"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.
Excuse me baby what's the deal
What's the deal?
How you feel?)
Could you tell me baby how you feel?
How you feel?
I never try to cross the line
Cross the line girl
But I stepped on it a couple times
She didn't go, she didn't move
She been looking past the bad things that I do
She didn't go, she didn't move
That's why she'll always be the one I cater to, ooh yeah
[Chorus]
Baby be the leader (Ho) I'm the receiver (Ho)
And I'll follow you baby, follow you baby
Baby be the leader (Ho) I'm the receiver (Ho)
And I'll follow you baby, follow you baby
[Bridge]
She stayed with me and she didn't leave
But all the time she didn't go, go, go, go
She stayed with me and she didn't leave
But all the time she didn't go, go, go, go
Baby yes I know I made mistakes
But I was straight up with you
Yes I told the truth
The truth about every time
I never was the type to lie
She didn't go, she didn't move
She been lookin' past the bad things that I do
She didn't go, she didn't move
That's why she'll always be the one I cater to, ooh yeah
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Excuse me baby what's the deal
Could you tell me baby how you feel?
I never try to cross the line
But I stepped on it a couple times yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
What's the deal?
How you feel?)
Could you tell me baby how you feel?
How you feel?
I never try to cross the line
Cross the line girl
But I stepped on it a couple times
She didn't go, she didn't move
She been looking past the bad things that I do
She didn't go, she didn't move
That's why she'll always be the one I cater to, ooh yeah
[Chorus]
Baby be the leader (Ho) I'm the receiver (Ho)
And I'll follow you baby, follow you baby
Baby be the leader (Ho) I'm the receiver (Ho)
And I'll follow you baby, follow you baby
[Bridge]
She stayed with me and she didn't leave
But all the time she didn't go, go, go, go
She stayed with me and she didn't leave
But all the time she didn't go, go, go, go
Baby yes I know I made mistakes
But I was straight up with you
Yes I told the truth
The truth about every time
I never was the type to lie
She didn't go, she didn't move
She been lookin' past the bad things that I do
She didn't go, she didn't move
That's why she'll always be the one I cater to, ooh yeah
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Excuse me baby what's the deal
Could you tell me baby how you feel?
I never try to cross the line
But I stepped on it a couple times yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
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Follow You Lyrics as written by Writers Uknown Clinton Sparks
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