"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.
This is the house that funk built
Groove Armada style
All right, I'm checkin' all you this evening an' see you sittin around
But we ain't gonna have none of that this evening, child
That's right, don't be lookin' at me like that
See my name's gran'ma funky y'all
Funky if you're nasty darlin'
And you've got to stay nasty
But see, I need a little more volume, you know what I'm sayin'
Give me volume on everything 'cause I want you to hear me
I wanna hear myself against the world
Check it out
If you all love gran'ma funky y'all you're my gran' babies
So get ready to get down, get funky, get loose
I see you baby
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
I see you baby
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
I see you baby
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
I see you baby
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
I see you baby
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Woah, close your eyes
And get sexy with it
Woah
I know y'all know what I'm talkin about
Don't be lookin at me like that now, I see ya
Come on, I see ya, get busy with it
Break it on down
I see you baby
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
I see you baby
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that a
Uh, right
Uh, come on
Uh, right
Uh, whoo
Uh, right
Uh, come on
Uhhh right
Break it on down
Oh this party gotat go on all
Aww
Whoo
Uh, right
Break it on down
I see you baby
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
I see you baby
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
I see you baby
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
I see you baby
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
This is the house that funk built
Groove Armada style
Groove Armada style
All right, I'm checkin' all you this evening an' see you sittin around
But we ain't gonna have none of that this evening, child
That's right, don't be lookin' at me like that
See my name's gran'ma funky y'all
Funky if you're nasty darlin'
And you've got to stay nasty
But see, I need a little more volume, you know what I'm sayin'
Give me volume on everything 'cause I want you to hear me
I wanna hear myself against the world
Check it out
If you all love gran'ma funky y'all you're my gran' babies
So get ready to get down, get funky, get loose
I see you baby
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
I see you baby
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
I see you baby
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
I see you baby
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
I see you baby
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Woah, close your eyes
And get sexy with it
Woah
I know y'all know what I'm talkin about
Don't be lookin at me like that now, I see ya
Come on, I see ya, get busy with it
Break it on down
I see you baby
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
I see you baby
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that a
Uh, right
Uh, come on
Uh, right
Uh, whoo
Uh, right
Uh, come on
Uhhh right
Break it on down
Oh this party gotat go on all
Aww
Whoo
Uh, right
Break it on down
I see you baby
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
I see you baby
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
I see you baby
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
I see you baby
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
Shakin' that ass
This is the house that funk built
Groove Armada style
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I See You Baby [Fatboy Slim Radio Edit] Lyrics as written by Thomas Charles Findlay Toi Wooten
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