"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.
Yeah
Tell me what have you done to me, oh
How come your eyes feel like your hands on me?
(Am I under some magic spell?)
Oh, did you put a hex on my body
(I'm aroused though, boy can't you tell?)
I can't explain it or fight it boy
'Cause I like it
I can feel you from my head (head) to my feet (feet)
You're all over me
I can feel you, when you're not (not) next to me (me)
Taking over me
I can feel you when I kiss you baby
Touch you baby, love you baby
(I can feel you baby if I) kiss you baby
Touch you baby, love you baby, oh
You're in control I'm a slave
To your will baby
Baby you gotta hold on me
Yes your name gives me chills
(Am I under some magic spell?)
Oh, did you put a hex on my body?
(I'm aroused though, boy can't you tell?)
Said I can't explain it or fight it
I like it
I can feel you from my head (head) to my feet (feet)
You're all over me
I can feel you when I kiss you baby
Touch you baby, love you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Feels like you're inside
Pushing my buttons
Making me do what you want me to do
(Baby you're not by side)
Baby I can still feel you, oh whoa
Oh!
(I can feel you) from my head (head) to my feet (feet)
You're all over me, yeah
(I can feel you) when your not (not) next to me (me)
Taking over me
I can feel you when I kiss you baby
Touch you baby, love you baby, oh
(I can feel you baby) kiss you baby
Tell me what have you done to me, oh
How come your eyes feel like your hands on me?
(Am I under some magic spell?)
Oh, did you put a hex on my body
(I'm aroused though, boy can't you tell?)
I can't explain it or fight it boy
'Cause I like it
I can feel you from my head (head) to my feet (feet)
You're all over me
I can feel you, when you're not (not) next to me (me)
Taking over me
I can feel you when I kiss you baby
Touch you baby, love you baby
(I can feel you baby if I) kiss you baby
Touch you baby, love you baby, oh
You're in control I'm a slave
To your will baby
Baby you gotta hold on me
Yes your name gives me chills
(Am I under some magic spell?)
Oh, did you put a hex on my body?
(I'm aroused though, boy can't you tell?)
Said I can't explain it or fight it
I like it
I can feel you from my head (head) to my feet (feet)
You're all over me
I can feel you when I kiss you baby
Touch you baby, love you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Feels like you're inside
Pushing my buttons
Making me do what you want me to do
(Baby you're not by side)
Baby I can still feel you, oh whoa
Oh!
(I can feel you) from my head (head) to my feet (feet)
You're all over me, yeah
(I can feel you) when your not (not) next to me (me)
Taking over me
I can feel you when I kiss you baby
Touch you baby, love you baby, oh
(I can feel you baby) kiss you baby
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I Can Feel You Lyrics as written by Shaffer Smith Charles Harmon
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