"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’m looking at this text from you
All except for what he put you through
But this time it seems like it feels some kind of way
Said you really need to see me
But it’s a different kind of energy
Maybe I’m just trippin'
Maybe you’re just teasin'
All I need is a reason
Oh, but tonight is just the right time
I got freaky shit on my mind,
Hope you feeling the same
Feeling is too strong, girl it’s on
I’m about to press send
I’m talking to my best friend
She’s vulnerable and I am to
I don’t know if it’s the right thing to do
I don’t wanna feel different
Rolling with my best friend (Yeah yeah)
I was sure that something like this could happen
When you make the opposite your best friend
Oho, oho, oh whooa, yeah
When you make the opposite your best friend
Oho, oho, oh whooa, yeah
When you make the opposite your best friend
I’m sitting outside of your house
Ready to tear that thing out
It’s hard to say, how I feel about it the next day yay
I can tell from your text now
That you’re ready to have sex now
You say you’re undressed and about to relax
Guarantee it’s going down now
Oh, I’ve have known you for a long time
Never had that thing on my mind
Maybe she’s delirious,
Maybe I’m just curious, I don’t know
I’m about to press send
I’m talking to my best friend
She’s vulnerable and I am to
I don’t know if it’s the right thing to do
I don’t wanna feel different
Rolling with my best friend
I was sure that something like this could happen
When you make the opposite your best friend
Oho, oho, oh whooa, yeah
When you make the opposite your best friend
Oho, oho, oh whooa, yeah
When you make the opposite your best friend
Boom, clap, boom, boom clap
Boom, clap, boom, boom clap
You win, you win, or either you lose
When you make the opposite your best friend
Put your mind on the work
It’s a chance I’m gonn take
A whole lot of games, it’s a lot at stake
You win, you win, or either you lose
When you make the opposite your best friend
Oh oho, oh oho, oooh oh, oh, ooh whoa, yeah
Your best friend, the opposite your best friend
Oh oho, ooh oh, oho, ooh , oh whoa, ooh ho oh yeah
When you make the opposite your best friend
Best friend, best friend, best friend,
Best friend
When you make the opposite your best friend
Oho, (Hoo) oho, Best friend, baby yeah
When you make the opposite your best friend.
All except for what he put you through
But this time it seems like it feels some kind of way
Said you really need to see me
But it’s a different kind of energy
Maybe I’m just trippin'
Maybe you’re just teasin'
All I need is a reason
Oh, but tonight is just the right time
I got freaky shit on my mind,
Hope you feeling the same
Feeling is too strong, girl it’s on
I’m about to press send
I’m talking to my best friend
She’s vulnerable and I am to
I don’t know if it’s the right thing to do
I don’t wanna feel different
Rolling with my best friend (Yeah yeah)
I was sure that something like this could happen
When you make the opposite your best friend
Oho, oho, oh whooa, yeah
When you make the opposite your best friend
Oho, oho, oh whooa, yeah
When you make the opposite your best friend
I’m sitting outside of your house
Ready to tear that thing out
It’s hard to say, how I feel about it the next day yay
I can tell from your text now
That you’re ready to have sex now
You say you’re undressed and about to relax
Guarantee it’s going down now
Oh, I’ve have known you for a long time
Never had that thing on my mind
Maybe she’s delirious,
Maybe I’m just curious, I don’t know
I’m about to press send
I’m talking to my best friend
She’s vulnerable and I am to
I don’t know if it’s the right thing to do
I don’t wanna feel different
Rolling with my best friend
I was sure that something like this could happen
When you make the opposite your best friend
Oho, oho, oh whooa, yeah
When you make the opposite your best friend
Oho, oho, oh whooa, yeah
When you make the opposite your best friend
Boom, clap, boom, boom clap
Boom, clap, boom, boom clap
You win, you win, or either you lose
When you make the opposite your best friend
Put your mind on the work
It’s a chance I’m gonn take
A whole lot of games, it’s a lot at stake
You win, you win, or either you lose
When you make the opposite your best friend
Oh oho, oh oho, oooh oh, oh, ooh whoa, yeah
Your best friend, the opposite your best friend
Oh oho, ooh oh, oho, ooh , oh whoa, ooh ho oh yeah
When you make the opposite your best friend
Best friend, best friend, best friend,
Best friend
When you make the opposite your best friend
Oho, (Hoo) oho, Best friend, baby yeah
When you make the opposite your best friend.
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Best Friend Lyrics as written by Ivan Barias Carvin Haggins
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