"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.
(Mwah!)
(Mwah!)
When you look at me, tell me what do you see?
This is what you get it's the way I am
When I look at you I wanna be, I wanna be somewhere close to heaven with Neanderthal man
Don't go, I know you want to touch me
Here there and everywhere
Sparks fly when we are together, you can't deny the facts of life
You don't have to act like a star
Tryin' moves in the back your car
Don't you know that we can go far
'Cause tonight you gonna get my-
Don't play the games that you play
'Cause you know that I won't run away
Why ain't you asking me to stay
'Cause tonight I'm gonna give you my-
You could be my baby, what's your star sign?
Won't you take a step into the lion's den?
I can hear my conscience calling me, calling me, say I'm gonna be a bad girl again
Why don't you come on over, we can't leave this all undone
Got the devil on my shoulder, there's no place for you to run
You don't have to act like a star
Tryin' moves in the back your car
Don't you know that we can go far
'Cause tonight you gonna get my-
Don't play the games that you play
'Cause you know that I won't run away
Why ain't you asking me to stay
'Cause tonight I'm gonna give you my-
If you forget, I'll remind you
If you're paranoid, I'm behind you
If you lose your head, I'll find you
Sending you my kiss
If you forget, I'll remind you
If you're paranoid, I'm behind you
If you lose your head, I'll find you, kiss kiss
(Mwah!)
(Oh yeah) you don't have to act like a (uh)
Tryin' moves in the back of your (uh, uh, uh)
You know that we can go
'Cause-'cause tonight you gonna get my
(Mwah!) you don't have to act like a star
Tryin' moves in the back your car
Don't you know that we can go far
'Cause tonight you gonna get my-
Don't play the games that you play
'Cause you know that I won't run away
Why ain't you asking me to stay
'Cause tonight I'm gonna give you my-
You don't have to act like a star
Tryin' moves in the back your car
Don't you know that we can go far
'Cause tonight you gonna get my-
Don't play the games that you play
'Cause you know that I won't run away
Why ain't you asking me to stay
'Cause tonight I'm gonna give you my-
(Mwah!)
When you look at me, tell me what do you see?
This is what you get it's the way I am
When I look at you I wanna be, I wanna be somewhere close to heaven with Neanderthal man
Don't go, I know you want to touch me
Here there and everywhere
Sparks fly when we are together, you can't deny the facts of life
You don't have to act like a star
Tryin' moves in the back your car
Don't you know that we can go far
'Cause tonight you gonna get my-
Don't play the games that you play
'Cause you know that I won't run away
Why ain't you asking me to stay
'Cause tonight I'm gonna give you my-
You could be my baby, what's your star sign?
Won't you take a step into the lion's den?
I can hear my conscience calling me, calling me, say I'm gonna be a bad girl again
Why don't you come on over, we can't leave this all undone
Got the devil on my shoulder, there's no place for you to run
You don't have to act like a star
Tryin' moves in the back your car
Don't you know that we can go far
'Cause tonight you gonna get my-
Don't play the games that you play
'Cause you know that I won't run away
Why ain't you asking me to stay
'Cause tonight I'm gonna give you my-
If you forget, I'll remind you
If you're paranoid, I'm behind you
If you lose your head, I'll find you
Sending you my kiss
If you forget, I'll remind you
If you're paranoid, I'm behind you
If you lose your head, I'll find you, kiss kiss
(Mwah!)
(Oh yeah) you don't have to act like a (uh)
Tryin' moves in the back of your (uh, uh, uh)
You know that we can go
'Cause-'cause tonight you gonna get my
(Mwah!) you don't have to act like a star
Tryin' moves in the back your car
Don't you know that we can go far
'Cause tonight you gonna get my-
Don't play the games that you play
'Cause you know that I won't run away
Why ain't you asking me to stay
'Cause tonight I'm gonna give you my-
You don't have to act like a star
Tryin' moves in the back your car
Don't you know that we can go far
'Cause tonight you gonna get my-
Don't play the games that you play
'Cause you know that I won't run away
Why ain't you asking me to stay
'Cause tonight I'm gonna give you my-
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The turkish version rocks and the dance is uber cool! =p