"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.
[Aubrey]
Ooh
Ooh
[DK]
Ah, ah, ah...
[Day26 (Q)]
Ooh...
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
[D. Woods (Day26)]
Ah, ah, ah, ah
(Ah...)
[Aundrea]
Ooh
Yeah, yeah, here we go
[Aundrea]
I know we got everybody waiting
To see just how we do
I'm tellin' you we going hard
Mix it up with some old
school and a little-little new
[Aubrey]
We'll make you jump right out of your seat
Make you lose your mind when you feel that beat
It's just begun
And we ain't going nowhere, going nowhere, oh
[Day26 & DK]
Ooh, this ain't nothing like you heard before
We're gonna have you wanting more
Like it is when you're with your girl
Or ladies with your man
This is our chance to make you move
Ooh, we'll be right there, right there
[Willie (Q)]
I know you feel it (Feel it)
And it's making you not wanna stop
[Mike]
You might as well lose yourself
Let it go, cause we gonna just
keep giving you what you want
[Robert]
This is not a game, turn the
music up and let it play our song
And we ain't goin' nowhere, goin' nowhere
[Day26 & DK]
Ooh, this ain't nothing like you heard before
We're gonna have you wanting more
Like it is when you're with your girl
Or ladies with your man
This is our chance to make you move
Ooh, we'll be right there, right there
Ooh, this ain't nothing like you heard before
We're gonna have you wanting more
Like it is when you're with your girl
Or ladies with your man
This is our chance to make you move
Ooh, we'll be right there, right there
[Day26 & Dawn]
Hold up, we about to make it official
Put your drinks in the air and
take 'em straight to the dance floor
[Shannon & Q]
Lose yourself and let the music control you
You owe yourself to let go
We've got everything you need,
what you're looking for
[Donnie (Mike)]
You don't have to look no more
(You don't have to look no more)
[Day26 & DK]
Ooh, this ain't nothing like you heard before
We're gonna have you wanting more
Like it is when you're with your girl
Or ladies with your man
This is our chance to make you move
Ooh, we'll be right there, right there
Ooh
Ooh
[DK]
Ah, ah, ah...
[Day26 (Q)]
Ooh...
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
[D. Woods (Day26)]
Ah, ah, ah, ah
(Ah...)
[Aundrea]
Ooh
Yeah, yeah, here we go
[Aundrea]
I know we got everybody waiting
To see just how we do
I'm tellin' you we going hard
Mix it up with some old
school and a little-little new
[Aubrey]
We'll make you jump right out of your seat
Make you lose your mind when you feel that beat
It's just begun
And we ain't going nowhere, going nowhere, oh
[Day26 & DK]
Ooh, this ain't nothing like you heard before
We're gonna have you wanting more
Like it is when you're with your girl
Or ladies with your man
This is our chance to make you move
Ooh, we'll be right there, right there
[Willie (Q)]
I know you feel it (Feel it)
And it's making you not wanna stop
[Mike]
You might as well lose yourself
Let it go, cause we gonna just
keep giving you what you want
[Robert]
This is not a game, turn the
music up and let it play our song
And we ain't goin' nowhere, goin' nowhere
[Day26 & DK]
Ooh, this ain't nothing like you heard before
We're gonna have you wanting more
Like it is when you're with your girl
Or ladies with your man
This is our chance to make you move
Ooh, we'll be right there, right there
Ooh, this ain't nothing like you heard before
We're gonna have you wanting more
Like it is when you're with your girl
Or ladies with your man
This is our chance to make you move
Ooh, we'll be right there, right there
[Day26 & Dawn]
Hold up, we about to make it official
Put your drinks in the air and
take 'em straight to the dance floor
[Shannon & Q]
Lose yourself and let the music control you
You owe yourself to let go
We've got everything you need,
what you're looking for
[Donnie (Mike)]
You don't have to look no more
(You don't have to look no more)
[Day26 & DK]
Ooh, this ain't nothing like you heard before
We're gonna have you wanting more
Like it is when you're with your girl
Or ladies with your man
This is our chance to make you move
Ooh, we'll be right there, right there
Lyrics submitted by BleedorBreathe
Ain't Going Lyrics as written by Bernard Malik Iyanna Dean
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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