"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.
Oh yeah...
Woah...
Mhm...
C'mon...
Nobody can sing like me
I can hit every note you give for me
From A to Z
Yes I can
Nobody can dance like me
I can move to the beat your playin'
Baby with my feet
Yeah yeah...
Nobody can act like me
I can fall to pieces
And make you believe
Almost anything
I'm the one
Steppin' out and we're breakin'
All the rules
All alone (all alone)
Gonna show everybody what I can do
I'm the one
Put your bet on me
Can't you see that
I'm the one
Don't need anybody now
Makin' it on my own
She can turn every word
Into a
Lovely melody
Yes she can
Girl's got her own groove
Put the music on and watch her as she
Does her thing
She can do anything
My girl is a drama queen
Any role you give her
She does perfectly
Oh, can't you see that
She's the one
She's steppin' out and she's breakin'
All the rule
All alone
She's gonna show everybody what she can do
She's the one
Put your bet on her
Can't you see that
She's the one
She don't need anybody now
And she's makin' it on her own
I wanna be
The one who everybody knows
(I'm steppin' out, steppin' out alright)
I wanna be
The one who's always front and center
For the first time in my life
I'm the one
Steppin' out and I'm breakin'
All the rules
All alone (all alone)
Gonna show everybody what I can do
I'm the one
Put your bet on me
Can't you see that
I'm the one
Don't need anybody now
Makin' it on my own
I'm the one
Steppin' out and we're ready
You know the rules
All alone (all alone)
Gonna show everybody what I can do
I'm the one
Put your bet on me
Can't you see that
I'm the one
Don't need anybody now
Makin' it on my own
I'm the one
Woah...
Mhm...
C'mon...
Nobody can sing like me
I can hit every note you give for me
From A to Z
Yes I can
Nobody can dance like me
I can move to the beat your playin'
Baby with my feet
Yeah yeah...
Nobody can act like me
I can fall to pieces
And make you believe
Almost anything
I'm the one
Steppin' out and we're breakin'
All the rules
All alone (all alone)
Gonna show everybody what I can do
I'm the one
Put your bet on me
Can't you see that
I'm the one
Don't need anybody now
Makin' it on my own
She can turn every word
Into a
Lovely melody
Yes she can
Girl's got her own groove
Put the music on and watch her as she
Does her thing
She can do anything
My girl is a drama queen
Any role you give her
She does perfectly
Oh, can't you see that
She's the one
She's steppin' out and she's breakin'
All the rule
All alone
She's gonna show everybody what she can do
She's the one
Put your bet on her
Can't you see that
She's the one
She don't need anybody now
And she's makin' it on her own
I wanna be
The one who everybody knows
(I'm steppin' out, steppin' out alright)
I wanna be
The one who's always front and center
For the first time in my life
I'm the one
Steppin' out and I'm breakin'
All the rules
All alone (all alone)
Gonna show everybody what I can do
I'm the one
Put your bet on me
Can't you see that
I'm the one
Don't need anybody now
Makin' it on my own
I'm the one
Steppin' out and we're ready
You know the rules
All alone (all alone)
Gonna show everybody what I can do
I'm the one
Put your bet on me
Can't you see that
I'm the one
Don't need anybody now
Makin' it on my own
I'm the one
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I'm the One Lyrics as written by Joacim Persson Kara Dioguardi
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Walt Disney Music Company, Downtown Music Publishing
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