"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.
Everybody's doing a brand new dance now
(Come on, baby, do the loco-motion)
I know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now
(Come on, baby, do the loco-motion)
My little baby sister can do it with ease
It's easier than learning your ABCs
So come on, come on
Do the loco-motion with me
You gotta swing your hips now
Come on, baby, jump up, jump back
Well, I think you got the knack, oh
Now that you can do it, let's make a chain now
(Come on, baby, do the loco-motion)
Chug-a chug-a motion like a railway train now
(Come on, baby, do the loco-motion)
Do it nice and easy now, don't lose control
A little bit of rhythm and a lot of soul
So come on, come on
Do the loco-motion with me
The loco-motion
Come on, come on
The loco-motion
So come on, come on
The loco-motion
So come on, come on
Come on, come on
Come on
Move around the floor in a loco-motion
(Come on, baby, do the loco-motion)
Yeah, do it holding hands if you get the notion
(Come on, baby, do the loco-motion)
There's never been a dance that's so easy to do
It even makes you happy when you're feeling blue
So come on, come on
Do the loco-motion with me
You gotta swing your hips now
Come on, baby, jump up, jump back
Well, I think you got the knack, oh
Do the lo-, do the lo-, do the lo-, the loco-motion
(Come on, baby, do the loco-motion)
Do the lo-, do the lo-, do the lo-, the loco-motion
(Come on, baby, do the loco-motion)
Do it nice and easy now, don't lose control
A little bit of rhythm and a lot of soul
So come on, come on
Do the loco-motion
Come on, come on
Do the loco-motion
Come on, come on
Do the loco-motion with me
The loco-motion
Come on, come on
The loco-motion
So come on, come on
The loco-motion
Come on, come on
The loco-motion
So come on, come on
The loco-motion
So come on, come on
(Come on, baby, do the loco-motion)
I know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now
(Come on, baby, do the loco-motion)
My little baby sister can do it with ease
It's easier than learning your ABCs
So come on, come on
Do the loco-motion with me
You gotta swing your hips now
Come on, baby, jump up, jump back
Well, I think you got the knack, oh
Now that you can do it, let's make a chain now
(Come on, baby, do the loco-motion)
Chug-a chug-a motion like a railway train now
(Come on, baby, do the loco-motion)
Do it nice and easy now, don't lose control
A little bit of rhythm and a lot of soul
So come on, come on
Do the loco-motion with me
The loco-motion
Come on, come on
The loco-motion
So come on, come on
The loco-motion
So come on, come on
Come on, come on
Come on
Move around the floor in a loco-motion
(Come on, baby, do the loco-motion)
Yeah, do it holding hands if you get the notion
(Come on, baby, do the loco-motion)
There's never been a dance that's so easy to do
It even makes you happy when you're feeling blue
So come on, come on
Do the loco-motion with me
You gotta swing your hips now
Come on, baby, jump up, jump back
Well, I think you got the knack, oh
Do the lo-, do the lo-, do the lo-, the loco-motion
(Come on, baby, do the loco-motion)
Do the lo-, do the lo-, do the lo-, the loco-motion
(Come on, baby, do the loco-motion)
Do it nice and easy now, don't lose control
A little bit of rhythm and a lot of soul
So come on, come on
Do the loco-motion
Come on, come on
Do the loco-motion
Come on, come on
Do the loco-motion with me
The loco-motion
Come on, come on
The loco-motion
So come on, come on
The loco-motion
Come on, come on
The loco-motion
So come on, come on
The loco-motion
So come on, come on
Lyrics submitted by rafael2121
The Loco-Motion Lyrics as written by Gerry Goffin Carole King
Lyrics © Kanjian Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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