"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.
Its Friday night
She turned up
She calls me but, I'm drunk as fuck.
So I send a cab,
she'll be here soon.
She's sneakin' out of her dorm room.
(sheshesheshe)
She love the way her heart beat when I make her laugh
and every time the radios on
I hit you with the right song, the right song
and you're mine, don't be shy
You got my playlist on your ipod, your ipod
for tonight, every time
I hit you with the right song, the right song
you and I, you and I
play it all night long, all night long
cause you're mine, yeah you're mine
girl i'll play the right song
Text me while she drivin, she said she heard my record playin on the radio
She sent me a picture now, you know I can't resist it
my hands around your hips
it's ridiculous
I'm fallin in
you callin into work late
the first day (f-first day)
you let me get to first base
second night was a little more
third time y'know I had to score
we cutting it girl,
you're first aid
I think you're fine,
I'm sure of it
Goddamn your body perfect,
take care of it.
Make you switch your ringtone
Make me sing a new hook about loving you and making love
She turned up
She calls me but, I'm drunk as fuck.
So I send a cab,
she'll be here soon.
She's sneakin' out of her dorm room.
(sheshesheshe)
She love the way her heart beat when I make her laugh
and every time the radios on
I hit you with the right song, the right song
and you're mine, don't be shy
You got my playlist on your ipod, your ipod
for tonight, every time
I hit you with the right song, the right song
you and I, you and I
play it all night long, all night long
cause you're mine, yeah you're mine
girl i'll play the right song
Text me while she drivin, she said she heard my record playin on the radio
She sent me a picture now, you know I can't resist it
my hands around your hips
it's ridiculous
I'm fallin in
you callin into work late
the first day (f-first day)
you let me get to first base
second night was a little more
third time y'know I had to score
we cutting it girl,
you're first aid
I think you're fine,
I'm sure of it
Goddamn your body perfect,
take care of it.
Make you switch your ringtone
Make me sing a new hook about loving you and making love
Lyrics submitted by AllieDeeter
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