"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.
Good things come to those who stay on their toes
So don't ever stop, always keep it hot
Oww! Oww, oww!
Baby! because I like what you do to me
Baby! because I like it and its all for me
I like my friends exciting, if they keep my fever rising
Cause I always like to keep it hot
Little girl, come to play and i'll bet you want to stay
And I guarantee I'll hit the spot
You be good to me I'll be good to you
Anything you want anything you do
I've got my eyes on you, and I intend to
Give it all I got and to keep it hot
Oww! Oww, oww!
Baby! Tell all your friends that we're moving on the one
Baby! If you can take it you'll have more than enough
I hear plenty people talking, but those same people are walking
But they still try to tell me how to keep it hot
But girl you stick with me and with both our eyes we'll see
It's not very hard to keep it hot - I just know what I know
Let us take a chance, to enjoy romance
Life can be a 10 if you let love in
Here's all you have to do to make it pour right through
Give the best you've got and we'll keep it hot
Oww! Oww, oww!
Baby! and I really want to know
Baby! let's not pretend let's get on with the show
So don't ever stop, always keep it hot
Oww! Oww, oww!
Baby! because I like what you do to me
Baby! because I like it and its all for me
I like my friends exciting, if they keep my fever rising
Cause I always like to keep it hot
Little girl, come to play and i'll bet you want to stay
And I guarantee I'll hit the spot
You be good to me I'll be good to you
Anything you want anything you do
I've got my eyes on you, and I intend to
Give it all I got and to keep it hot
Oww! Oww, oww!
Baby! Tell all your friends that we're moving on the one
Baby! If you can take it you'll have more than enough
I hear plenty people talking, but those same people are walking
But they still try to tell me how to keep it hot
But girl you stick with me and with both our eyes we'll see
It's not very hard to keep it hot - I just know what I know
Let us take a chance, to enjoy romance
Life can be a 10 if you let love in
Here's all you have to do to make it pour right through
Give the best you've got and we'll keep it hot
Oww! Oww, oww!
Baby! and I really want to know
Baby! let's not pretend let's get on with the show
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Keep It Hot Lyrics as written by Larry Blackmon Anthony Lockett
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, O/B/O DistroKid
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