"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 need a kick drum,
A guitar now,
And a bass line,
And imma show you how,
How to rock
How to dance
How to get down,
All I need is a piano in my track
Throw your hands
Throw your hands
Throw your hands
Throw your hands up
(Whoa, whoa)
Cause you can't
Cause you can't
Cause you can't
Cause you can't stop
(Whoa, whoa)
Can you hear me
Do you feel it
If you're with me go
1-2-3
Cause we're here and we're now and we're all together
So let's make this last forever
Turn the amps on
Turns the lights down
Bush yourself off
And Imma show you how
How to rock
How to dance
How to get down
Everybody on the floor now
Throw your hands
Throw your hands
Throw your hands
Throw your hands up
(Whoa, whoa)
Cause you can't
Cause you can't
Cause you can't
Cause you can't stop
(Whoa, whoa)
Can you hear me
Do you feel it
If you're with me go
1-2-3
Cause we're here and we're now and we're all together
So let's make this last forever
Let's make this last forever
Let's make this last forever
Let's make this last forever
Of all the stars in the sky tonight
You got to ask one thing to shine quite as bright
Throw your hands
Throw your hands
Throw your hands
Throw your hands up
(Whoa, whoa)
Cause you can't
Cause you can't
Cause you can't
Cause you can't stop
(Whoa, whoa)
Can you hear me
Do you feel it
If you're with me go
1-2-3
Cause we're here and we're now and we're all together
So let's make this last forever
Throw your hands
Throw your hands
Throw your hands
Throw your hands up
(Whoa, whoa)
Cause you can't
Cause you can't
Cause you can't
Cause you can't stop
(Whoa, whoa)
Can you hear me
Do you feel it
If you're with me go
1-2-3
Cause we're here and we're now and we're all together
So let's make this last forever
Let's make this last forever
Let's make this last forever
Let's make this last forever
Let's make this last forever
Let's make this last forever
Cause we're here and we're now and we're all together
So let's make this last forever
A guitar now,
And a bass line,
And imma show you how,
How to rock
How to dance
How to get down,
All I need is a piano in my track
Throw your hands
Throw your hands
Throw your hands
Throw your hands up
(Whoa, whoa)
Cause you can't
Cause you can't
Cause you can't
Cause you can't stop
(Whoa, whoa)
Can you hear me
Do you feel it
If you're with me go
1-2-3
Cause we're here and we're now and we're all together
So let's make this last forever
Turn the amps on
Turns the lights down
Bush yourself off
And Imma show you how
How to rock
How to dance
How to get down
Everybody on the floor now
Throw your hands
Throw your hands
Throw your hands
Throw your hands up
(Whoa, whoa)
Cause you can't
Cause you can't
Cause you can't
Cause you can't stop
(Whoa, whoa)
Can you hear me
Do you feel it
If you're with me go
1-2-3
Cause we're here and we're now and we're all together
So let's make this last forever
Let's make this last forever
Let's make this last forever
Let's make this last forever
Of all the stars in the sky tonight
You got to ask one thing to shine quite as bright
Throw your hands
Throw your hands
Throw your hands
Throw your hands up
(Whoa, whoa)
Cause you can't
Cause you can't
Cause you can't
Cause you can't stop
(Whoa, whoa)
Can you hear me
Do you feel it
If you're with me go
1-2-3
Cause we're here and we're now and we're all together
So let's make this last forever
Throw your hands
Throw your hands
Throw your hands
Throw your hands up
(Whoa, whoa)
Cause you can't
Cause you can't
Cause you can't
Cause you can't stop
(Whoa, whoa)
Can you hear me
Do you feel it
If you're with me go
1-2-3
Cause we're here and we're now and we're all together
So let's make this last forever
Let's make this last forever
Let's make this last forever
Let's make this last forever
Let's make this last forever
Let's make this last forever
Cause we're here and we're now and we're all together
So let's make this last forever
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Let's Make This Last 4Ever Lyrics as written by Justin Abraham Gray Mitchel Musso
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Walt Disney Music Company
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