"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.
It's the kids, baby
It's the kids, baby
It's the kids, come on
It's the kids, baby
It's the kids, baby
And ya know we're gonna groove
It's the kids, baby
It's the kids, baby
It's the kids, come on
It's the kids, baby
Leave it up, leave it up to me
Leave it to the kids
Grown ups, own up
Even when they mess up
Actin' like it's all sewn up
Mom and dad think we
Need to have a talk
Think the kids rule the world
Boys and girls
You can't blame us for nada
You taught us, to follow orders
Cuz I'm the baby, dun gotta
monkey see ahah
monkey do no more
The fun stops here
What's the score
We might start a play fight
Just to imitate you
Don't cha feel silly now
Shame on you
Don't start to cry now
I don't blame you
Afterall you're just a grown-up
What cha gonna do
Yo It's the kids
Gotta heat it up, heat it up
What's the deal, Doncha know I
Gotta give it up, give it up
Make way, put it on
Gonna hook it up, hook it up
How's that
Leave it up, leave it up to me
yo It's the kids
What would ya do if I
Speed it up, speed it up
what what
set it off
Gonna live it up, live it up
Make way, put it on
Gonna hook it up, hook it up
How's that
Leave it up, leave it up to me
When the grown-ups go awall
Now nothing's gonna fall
Here come the young ones
The baby crime busters
Big people, listen up
Relax now we're equal
And if the money's right
We might make a sequal
Do I hear a "please"?
I love it when you beg me
I need a bribe now
Just to move my legs, see
And I might put you in
If you make way
(Lemme talk to my people we can save the day)
Yo It's the kids
Gotta heat it up, heat it up
What's the deal, Doncha know I
Gotta give it up, give it up
Make way, put it on
Gonna hook it up, hook it up
How's that
Leave it up, leave it up to me
Yo It's the kids
What would ya do if I
Speed it up, speed it up
What What
Set it off
Gonna live it up, live it up
Make way, put it on
Gonna hook it up, hook it up
How's that
Leave it up, leave it up to me
(Now whatchya gonna do)
Mom and dad, they be
Gettin' on my nerves
Workin' and workin em
Is that what I deserve
But after many days
Hey, I want them back
Tell me who's gonna bake
My cake and all that
Who's gonna suffer from
My practical jokes
And answer when I'm mowing
Hey, it's gotta be my folks
And who's gonna get me up
Ready for the flight
And who's gonna tell me
"Everything's alright"
But wait a minute
That sounds so soft
That won't impress a
Hot chick like Lara Croft
Don't play me out cuz
I'll switch ya off
You've been told old for too long
Singin' the same song
If you're old enough to vote
Then it's time to sit down
It's all about the little hommies
Takin' the crown
So if you're too young to vote
Here's your chance to have a say
Come on everybody
Help me save the day
Yo It's the kids
Gotta heat it up, heat it up
What's the deal, Doncha know I
Gotta give it up, give it up
Make way, put it on
Gonna hook it up, hook it up
How's that
Leave it up, leave it up to me
Yo It's the kids
What would ya do if I
Speed it up, speed it up
What What
Set it off
Gonna live it up, live it up
Make way, put it on
Gonna hook it up, hook it up
How's that
Leave it up, leave it up to me
Yo It's the kids
Gotta heat it up, heat it up
What's the deal, Doncha know I
Gotta give it up, give it up
Make way, put it on
Gonna hook it up, hook it up
How's that
Leave it up, leave it up to me
Yo It's the kids
What would ya do if I
Speed it up, speed it up
What What
Set it off
Gonna live it up, live it up
Make way, put it on
Gonna hook it up, hook it up
How's that
Leave it up, leave it up to me
It's the kids, baby
It's the kids, come on
It's the kids, baby
It's the kids, baby
And ya know we're gonna groove
It's the kids, baby
It's the kids, baby
It's the kids, come on
It's the kids, baby
Leave it up, leave it up to me
Leave it to the kids
Grown ups, own up
Even when they mess up
Actin' like it's all sewn up
Mom and dad think we
Need to have a talk
Think the kids rule the world
Boys and girls
You can't blame us for nada
You taught us, to follow orders
Cuz I'm the baby, dun gotta
monkey see ahah
monkey do no more
The fun stops here
What's the score
We might start a play fight
Just to imitate you
Don't cha feel silly now
Shame on you
Don't start to cry now
I don't blame you
Afterall you're just a grown-up
What cha gonna do
Yo It's the kids
Gotta heat it up, heat it up
What's the deal, Doncha know I
Gotta give it up, give it up
Make way, put it on
Gonna hook it up, hook it up
How's that
Leave it up, leave it up to me
yo It's the kids
What would ya do if I
Speed it up, speed it up
what what
set it off
Gonna live it up, live it up
Make way, put it on
Gonna hook it up, hook it up
How's that
Leave it up, leave it up to me
When the grown-ups go awall
Now nothing's gonna fall
Here come the young ones
The baby crime busters
Big people, listen up
Relax now we're equal
And if the money's right
We might make a sequal
Do I hear a "please"?
I love it when you beg me
I need a bribe now
Just to move my legs, see
And I might put you in
If you make way
(Lemme talk to my people we can save the day)
Yo It's the kids
Gotta heat it up, heat it up
What's the deal, Doncha know I
Gotta give it up, give it up
Make way, put it on
Gonna hook it up, hook it up
How's that
Leave it up, leave it up to me
Yo It's the kids
What would ya do if I
Speed it up, speed it up
What What
Set it off
Gonna live it up, live it up
Make way, put it on
Gonna hook it up, hook it up
How's that
Leave it up, leave it up to me
(Now whatchya gonna do)
Mom and dad, they be
Gettin' on my nerves
Workin' and workin em
Is that what I deserve
But after many days
Hey, I want them back
Tell me who's gonna bake
My cake and all that
Who's gonna suffer from
My practical jokes
And answer when I'm mowing
Hey, it's gotta be my folks
And who's gonna get me up
Ready for the flight
And who's gonna tell me
"Everything's alright"
But wait a minute
That sounds so soft
That won't impress a
Hot chick like Lara Croft
Don't play me out cuz
I'll switch ya off
You've been told old for too long
Singin' the same song
If you're old enough to vote
Then it's time to sit down
It's all about the little hommies
Takin' the crown
So if you're too young to vote
Here's your chance to have a say
Come on everybody
Help me save the day
Yo It's the kids
Gotta heat it up, heat it up
What's the deal, Doncha know I
Gotta give it up, give it up
Make way, put it on
Gonna hook it up, hook it up
How's that
Leave it up, leave it up to me
Yo It's the kids
What would ya do if I
Speed it up, speed it up
What What
Set it off
Gonna live it up, live it up
Make way, put it on
Gonna hook it up, hook it up
How's that
Leave it up, leave it up to me
Yo It's the kids
Gotta heat it up, heat it up
What's the deal, Doncha know I
Gotta give it up, give it up
Make way, put it on
Gonna hook it up, hook it up
How's that
Leave it up, leave it up to me
Yo It's the kids
What would ya do if I
Speed it up, speed it up
What What
Set it off
Gonna live it up, live it up
Make way, put it on
Gonna hook it up, hook it up
How's that
Leave it up, leave it up to me
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Leave It Up To Me Lyrics as written by Michael Mark Power Lucas Secon
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