"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.
Well well, it's alright, it's alright
Hold it girl, squeeze it girl
It's alright, shucks
[Chorus]
Hold back the night, turn on the lights
Don't want to dream (dream about you baby)
Come on (hold back the night) hold it
(Turn on the lights, don't want to dream)
Oh no no no no no no-no (dream about you baby)
When you left
You took the sun right out of the sky
I'm wondering why you went away
Never told me huh, told me why
And then the sun goes down and the moon is clear
Scared to death 'cause your face appears
Come on
[Chorus]
Loneliness is haunting me when I go to bed honey
Like a character in a book, in a book that I read
Now when the sun goes down the moon is clear
Scared to death
'Cause your face I've missed you know
Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it
Well well well well well well well well baby
It's alright
Hold it girl, squeeze it girl, it's alright oh
Nighttime is the right time for loving you
Loving, for loving you
Baby baby lady baby
Why don't you just hold it my love, yeah
You know I need it my love
Hold me, squeeze me, just love me, just squeeze me
It's alright talkin' about day or night
Talkin' about it's alright, oh yeah
Nighttime is the right time for loving you
Loving you, for loving you
Baby baby lady baby
Bib-bib-bib-brr-lib-idy-dib-bib
Bib-baby it's alright
(Hold back the night, turn on the lights)
(Don't want to dream, dream about you baby)
Well well well well well well well well baby
It's alright
Hold it girl, squeeze it girl, it's alright oh
Hold it girl, squeeze it girl
It's alright, shucks
[Chorus]
Hold back the night, turn on the lights
Don't want to dream (dream about you baby)
Come on (hold back the night) hold it
(Turn on the lights, don't want to dream)
Oh no no no no no no-no (dream about you baby)
When you left
You took the sun right out of the sky
I'm wondering why you went away
Never told me huh, told me why
And then the sun goes down and the moon is clear
Scared to death 'cause your face appears
Come on
[Chorus]
Loneliness is haunting me when I go to bed honey
Like a character in a book, in a book that I read
Now when the sun goes down the moon is clear
Scared to death
'Cause your face I've missed you know
Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it
Well well well well well well well well baby
It's alright
Hold it girl, squeeze it girl, it's alright oh
Nighttime is the right time for loving you
Loving, for loving you
Baby baby lady baby
Why don't you just hold it my love, yeah
You know I need it my love
Hold me, squeeze me, just love me, just squeeze me
It's alright talkin' about day or night
Talkin' about it's alright, oh yeah
Nighttime is the right time for loving you
Loving you, for loving you
Baby baby lady baby
Bib-bib-bib-brr-lib-idy-dib-bib
Bib-baby it's alright
(Hold back the night, turn on the lights)
(Don't want to dream, dream about you baby)
Well well well well well well well well baby
It's alright
Hold it girl, squeeze it girl, it's alright oh
Lyrics submitted by punkmebabygal
Hold Back the Night Lyrics as written by Norman Harris Ronald Baker
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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