"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.
I wanna dance, o-ho !
Ja sam za ples, oh yeah !
U nekom bistrou
Kod nas na moru
Ja pila sam sok,
A tamo za barom,
U jukeboxu starom
Su svirali rock.
Odjednom se stvori,
Ja čujem, govori
"this is OK", (this is OK ! )
Pogled mi sretne
I kaže mi hey.
Čujem nešto kao "do you wanna dance",
Mislim da me pita da li sam za ples.
I wanna dance, o-ho !
Ja sam za ples, oh yeah !
Čujem nešto kao "do you wanna dance",
Mislim da me pita da li sam za ples.
I wanna dance, o-ho !
Ja sam za ples, oh yeah !
I wanna dance, o-ho !
Ja sam za ples, oh yeah !
U nekom bistrou
Kod nas na moru
Ja pila sam sok,
A dolje na plaži
Su momci na gaži
Svirali rock.
I opet se stvori,
Ja čujem, govori
"this is OK", (this is OK ! )
Pogled mi sretne
I kaže mi hey.
Čujem nešto kao "do you wanna dance",
Mislim da me pita da li sam za ples.
I wanna dance, o-ho !
Ja sam za ples, oh yeah !
Čujem nešto kao "do you wanna dance",
Mislim da me pita da li sam za ples.
I wanna dance, o-ho !
Ja sam za ples, oh yeah !
I wanna dance, o-ho !
Ja sam za ples, oh yeah !
I wanna dance...
Ja sam za ples, oh yeah !
U nekom bistrou
Kod nas na moru
Ja pila sam sok,
A tamo za barom,
U jukeboxu starom
Su svirali rock.
Odjednom se stvori,
Ja čujem, govori
"this is OK", (this is OK ! )
Pogled mi sretne
I kaže mi hey.
Čujem nešto kao "do you wanna dance",
Mislim da me pita da li sam za ples.
I wanna dance, o-ho !
Ja sam za ples, oh yeah !
Čujem nešto kao "do you wanna dance",
Mislim da me pita da li sam za ples.
I wanna dance, o-ho !
Ja sam za ples, oh yeah !
I wanna dance, o-ho !
Ja sam za ples, oh yeah !
U nekom bistrou
Kod nas na moru
Ja pila sam sok,
A dolje na plaži
Su momci na gaži
Svirali rock.
I opet se stvori,
Ja čujem, govori
"this is OK", (this is OK ! )
Pogled mi sretne
I kaže mi hey.
Čujem nešto kao "do you wanna dance",
Mislim da me pita da li sam za ples.
I wanna dance, o-ho !
Ja sam za ples, oh yeah !
Čujem nešto kao "do you wanna dance",
Mislim da me pita da li sam za ples.
I wanna dance, o-ho !
Ja sam za ples, oh yeah !
I wanna dance, o-ho !
Ja sam za ples, oh yeah !
I wanna dance...
Lyrics submitted by Mad Woman Moon
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