"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.
Even though the king is gone, the beat goes on and on
Even though the king is gone, the beat goes on and on
Even though the king is gone, the beat goes on and on
Even though the king is gone, the beat goes on and on
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Don't stop till we get enough
You's a pretty young thing and I'm dangerous
Don't matter if you're black or white
Gotta come together working day and night
So get get get on the floor, we invincible
We unbreakable yeah
Don't stop till the break of dawn
I wanna rock with you so get off the wall
Even though the king is gone, the beat goes on and on that's right
Even though the king is gone, the beat goes on and on come on come on
Right now the king is gone but the beat goes on and on lemme hear you say
Even though the king is gone the beat goes on and on
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Dance all night
Lose your mind
One more time
Even though the king is gone
Dance all night
Lose your mind
One more time woah
The beat goes on and on yeah
Dance all night (though the king is gone)
Lose your mind (the beat goes on)
One more time oh
Even though the king is gone
Dance all night (though the king is gone)
Lose your mind (the beat goes on)
One more time
The beat goes on and on yeah
Even though the king is gone, the beat goes on and on (come on sing it with me)
Even though the king is gone, the beat goes on and on (a little louder)
Even though the king is gone, the beat goes on and on (I can't hear ya)
Even though the king is gone, the beat goes on and on
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Dance all night
Lose your mind yeah
One more time woah
Even though the king is gone
Dance all night night
Lose your mind
One more time hey
The beat goes on and on yeah
Dance all night though the king is gone
Lose your mind the beat goes on
One more time even though the king is gone
Dance all night though the king is gone
Lose your mind the beat goes on
One more time
The beat goes on and on yeah
Don't stop till we get enough
You's a pretty young thing and I'm dangerous
Don't matter if you're black or white
The beat goes on and on yeah
Get get get on the floor, we invincible
We unbreakable yeah
Don't stop till the break of dawn
The beat goes on and on yeah
Get get get on the floor, we invincible
We unbreakable yeah
Get get get on the floor, we invincible
We unbreakable yeah
Get get get on the floor, we invincible
We unbreakable yeah
Get get get on the floor, we invincible
We unbreakable yeah
Even though the king is gone, the beat goes on and on
Even though the king is gone, the beat goes on and on
Even though the king is gone, the beat goes on and on
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Don't stop till we get enough
You's a pretty young thing and I'm dangerous
Don't matter if you're black or white
Gotta come together working day and night
So get get get on the floor, we invincible
We unbreakable yeah
Don't stop till the break of dawn
I wanna rock with you so get off the wall
Even though the king is gone, the beat goes on and on that's right
Even though the king is gone, the beat goes on and on come on come on
Right now the king is gone but the beat goes on and on lemme hear you say
Even though the king is gone the beat goes on and on
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Dance all night
Lose your mind
One more time
Even though the king is gone
Dance all night
Lose your mind
One more time woah
The beat goes on and on yeah
Dance all night (though the king is gone)
Lose your mind (the beat goes on)
One more time oh
Even though the king is gone
Dance all night (though the king is gone)
Lose your mind (the beat goes on)
One more time
The beat goes on and on yeah
Even though the king is gone, the beat goes on and on (come on sing it with me)
Even though the king is gone, the beat goes on and on (a little louder)
Even though the king is gone, the beat goes on and on (I can't hear ya)
Even though the king is gone, the beat goes on and on
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Dance all night
Lose your mind yeah
One more time woah
Even though the king is gone
Dance all night night
Lose your mind
One more time hey
The beat goes on and on yeah
Dance all night though the king is gone
Lose your mind the beat goes on
One more time even though the king is gone
Dance all night though the king is gone
Lose your mind the beat goes on
One more time
The beat goes on and on yeah
Don't stop till we get enough
You's a pretty young thing and I'm dangerous
Don't matter if you're black or white
The beat goes on and on yeah
Get get get on the floor, we invincible
We unbreakable yeah
Don't stop till the break of dawn
The beat goes on and on yeah
Get get get on the floor, we invincible
We unbreakable yeah
Get get get on the floor, we invincible
We unbreakable yeah
Get get get on the floor, we invincible
We unbreakable yeah
Get get get on the floor, we invincible
We unbreakable yeah
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