"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 love the way you move, look at babygirl step
It's gotta be the dress, it fit her like a glove
'cause girl there's somethin' bout you
I can't seem to take my eyes off
I think I just fell in love
Step up in the club, li'l mama bad
Love how the hair go down li'l mama back
Everything match from her dress to her bag
I don't see another girl movin' like that
And she movin' it right, so I gotta chase
And she stepped in here tonight, bomb body, nice face
And she movin' it like, nobody's in the place
So I gotta make her mine, I put my hands on her waist & said
I love the way you move, look at babygirl step
It's gotta be the dress, it fit her like a glove
'cause girl there's somethin' bout you
I can't seem to take my eyes off
I think I just fell in love
Somethin' bout ya body, ya body, ya body, oh
Somethin' bout ya body, (your) ya body, (your) ya body, oh
Yeah, incase you didn't know baby they call me price
Drop top whippin' with my face in the light, ya body lookin nice
Made me look twice, I knock it out the park while these other lames strike
No need to front, I want you here close
'cause out of every girl I been watchin' you the most
You got me tryin' to tug at your body, no rope
And if you roll with me, guarantee we gon' coast
Girl if you can't see,
that I'm stuck in a trance when I'm watchin' you dance
It's just you & me,
so skip all your other plans, I'm tryna be your man
Girl, I think what I'm sayin is clear
'cause ain't nobody movin' like you swayin' in here
So I'm a pass your friends, grab your hands
Pull you close & this is what I'm a say in your ear
I love the way you move, look at babygirl step
It's gotta be the dress, it fit her like a glove
'cause girl there's somethin' bout you
I can't seem to take my eyes off
I think I just fell in love
Somethin' bout ya body, ya body, ya body, oh
Somethin' bout ya body (your), ya body (your), ya body (ayye), oh
Attention, all the ladies report to the floor (yeah)
You sayin' that you bad, it's your time to let it show (yeah)
So do ya, do ya two-step & let ya hips flow (yeah)
You ready (ready) set (set) go (go)
Now let it go now girl, oooh you rockin'
Just let it flow now girl 'cause oooh you rockin'
Now take it to the floor, floor, floor, floor, floor, floor, floor
Now pick it up slow, slow, slow, slow, slow, slow, stop.
I love the way you move, look at babygirl step
It's gotta be the dress, it fit her like a glove
'cause girl there's somethin' bout you
I can't seem to take my eyes off
I think I just fell in love
Somethin' bout ya body, ya body, ya body, oh
Somethin' bout ya body, ya body, ya body, oh
It's gotta be the dress, it fit her like a glove
'cause girl there's somethin' bout you
I can't seem to take my eyes off
I think I just fell in love
Step up in the club, li'l mama bad
Love how the hair go down li'l mama back
Everything match from her dress to her bag
I don't see another girl movin' like that
And she movin' it right, so I gotta chase
And she stepped in here tonight, bomb body, nice face
And she movin' it like, nobody's in the place
So I gotta make her mine, I put my hands on her waist & said
I love the way you move, look at babygirl step
It's gotta be the dress, it fit her like a glove
'cause girl there's somethin' bout you
I can't seem to take my eyes off
I think I just fell in love
Somethin' bout ya body, ya body, ya body, oh
Somethin' bout ya body, (your) ya body, (your) ya body, oh
Yeah, incase you didn't know baby they call me price
Drop top whippin' with my face in the light, ya body lookin nice
Made me look twice, I knock it out the park while these other lames strike
No need to front, I want you here close
'cause out of every girl I been watchin' you the most
You got me tryin' to tug at your body, no rope
And if you roll with me, guarantee we gon' coast
Girl if you can't see,
that I'm stuck in a trance when I'm watchin' you dance
It's just you & me,
so skip all your other plans, I'm tryna be your man
Girl, I think what I'm sayin is clear
'cause ain't nobody movin' like you swayin' in here
So I'm a pass your friends, grab your hands
Pull you close & this is what I'm a say in your ear
I love the way you move, look at babygirl step
It's gotta be the dress, it fit her like a glove
'cause girl there's somethin' bout you
I can't seem to take my eyes off
I think I just fell in love
Somethin' bout ya body, ya body, ya body, oh
Somethin' bout ya body (your), ya body (your), ya body (ayye), oh
Attention, all the ladies report to the floor (yeah)
You sayin' that you bad, it's your time to let it show (yeah)
So do ya, do ya two-step & let ya hips flow (yeah)
You ready (ready) set (set) go (go)
Now let it go now girl, oooh you rockin'
Just let it flow now girl 'cause oooh you rockin'
Now take it to the floor, floor, floor, floor, floor, floor, floor
Now pick it up slow, slow, slow, slow, slow, slow, stop.
I love the way you move, look at babygirl step
It's gotta be the dress, it fit her like a glove
'cause girl there's somethin' bout you
I can't seem to take my eyes off
I think I just fell in love
Somethin' bout ya body, ya body, ya body, oh
Somethin' bout ya body, ya body, ya body, oh
Lyrics submitted by tugboatlove1
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"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
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I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
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