"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.
We're going to dance
We're going to dance
We're going to dance and have some fun
Dig
The chills that you spill up my back
Keep me filled with satisfaction when we're done
Satisfaction of what's to come
I couldn't ask for another
No, I couldn't ask for another (you know that's right)
Your groove, I do deeply dig
No walls, only the bridge, my supper dish
My succotash wish (sing it, baby)
I couldn't ask for another (uh huh, uh huh)
No, I couldn't ask for another
Groove is in the heart
Groove is in the heart
Groove is in the heart (astronomical)
Groove is in the heart (hit me)
Watch out
The depth of hula groove
Moves us to the Nth hoop
We're gonna groove to Horton Hears a Who-who
I couldn't ask for another
No, I couldn't ask for another
DJ Soul was on a roll
I've been told he can't be sold
He's not vicious or malicious
Just de-lovely and delicious
I couldn't ask for another
Some looks in this torso (yeah)
Hot, got a deal, you wanna know (wanna know)
Delightful, truly delightful (lightful)
Makin' it, doin' it 'specially at show (show)
Feeling kinda high like a Hendrix haze (haze)
Music makes motion, moves like a maze (maze)
All inside of me (side), heart especially (yeah)
Hilt of the rhythm, where I wanna be (c'mon)
Flowin', glowin' with electric eyes
You dip to the dive, baby, you'll realize (yeah)
Baby, you'll see the funky side of me
Baby, you'll see that rhythm is the key
Get, get with it, with it
Can't can't quit it, quit it
Stomp on the stoop when I hear a funk loop
Playing Pied Piper, follow what's true
Baby, just sing about the groove (sing it)
Groove is in the heart
Groove is in the heart
Groove is in the heart
Groove is in the heart
One, two, three
Blow them horns along
Groove is in your heart
Groove is in the heart (yeah)
Groove is in the heart
Groove is in the heart
Groove is in the heart
Hahaha, c'mon, y'all deep
Y'all are crazy, man
We're going to dance
We're going to dance and have some fun
Dig
The chills that you spill up my back
Keep me filled with satisfaction when we're done
Satisfaction of what's to come
I couldn't ask for another
No, I couldn't ask for another (you know that's right)
Your groove, I do deeply dig
No walls, only the bridge, my supper dish
My succotash wish (sing it, baby)
I couldn't ask for another (uh huh, uh huh)
No, I couldn't ask for another
Groove is in the heart
Groove is in the heart
Groove is in the heart (astronomical)
Groove is in the heart (hit me)
Watch out
The depth of hula groove
Moves us to the Nth hoop
We're gonna groove to Horton Hears a Who-who
I couldn't ask for another
No, I couldn't ask for another
DJ Soul was on a roll
I've been told he can't be sold
He's not vicious or malicious
Just de-lovely and delicious
I couldn't ask for another
Some looks in this torso (yeah)
Hot, got a deal, you wanna know (wanna know)
Delightful, truly delightful (lightful)
Makin' it, doin' it 'specially at show (show)
Feeling kinda high like a Hendrix haze (haze)
Music makes motion, moves like a maze (maze)
All inside of me (side), heart especially (yeah)
Hilt of the rhythm, where I wanna be (c'mon)
Flowin', glowin' with electric eyes
You dip to the dive, baby, you'll realize (yeah)
Baby, you'll see the funky side of me
Baby, you'll see that rhythm is the key
Get, get with it, with it
Can't can't quit it, quit it
Stomp on the stoop when I hear a funk loop
Playing Pied Piper, follow what's true
Baby, just sing about the groove (sing it)
Groove is in the heart
Groove is in the heart
Groove is in the heart
Groove is in the heart
One, two, three
Blow them horns along
Groove is in your heart
Groove is in the heart (yeah)
Groove is in the heart
Groove is in the heart
Groove is in the heart
Hahaha, c'mon, y'all deep
Y'all are crazy, man
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Groove Is In The Heart Lyrics as written by Dmitry Brill Herbie Hancock
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing
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