you owe me an apology
Lyrics submitted by kennistond
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