"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.
You're the one for me
You're my ecstasy
You're the one I need
Hey yeah
Oh-oh-oh, oh yeah
Get down
Get down
And move it all around
Get down
Get down
And move it all around
Hey, baby love, I need a girl like you
But tell me if you feel it too
I'm in delusion every minute, every hour
My heart is crying out for you
I feel in heaven when I look in your eyes
I know that you are the one for me (one for me)
You drive me crazy 'cause you're one of a kind
I want your lovin' and I want it right now
Get down
Get down
And move it all around
Get down
Get down
And move it all around
Get down
Get down
And move it all around
Get down
Get down
And move it all around
Ooh baby, you're so fine
I'm gonna make you mine
Your lips, they taste so sweet
You're the one for me
You're my ecstasy
You're the one I need
Bang, bang, bang, here we come, here we slam
It's the Fun Factory with the BSB's
All the girls get on your knees
And they scream or touch me please
Backstreet Boys, are you with it? (Yeah)
AJ, hit it
Come on, girl, and get down
Smack it up, flip it and move it all around
Here it is, if you wanna get with this
Put you at the top of my list, uh
I feel in heaven when I look in your eyes
I know that you are the one for me, yes (one for me)
You drive me crazy 'cause you're one of a kind
I want your lovin' and I want it right now
Get down
Get down
And move it all around (you better get down)
Get down
Get down
And move it all around (you better move 'round)
Get down
Get down
And move it all around (hey yeah)
Get down
Get down
And move it all around
Ooh baby, you're so fine
I'm gonna make you mine
Your lips, they taste so sweet
You're the one for me
You're my ecstasy
You're the one I need
I feel in heaven when I look in your eyes
I know that you are the one for me, yeah (one for me)
You drive me crazy 'cause you're one of a kind
I want your lovin', baby, and I want it right now
Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh
You're the one for me
You're my ecstasy
You're the one I need
Get down (get down)
Get down (get down)
And move it all around
Get down (get down)
Get down (get down)
And move it all around
Get down (get down)
Get down (get down)
And move it all around
Get down (get down)
Get down (get down)
And move it all around
Get down (get down)
Get down (get down)
And move it all around
Get down (get down)
Get down (get down)
Get down, get down, yeah
You're my ecstasy
You're the one I need
Hey yeah
Oh-oh-oh, oh yeah
Get down
Get down
And move it all around
Get down
Get down
And move it all around
Hey, baby love, I need a girl like you
But tell me if you feel it too
I'm in delusion every minute, every hour
My heart is crying out for you
I feel in heaven when I look in your eyes
I know that you are the one for me (one for me)
You drive me crazy 'cause you're one of a kind
I want your lovin' and I want it right now
Get down
Get down
And move it all around
Get down
Get down
And move it all around
Get down
Get down
And move it all around
Get down
Get down
And move it all around
Ooh baby, you're so fine
I'm gonna make you mine
Your lips, they taste so sweet
You're the one for me
You're my ecstasy
You're the one I need
Bang, bang, bang, here we come, here we slam
It's the Fun Factory with the BSB's
All the girls get on your knees
And they scream or touch me please
Backstreet Boys, are you with it? (Yeah)
AJ, hit it
Come on, girl, and get down
Smack it up, flip it and move it all around
Here it is, if you wanna get with this
Put you at the top of my list, uh
I feel in heaven when I look in your eyes
I know that you are the one for me, yes (one for me)
You drive me crazy 'cause you're one of a kind
I want your lovin' and I want it right now
Get down
Get down
And move it all around (you better get down)
Get down
Get down
And move it all around (you better move 'round)
Get down
Get down
And move it all around (hey yeah)
Get down
Get down
And move it all around
Ooh baby, you're so fine
I'm gonna make you mine
Your lips, they taste so sweet
You're the one for me
You're my ecstasy
You're the one I need
I feel in heaven when I look in your eyes
I know that you are the one for me, yeah (one for me)
You drive me crazy 'cause you're one of a kind
I want your lovin', baby, and I want it right now
Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh
You're the one for me
You're my ecstasy
You're the one I need
Get down (get down)
Get down (get down)
And move it all around
Get down (get down)
Get down (get down)
And move it all around
Get down (get down)
Get down (get down)
And move it all around
Get down (get down)
Get down (get down)
And move it all around
Get down (get down)
Get down (get down)
And move it all around
Get down (get down)
Get down (get down)
Get down, get down, yeah
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Get Down (You're the One for Me) Lyrics as written by Toni Cottura Buelent Aris
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