"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.
[Chorus]
Oh boys will be boys
Oh boys will be boys
You've got something so that incredible in my eyes,
My heart (my heart) is stars to bumpin' whenever you around
My whole world upside down baby
But I try to get closer and you always push me away
You tell me its much too soon, but I just can't help it
I've always got to make a play
[Chorus]
All my senses, going around you all the time
And I invences, I've never going hope
Always gotta lose control
I hear ya saying, that you think that we should wait
And I can't hold on any more, my body's callin' for ya
So please don't hesitate
[Chorus]
Go
I hear ya saying, that you think that we should wait
And I can't hold on any more, my body's callin' for ya
So please don't hesitate
My body's callin' for ya
So please don't hesitate
[Chorus]
Oh boys will be boys
Oh boys will be boys
You've got something so that incredible in my eyes,
My heart (my heart) is stars to bumpin' whenever you around
My whole world upside down baby
But I try to get closer and you always push me away
You tell me its much too soon, but I just can't help it
I've always got to make a play
[Chorus]
All my senses, going around you all the time
And I invences, I've never going hope
Always gotta lose control
I hear ya saying, that you think that we should wait
And I can't hold on any more, my body's callin' for ya
So please don't hesitate
[Chorus]
Go
I hear ya saying, that you think that we should wait
And I can't hold on any more, my body's callin' for ya
So please don't hesitate
My body's callin' for ya
So please don't hesitate
[Chorus]
Lyrics submitted by cutecreativeangel
Boys Will Be Boys Lyrics as written by Jolyon Skinner Sylvester Stewart
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Great version of a great song,
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The love the Backstreet Boys to death but I am deeply disturbed by this song. Is it just me or does it sound like the themesong to rape?
This is the theme song for sexual assault............... It should be the theme song to some Psych rapist and killer movie....
Candy, I dont know what the heck, you are talking about! This song is so cool it rocks the house!!!
omg nickcarterjunkie227, i totally agreeee. anyways, when they do the oooooooooooh oooooooh part, there having an orgasm. nicks touching kevin and aj is touching brian. howies in the back watching, wacking himself off,
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in the beginning, hes obviously jacking off to some little boys. he says "oooooooooo, boys will be boys", he probably likes them so much he wants to masturbate to there little wang-chungs. well, i love the boys, and they should really pik me up some time. im little, i a boy, and im naughty, they would love me. anyway, i love N' Sync 2, there awesome, if only we could all come over and have a huge slumber party, i would wip out my cock while they were sleeping, and cock slap them all, maybe i'd get a little tea bagging action goin on 2 like zakky reynolds.
no way clayaikenlover, that is sooo neat fuck u
he fuk u death metal, all u like to do is wack off to the lead singer on limp bizkit. BUST
and thats also wat u like... limp biscuits!!!!!!! AHAHHAHAHH
and thats also wat u like... limp biscuits!!!!!!! AHAHHAHAHH
nuh uuhhh, not limp bizkit, that guys a queer what are u talking about, i do it all over atreyu and slipknot godd get it right fag sucker