"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.
Computerized (digital love)
Computerized
Oh, baby
A beautiful love
Computer love (computer, computer love)
Computer love (lookin' for my computer love)
Computer love (hey)
Computer love (computer love)
You know I've been searching for someone
Who can share that special love with me
And your eyes have that glow
Could it be your face I see on my computer screen?
Need a special girl (ooh yeah)
To share in my computer world
I no longer need astrology
Thanks to modern technology
Shooby doo bop shoo doo bop I want to love you
Shooby doo bop (I want to love you) computer love
Shooby doo bop shoo doo bop I want to love you
Shooby doo bop my computer love
You know I've been around
From sexy mamas to cool prima donnas
I want to share your treasure, oh so rare
'Cause it's your face I see on my computer screen
Oh, won't you keep me warm tonight
You are such a sweet delight
I will cherish the memory of this night
Yes, I found my computer love
Shooby doo bop shoo doo bop I want to love you
Shooby doo bop (I want to love you) computer love
Shooby doo bop shoo doo bop I want to love you
Shooby doo bop my computer love
Digital love (digital love)
Computer love (computer love)
Digital love (digital love)
A beautiful love (beautiful love)
A digital love (digital love)
Digital love (digital love)
(It's just computer, digital, beautiful, beautiful love)
You are my computer love (hey hey)
You are my computer love (my computer love)
You are my computer love (my computer love)
Yes, I found my computer love
Shooby doo bop shoo doo bop I want to love you
Shooby doo bop computer love (Shooby doo doo doo)
You are (shooby doo doo doo), you are (doo doo doo doo doo computer)
You are (do we mean it), you are (do we mean it, eee)
You are, you are (do we feel it, yeah)
You are (feel it), you are
You are, you are (you, oh)
You are, you are (you, oh)
Shooby doo bop shoo doo bop I want to love you
Shooby doo bop computer love (computer)
Shooby doo bop shoo doo bop I want to love you (I love you)
Shooby doo bop computer love (computer love)
Shooby doo bop shoo doo bop I want to love you (I love you, oh)
You are (Shooby dee da doo) you are (shooby dee da doo doo de doo doo doo computer)
You are (do we mean it) you are (do we mean it)
You are (do we mean it, do we baby) you are (do we, baby, baby, baby, baby, yeah)
Computerized
Oh, baby
A beautiful love
Computer love (computer, computer love)
Computer love (lookin' for my computer love)
Computer love (hey)
Computer love (computer love)
You know I've been searching for someone
Who can share that special love with me
And your eyes have that glow
Could it be your face I see on my computer screen?
Need a special girl (ooh yeah)
To share in my computer world
I no longer need astrology
Thanks to modern technology
Shooby doo bop shoo doo bop I want to love you
Shooby doo bop (I want to love you) computer love
Shooby doo bop shoo doo bop I want to love you
Shooby doo bop my computer love
You know I've been around
From sexy mamas to cool prima donnas
I want to share your treasure, oh so rare
'Cause it's your face I see on my computer screen
Oh, won't you keep me warm tonight
You are such a sweet delight
I will cherish the memory of this night
Yes, I found my computer love
Shooby doo bop shoo doo bop I want to love you
Shooby doo bop (I want to love you) computer love
Shooby doo bop shoo doo bop I want to love you
Shooby doo bop my computer love
Digital love (digital love)
Computer love (computer love)
Digital love (digital love)
A beautiful love (beautiful love)
A digital love (digital love)
Digital love (digital love)
(It's just computer, digital, beautiful, beautiful love)
You are my computer love (hey hey)
You are my computer love (my computer love)
You are my computer love (my computer love)
Yes, I found my computer love
Shooby doo bop shoo doo bop I want to love you
Shooby doo bop computer love (Shooby doo doo doo)
You are (shooby doo doo doo), you are (doo doo doo doo doo computer)
You are (do we mean it), you are (do we mean it, eee)
You are, you are (do we feel it, yeah)
You are (feel it), you are
You are, you are (you, oh)
You are, you are (you, oh)
Shooby doo bop shoo doo bop I want to love you
Shooby doo bop computer love (computer)
Shooby doo bop shoo doo bop I want to love you (I love you)
Shooby doo bop computer love (computer love)
Shooby doo bop shoo doo bop I want to love you (I love you, oh)
You are (Shooby dee da doo) you are (shooby dee da doo doo de doo doo doo computer)
You are (do we mean it) you are (do we mean it)
You are (do we mean it, do we baby) you are (do we, baby, baby, baby, baby, yeah)
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Computer Love Lyrics as written by Larry Troutman Shirley J. Murdock
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I think it's about his love of modern technology. I used to think he was talking about a woman but I think he literally meant 'computer love'. "In your eyes you have that glow. Could it be your face I've seen on my computer screen?" If you think about the era in which he wrote the song, the internet hadn't been introduced yet so how was he seeing her face on his computer screen before skype?
And the "won't you keep me warm tonight" seems more like he's referring to a warm glowing computer screen. I could be wrong but the more i listen to this song, the more it seems like he means technology as opposed to a woman.