"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.
My first kiss went a little like this
And twist, and twist
Well, my first kiss went a little like this
And twist, and twist
I said no more teachers and no more books
I gotta kiss under the bleachers, hopin' that nobody looks
Lips like licorice, tongue like candy
Excuse me, miss, but can I get you out your panties?
In the back of the car, on the way to the bar
I got you on my lips
(I got you on my lips)
At the foot of the stairs
With my fingers in your hair
Baby, this is it
She won't ever get enough
Once she gets a little touch
If I had it my way
You know that I'd make her say
Ooh, ooh
She won't ever get enough
Once she gets a little touch
If I had it my way
You know that I'd make her say
Ooh, ooh
Well, my first kiss went a little like this
I said no more sailors and no more soldiers
With your name in a heart tattooed up on your shoulders
Your kiss is like whiskey; it gets me drunk
And I wake up in the morning with the taste of your tongue
In the back of the car on the way to the bar
I got you on my lips
(I got you on my lips)
At the foot of the stairs
With my fingers in your hair
Baby, this is it
She won't ever get enough
Once she gets a little touch
If I had it my way
You know that I'd make her say
Ooh, ooh
She won't ever get enough
Once she gets a little touch
If I had it my way
You know that I'd make her say
Ooh, ooh
My first kiss went a little like this
And twist, and twist
Well, my first kiss went a little like this
And twist, and twist
Yeah, she won't ever get enough
Once she gets a little touch
If I had it my way
You know that I'd make her say
She won't ever get enough
Once she gets a little touch
If I had it my way
You know that I'd make her say
Ooh, ooh
She won't ever get enough
Once she gets a little touch
If I had it my way
You know that I'd make her say
Ooh, ooh
She won't ever get enough
Once she gets a little touch
If I had it my way
You know that I'd make her say
And twist, and twist
Well, my first kiss went a little like this
And twist, and twist
I said no more teachers and no more books
I gotta kiss under the bleachers, hopin' that nobody looks
Lips like licorice, tongue like candy
Excuse me, miss, but can I get you out your panties?
In the back of the car, on the way to the bar
I got you on my lips
(I got you on my lips)
At the foot of the stairs
With my fingers in your hair
Baby, this is it
She won't ever get enough
Once she gets a little touch
If I had it my way
You know that I'd make her say
Ooh, ooh
She won't ever get enough
Once she gets a little touch
If I had it my way
You know that I'd make her say
Ooh, ooh
Well, my first kiss went a little like this
I said no more sailors and no more soldiers
With your name in a heart tattooed up on your shoulders
Your kiss is like whiskey; it gets me drunk
And I wake up in the morning with the taste of your tongue
In the back of the car on the way to the bar
I got you on my lips
(I got you on my lips)
At the foot of the stairs
With my fingers in your hair
Baby, this is it
She won't ever get enough
Once she gets a little touch
If I had it my way
You know that I'd make her say
Ooh, ooh
She won't ever get enough
Once she gets a little touch
If I had it my way
You know that I'd make her say
Ooh, ooh
My first kiss went a little like this
And twist, and twist
Well, my first kiss went a little like this
And twist, and twist
Yeah, she won't ever get enough
Once she gets a little touch
If I had it my way
You know that I'd make her say
She won't ever get enough
Once she gets a little touch
If I had it my way
You know that I'd make her say
Ooh, ooh
She won't ever get enough
Once she gets a little touch
If I had it my way
You know that I'd make her say
Ooh, ooh
She won't ever get enough
Once she gets a little touch
If I had it my way
You know that I'd make her say
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