"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.
DJ's got the party started, there's no end in sight
Everybody's movin' to the rhythm that's inside
It's a crazy world
But tonight's the right situation
Don't get left behind
I can feel the music moving through me everywhere
Ain't no destination, baby, we don't even care
There's a place to be
If you need the right education
Let it take you there
Just go with the magic, baby
I can see it there in your eyes
(I can see it there in your eyes)
Let it flow and stop the waiting
Right here on the dance floor
Is where you gotta let it go
Don't stop movin'
Can you feel the music?
DJ's got us going around, 'round
Don't stop movin'
Find your own way to it
Listen to the music
Taking you to places that you've never been before, baby, now
You can touch the moment, almost feel it in the air
Don't know where we're goin, baby, we don't even care
Ain't no mystery
Just use your imagination
Let it take you there
Just go with the magic, baby
I can see it there in your eyes
(I can see it there in your eyes)
Let it flow and stop the waiting
Right here on the dance floor
Is where you gotta let it go
Don't stop movin'
Can you feel the music?
DJ's got us going around, 'round
Don't stop movin'
Find your own way to it
Listen to the music
Taking you to places that you've never been before, baby, now
Forget about your fears tonight
Listen to your heart
Let's just touch the sky
(Listen to your heart)
No need to reason why
Just listen to the sound
Let it make you come alive
Don't stop movin'
Can you feel the music?
DJ's got us going around, 'round
Don't stop movin'
Find your own way to it
Listen to the music
Taking you to places that you've never been before, baby, now
Baby now
Baby now
And DJ's got us moving around
Right around, right around
DJ's got us moving around
Everybody's movin' to the rhythm that's inside
It's a crazy world
But tonight's the right situation
Don't get left behind
I can feel the music moving through me everywhere
Ain't no destination, baby, we don't even care
There's a place to be
If you need the right education
Let it take you there
Just go with the magic, baby
I can see it there in your eyes
(I can see it there in your eyes)
Let it flow and stop the waiting
Right here on the dance floor
Is where you gotta let it go
Don't stop movin'
Can you feel the music?
DJ's got us going around, 'round
Don't stop movin'
Find your own way to it
Listen to the music
Taking you to places that you've never been before, baby, now
You can touch the moment, almost feel it in the air
Don't know where we're goin, baby, we don't even care
Ain't no mystery
Just use your imagination
Let it take you there
Just go with the magic, baby
I can see it there in your eyes
(I can see it there in your eyes)
Let it flow and stop the waiting
Right here on the dance floor
Is where you gotta let it go
Don't stop movin'
Can you feel the music?
DJ's got us going around, 'round
Don't stop movin'
Find your own way to it
Listen to the music
Taking you to places that you've never been before, baby, now
Forget about your fears tonight
Listen to your heart
Let's just touch the sky
(Listen to your heart)
No need to reason why
Just listen to the sound
Let it make you come alive
Don't stop movin'
Can you feel the music?
DJ's got us going around, 'round
Don't stop movin'
Find your own way to it
Listen to the music
Taking you to places that you've never been before, baby, now
Baby now
Baby now
And DJ's got us moving around
Right around, right around
DJ's got us moving around
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Don't Stop Moving Lyrics as written by Hannah Louise Spearritt Bradley John Mcintosh
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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