"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.
I feel a hunger it's a hunger that tries to keep a man awake at night
Are you the answer? I shouldn't wonder when I feel you with my appetite
With all the power you're releasing it isn't safe to walk the city streets alone
Anticipation is running through me let's find the key and turn this engine on
I can feel you breathe
I can feel your heart beat faster, faster, faster
Take me home tonight
I don't want to let you go till you see the light
Take me home tonight
Listen honey just like Ronnie sang, ?Be my little baby?
I get frightened in all this darkness
I get nightmares I hate to sleep alone I need some company
A guardian angel to keep me warm when the cold winds blow
I can feel you breathe
I can feel your heart beat faster, faster, faster yeah
Take me home tonight
I don't want to let you go till you see the light
Take me home tonight
Listen honey just like Ronnie sang, ?Be my little baby?
Be my little baby
Just like Ronnie sang, just like Ronnie sang
?Be my little baby?, baby my darling
I feel a hunger it's a hunger
Take me home tonight
I don't want to let you go till you see the light
Take me home tonight
Listen honey just like Ronnie sang
Take me home tonight
I don't want to let you go till you see the light
Take me home tonight
Listen honey just like Ronnie sang, just like Ronnie sang
Be my little
Be my little
Be my little baby
Are you the answer? I shouldn't wonder when I feel you with my appetite
With all the power you're releasing it isn't safe to walk the city streets alone
Anticipation is running through me let's find the key and turn this engine on
I can feel you breathe
I can feel your heart beat faster, faster, faster
Take me home tonight
I don't want to let you go till you see the light
Take me home tonight
Listen honey just like Ronnie sang, ?Be my little baby?
I get frightened in all this darkness
I get nightmares I hate to sleep alone I need some company
A guardian angel to keep me warm when the cold winds blow
I can feel you breathe
I can feel your heart beat faster, faster, faster yeah
Take me home tonight
I don't want to let you go till you see the light
Take me home tonight
Listen honey just like Ronnie sang, ?Be my little baby?
Be my little baby
Just like Ronnie sang, just like Ronnie sang
?Be my little baby?, baby my darling
I feel a hunger it's a hunger
Take me home tonight
I don't want to let you go till you see the light
Take me home tonight
Listen honey just like Ronnie sang
Take me home tonight
I don't want to let you go till you see the light
Take me home tonight
Listen honey just like Ronnie sang, just like Ronnie sang
Be my little
Be my little
Be my little baby
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Take Me Home Tonight Lyrics as written by Jeff Barry Ellie Greenwich
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