"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.
The weekend's almost done, the moon is low in the sky
I feel like going out before the night passes by
I won't just sit around when life becomes a drag
I dance
I like the bass, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up
I like the boom, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up
I need guitar, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up
I like that drum when it goes, boom tih-boom tih-boom
Let's dance! What the weekend, what the night is all about
Let's dance! Grab your girlfriends, grab your boyfriends, sweat it out
Let's dance! Move your whole body and let's start the party
Too much rock for one girl can make her go crazy
I need someone to dance with me baby, dance!
The music's on, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up
My favorite song, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up
The beat is strong, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up
We'll dance, c'mon!
Let's dance! What the weekend, what the night is all about
Let's dance! Grab your girlfriends, grab your boyfriends, sweat it out
Let's dance! Move your whole body and let's start the party
Too much rock for one girl can make her go crazy
I need someone to dance with me baby
Dance! Keep movin'
Back it up, yeah!
When the night says hello, yeah get ready to go
Turn it up, turn it loose, yeah you've got no excuse
Just take a chance, get out on the floor and dance
Let's dance! What the weekend, what the night is all about
Let's dance! Grab your girlfriends, grab your boyfriends, sweat it out
Let's dance! And let's start the party
Dance with me, dance with me, dance with me, dance
Let's dance! What the weekend, what the night is all about
Let's dance! Grab your girlfriends, grab your boyfriends, sweat it out
Let's dance! Move your whole body and let's start the party
As soon as my album goes number one
Mr. Lim I'd like a Rolex with forty diamonds, ha ha ha
I feel like going out before the night passes by
I won't just sit around when life becomes a drag
I dance
I like the bass, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up
I like the boom, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up
I need guitar, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up
I like that drum when it goes, boom tih-boom tih-boom
Let's dance! What the weekend, what the night is all about
Let's dance! Grab your girlfriends, grab your boyfriends, sweat it out
Let's dance! Move your whole body and let's start the party
Too much rock for one girl can make her go crazy
I need someone to dance with me baby, dance!
The music's on, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up
My favorite song, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up
The beat is strong, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up
We'll dance, c'mon!
Let's dance! What the weekend, what the night is all about
Let's dance! Grab your girlfriends, grab your boyfriends, sweat it out
Let's dance! Move your whole body and let's start the party
Too much rock for one girl can make her go crazy
I need someone to dance with me baby
Dance! Keep movin'
Back it up, yeah!
When the night says hello, yeah get ready to go
Turn it up, turn it loose, yeah you've got no excuse
Just take a chance, get out on the floor and dance
Let's dance! What the weekend, what the night is all about
Let's dance! Grab your girlfriends, grab your boyfriends, sweat it out
Let's dance! And let's start the party
Dance with me, dance with me, dance with me, dance
Let's dance! What the weekend, what the night is all about
Let's dance! Grab your girlfriends, grab your boyfriends, sweat it out
Let's dance! Move your whole body and let's start the party
As soon as my album goes number one
Mr. Lim I'd like a Rolex with forty diamonds, ha ha ha
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actually i believe its "too much rock for one girl could make her go crazy" but i could be wrong
Awww.....I love this song!!!!
No i think it is "Too much rock for one girl could make her go crazy I need someone to dance with me, baby" BUt i love this song and all you miley haters why lisnen to her songs if you cant stand them!!!!!???????? bitches You all should suck on your owndicks! 4 realz.......
SHE did get her Rolex... a nice one i might add with plenty of diamonds. It is posted in one of her fansites
This song is awesome, the best song in her first two albums! It's a slow danceball song, so cool!!!