"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.
Whoa-yeah, baby, sugar
Honey, sweet darlin', I'm yours
Oh, yes I am
Every since that day we met
My whole life been full of joy and happiness
Oh when you kiss me it burns to my soul
Seven days later, my body I can't control
You got (power in your kiss)
You got (power in your twist)
You got power, power, power
Oh!
Oh I love ya
I tell you I just can't help myself
Oh when I hear you talk and I see you walk
That make me know I don't want nobody else
You got (power in your walk) oh yeah
You got (power in your talk) uh-huh
You got power, power, power
Oh baby, power over me
I love it when you love me
(Love the way you love me)
I love the way you call my name
All my life I wanted someone
To love an understand
Now we're together, listen to me honey
My loneliness has gone away
I swear I think I'm
Think I'm able to carry on, yeah
You got honey in your kiss
And I'm glad of that
You got honey in your twist
And I'm glad about it
Sometime, baby
I wanna scream about your love
Sometimes, baby
I just a-wanna say oh, I'm glad
I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad
You got power in your kiss
(Power in your kiss)
You got power in your twist
(Power in your twist)
You got power in your walk
(Power in your walk)
You got power in your talk
(Power in your talk)
Power with your best
You got it, you got it
You got it baby
Sometime I wanna squeeze you
Honey, sweet darlin', I'm yours
Oh, yes I am
Every since that day we met
My whole life been full of joy and happiness
Oh when you kiss me it burns to my soul
Seven days later, my body I can't control
You got (power in your kiss)
You got (power in your twist)
You got power, power, power
Oh!
Oh I love ya
I tell you I just can't help myself
Oh when I hear you talk and I see you walk
That make me know I don't want nobody else
You got (power in your walk) oh yeah
You got (power in your talk) uh-huh
You got power, power, power
Oh baby, power over me
I love it when you love me
(Love the way you love me)
I love the way you call my name
All my life I wanted someone
To love an understand
Now we're together, listen to me honey
My loneliness has gone away
I swear I think I'm
Think I'm able to carry on, yeah
You got honey in your kiss
And I'm glad of that
You got honey in your twist
And I'm glad about it
Sometime, baby
I wanna scream about your love
Sometimes, baby
I just a-wanna say oh, I'm glad
I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad
You got power in your kiss
(Power in your kiss)
You got power in your twist
(Power in your twist)
You got power in your walk
(Power in your walk)
You got power in your talk
(Power in your talk)
Power with your best
You got it, you got it
You got it baby
Sometime I wanna squeeze you
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Power of Love [DVD] Lyrics as written by Jennifer Rush Gunther Mende
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