"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.
This is what you do
This is what you do
This is what you do
This is what you do
You make me wanna leave the one I'm with (ooh yeah)
Start a new relationship with you
This is what you do (ooh baby)
Think about a ring and all the things that come along with
You make me (you make me)
You make me
You make me wanna leave the one I'm with
Start a new relationship with you (ohh, yeah, yeah, yeah)
This is what you do (yeah, yeah)
Think about a ring and all the things that come along with
You make me
You make me
Before anything began between us
You were like my best friend
The one I used to run and talk to
When me and my girl was having problems (that's right)
You used to say it'll be ok
Suggest little nice things I should do (uh-huh)
And when I go home at night and lay my head down
All I seem to think about was you
And how
You make me wanna leave the one I'm with (ooh yeah)
Start a new relationship with you
This is what you do (oh yeah)
Think about a ring and all the things that come along with
You make me
You make me
You make me wanna leave the one I'm with
Start a new relationship with you (ooh, baby)
This is what you do (come on, come on, come on, come on)
Think about a ring and all the things that come along with
You make me (you make me)
You make me
Now what's bad is you're the one that hooked us up
Knowing it should have been you
What's sad is that I love her but I'm falling for you (uh-huh)
What should I do?
Should I tell my baby bye-bye?
Should I do exactly what I feel inside?
'Cause, I, I don't wanna go, don't need to stay
But I really need to get it together
You make me wanna leave the one I'm with (oh, ooh, baby)
Start a new relationship with you
This is what you do (say, what you do)
Think about a ring and all the things that come along with (oh, yeah)
You make me
You make me
You make me wanna leave the one I'm with
Start a new relationship with you (ooh, baby)
This is what you do (come on, come on, come on, come on)
Think about a ring and all the things that come along with
You make me
You make me
At this point the situation's out of control (say what?)
I never meant to hurt her
But I gotta let her go (gotta let her go)
And she may not understand it
While all of this is going on
I tried, I tried to fight it
But the feeling's just too strong
You make, make, make me (you make me wanna, wanna)
You make me wanna (ayy)
You make me wanna (oh)
Oh, you make, make, me, me
You make me wanna
You make me wanna (ooh, oh babe)
You make me wanna (gon' baby, do your thing)
You make me wanna (ooh, ooh-ooh yeah)
Come along wit' it
You makin' me, you makin' me
You make me wanna leave the one I'm with (oh, ooh, baby)
Start a new relationship with you
This is what you do (say, what you do)
Think about a ring and all the things that come along with (oh, yeah)
You make me
You make me
You make me wanna leave the one I'm with
Start a new relationship with you (ooh, baby)
This is what you do
Think about a ring and all the things that come along with (ayy)
You make me
You make me (you makin' me)
You make me wanna leave the one I'm with (leave the one I'm with)
Start a new relationship with you (ooh, you makin' me, you makin' me, you makin' me)
This is what you do
Think about a ring and all the things that come along with (ohh)
You make me
You make me
You make me wanna leave the one I'm with (wanna leave the one I'm with)
Start a new relationship with you
This is what you do
This is what you do
This is what you do
This is what you do
You make me wanna leave the one I'm with (ooh yeah)
Start a new relationship with you
This is what you do (ooh baby)
Think about a ring and all the things that come along with
You make me (you make me)
You make me
You make me wanna leave the one I'm with
Start a new relationship with you (ohh, yeah, yeah, yeah)
This is what you do (yeah, yeah)
Think about a ring and all the things that come along with
You make me
You make me
Before anything began between us
You were like my best friend
The one I used to run and talk to
When me and my girl was having problems (that's right)
You used to say it'll be ok
Suggest little nice things I should do (uh-huh)
And when I go home at night and lay my head down
All I seem to think about was you
And how
You make me wanna leave the one I'm with (ooh yeah)
Start a new relationship with you
This is what you do (oh yeah)
Think about a ring and all the things that come along with
You make me
You make me
You make me wanna leave the one I'm with
Start a new relationship with you (ooh, baby)
This is what you do (come on, come on, come on, come on)
Think about a ring and all the things that come along with
You make me (you make me)
You make me
Now what's bad is you're the one that hooked us up
Knowing it should have been you
What's sad is that I love her but I'm falling for you (uh-huh)
What should I do?
Should I tell my baby bye-bye?
Should I do exactly what I feel inside?
'Cause, I, I don't wanna go, don't need to stay
But I really need to get it together
You make me wanna leave the one I'm with (oh, ooh, baby)
Start a new relationship with you
This is what you do (say, what you do)
Think about a ring and all the things that come along with (oh, yeah)
You make me
You make me
You make me wanna leave the one I'm with
Start a new relationship with you (ooh, baby)
This is what you do (come on, come on, come on, come on)
Think about a ring and all the things that come along with
You make me
You make me
At this point the situation's out of control (say what?)
I never meant to hurt her
But I gotta let her go (gotta let her go)
And she may not understand it
While all of this is going on
I tried, I tried to fight it
But the feeling's just too strong
You make, make, make me (you make me wanna, wanna)
You make me wanna (ayy)
You make me wanna (oh)
Oh, you make, make, me, me
You make me wanna
You make me wanna (ooh, oh babe)
You make me wanna (gon' baby, do your thing)
You make me wanna (ooh, ooh-ooh yeah)
Come along wit' it
You makin' me, you makin' me
You make me wanna leave the one I'm with (oh, ooh, baby)
Start a new relationship with you
This is what you do (say, what you do)
Think about a ring and all the things that come along with (oh, yeah)
You make me
You make me
You make me wanna leave the one I'm with
Start a new relationship with you (ooh, baby)
This is what you do
Think about a ring and all the things that come along with (ayy)
You make me
You make me (you makin' me)
You make me wanna leave the one I'm with (leave the one I'm with)
Start a new relationship with you (ooh, you makin' me, you makin' me, you makin' me)
This is what you do
Think about a ring and all the things that come along with (ohh)
You make me
You make me
You make me wanna leave the one I'm with (wanna leave the one I'm with)
Start a new relationship with you
This is what you do
Lyrics submitted by kevin, edited by Counterclockwerk
You Make Me Wanna... Lyrics as written by Jerry Ragovoy Aaron Schroeder
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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