"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.
When it feels like
The world is on your shoulders
And all of the madness
Has got you goin' crazy
It's time to get out
Step out into the street
Where all of the action
Is right there at your feet,
Well
I know a place where we can
Dance the whole night away
Underneath the electric stars
Just come with me and we can
Shake your blues right away
You'll be doin fine once the music starts, oh!
To the beat of the rhythm of the night
Dance until the morning light
Forget about the worries on your mind
We can leave them all behind
To the beat of the rhythm of the night..
Oohh the rhythm of the night, ooohh yeah
Look out on the street now
The party's just beginning
The music's playing
A celebration's starting
Under the streetlights
The scene is being set
A night for romance
A night you won't forget, so
Come join the fun
This ain't no time to be staying home
Mmm, there's too much going on, oh!
Tonight is gonna be a night like you've never known
We're gonna have a good time the whole night long, oh!
To the beat of the rhythm of the night
Dance until the morning light
Forget about the worries on your mind
We can leave them all behind
To the beat of the rhythm of the night..
Oohh the rhythm of the night, ooohh yeah
Come join the fun
This ain't no time to be staying home
Mmm, there's too much going on...oh!
Tonight is gonna be a night like you've never known
We're gonna have a good time the whole night long, oh!
To the beat of the rhythm of the night
Dance until the morning light
Forget about the worries on your mind
We can leave them all behind
To the beat of the rhythm of the night..
Oohh the rhythm of the night, ooohh yeah
Oohh baby, aww darlin, oohhh baby, wooooooooo
la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la
The music's playin!
It's a celebration!
The music's playin, everybody dance!
To the beat of the rhythm of the night
Dance until the morning light
Forget about the worries on your mind
We can leave them all behind
To the beat of the rhythm of the night..
Oohh the rhythm of the night, ooohh yeah
The world is on your shoulders
And all of the madness
Has got you goin' crazy
It's time to get out
Step out into the street
Where all of the action
Is right there at your feet,
Well
I know a place where we can
Dance the whole night away
Underneath the electric stars
Just come with me and we can
Shake your blues right away
You'll be doin fine once the music starts, oh!
To the beat of the rhythm of the night
Dance until the morning light
Forget about the worries on your mind
We can leave them all behind
To the beat of the rhythm of the night..
Oohh the rhythm of the night, ooohh yeah
Look out on the street now
The party's just beginning
The music's playing
A celebration's starting
Under the streetlights
The scene is being set
A night for romance
A night you won't forget, so
Come join the fun
This ain't no time to be staying home
Mmm, there's too much going on, oh!
Tonight is gonna be a night like you've never known
We're gonna have a good time the whole night long, oh!
To the beat of the rhythm of the night
Dance until the morning light
Forget about the worries on your mind
We can leave them all behind
To the beat of the rhythm of the night..
Oohh the rhythm of the night, ooohh yeah
Come join the fun
This ain't no time to be staying home
Mmm, there's too much going on...oh!
Tonight is gonna be a night like you've never known
We're gonna have a good time the whole night long, oh!
To the beat of the rhythm of the night
Dance until the morning light
Forget about the worries on your mind
We can leave them all behind
To the beat of the rhythm of the night..
Oohh the rhythm of the night, ooohh yeah
Oohh baby, aww darlin, oohhh baby, wooooooooo
la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la
The music's playin!
It's a celebration!
The music's playin, everybody dance!
To the beat of the rhythm of the night
Dance until the morning light
Forget about the worries on your mind
We can leave them all behind
To the beat of the rhythm of the night..
Oohh the rhythm of the night, ooohh yeah
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Rhythm of the Night Lyrics as written by Diane Warren
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