"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.
Oh no
Oh no
Oh no, oh no
You'll never make me stay so take your weight off of me
I know your every move, so won't you please let me be
I've been here times before but I was too blind to see
That you seduce every man, this time you won't seduce me
She's saying, "That's okay, hey baby do what you please"
I am the stuff the you want, I am the thing that you need
She looked me deep in the eyes, she's touchin' me so to start
She says there's no turnin' back, she trapped me in her heart
Dirty Diana, no
Dirty Diana, no
Dirty Diana, no
Dirty Diana, let me be, ooh
She likes the boys in the band, she knows when they come to town
Every musician's fan after the curtains comes down
She waits at backstage doors for those who have prestige
Who promise fortune and fame, a life that's so carefree
She's sayin', "That's okay, hey baby do what you want"
I'll be your night lovin' thing, I'll be the freak you can taunt
And I don't care what you say, I want to go too far
I'll be your everything if you make me a star
Dirty Diana, no (oh, oh, oh)
Dirty Diana, no (oh, oh, oh)
Dirty Diana, oh (oh, oh, oh)
Dirty Diana (oh, oh, oh)
Dirty Diana, ooh (oh, oh, oh)
Dirty Diana, no (oh, oh, oh)
Dirty Diana, no (oh, oh, oh)
Dirty Diana let me be, ooh (oh, oh, oh)
Ooh
She said, "I have to go home 'cause I'm real tired, you see
But I hate sleepin' alone, why don't you come with me?"
I said, "My baby's at home, she's probably worried tonight
I didn't call on the phone to say that I'm alright"
Diana walked up to me, she said, "I'm all yours tonight"
At that I ran to the phone sayin', "Baby I'm alright"
I said, "Unlock the door 'cause I forgot the key"
She said, "He's not coming back because he's sleeping with me"
Dirty Diana, no (ooh)
Dirty Diana, no
Dirty Diana, no (oh)
Dirty Diana, no
Dirty Diana, no (dirty Di-, dirty Di-)
Dirty Diana, no
Dirty Diana, no
Dirty Diana, let me be, ooh (oh)
Oh (oh, no)
Oh (no)
Oh
Oh no
Oh no
Oh no
Oh no
Oh no
Oh no, oh no
You'll never make me stay so take your weight off of me
I know your every move, so won't you please let me be
I've been here times before but I was too blind to see
That you seduce every man, this time you won't seduce me
She's saying, "That's okay, hey baby do what you please"
I am the stuff the you want, I am the thing that you need
She looked me deep in the eyes, she's touchin' me so to start
She says there's no turnin' back, she trapped me in her heart
Dirty Diana, no
Dirty Diana, no
Dirty Diana, no
Dirty Diana, let me be, ooh
She likes the boys in the band, she knows when they come to town
Every musician's fan after the curtains comes down
She waits at backstage doors for those who have prestige
Who promise fortune and fame, a life that's so carefree
She's sayin', "That's okay, hey baby do what you want"
I'll be your night lovin' thing, I'll be the freak you can taunt
And I don't care what you say, I want to go too far
I'll be your everything if you make me a star
Dirty Diana, no (oh, oh, oh)
Dirty Diana, no (oh, oh, oh)
Dirty Diana, oh (oh, oh, oh)
Dirty Diana (oh, oh, oh)
Dirty Diana, ooh (oh, oh, oh)
Dirty Diana, no (oh, oh, oh)
Dirty Diana, no (oh, oh, oh)
Dirty Diana let me be, ooh (oh, oh, oh)
Ooh
She said, "I have to go home 'cause I'm real tired, you see
But I hate sleepin' alone, why don't you come with me?"
I said, "My baby's at home, she's probably worried tonight
I didn't call on the phone to say that I'm alright"
Diana walked up to me, she said, "I'm all yours tonight"
At that I ran to the phone sayin', "Baby I'm alright"
I said, "Unlock the door 'cause I forgot the key"
She said, "He's not coming back because he's sleeping with me"
Dirty Diana, no (ooh)
Dirty Diana, no
Dirty Diana, no (oh)
Dirty Diana, no
Dirty Diana, no (dirty Di-, dirty Di-)
Dirty Diana, no
Dirty Diana, no
Dirty Diana, let me be, ooh (oh)
Oh (oh, no)
Oh (no)
Oh
Oh no
Oh no
Oh no
Oh no
Lyrics submitted by yourdramastory
D.D. Lyrics as written by Michael Jackson
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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