"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.
Ooh, we're jammin'
I wanna jam it wid you.
We're jammin', jammin',
And I hope you like jammin', too.
Ain't no rules, ain't no vow, we can do it anyhow:
And I now will see you through,
'Cos everyday we pay the price with a loving sacrifice,
Jammin' till the jam is through.
Ooh we're jammin' -
Thinking jammin' was a thing of the past;
We're jammin', jammin?
And I hope this jam is gonna last.
No bullet can stop us , neither beg we can bow;
And neither can be bought nor sold.
We all defend the right; Jah - Jah children must unite:
Your life is much more than gold.
Ooh yeah, we're jammin'
We're jammin' in the name of the Lord;
We're jammin', jammin'
Jammin' straight from Yah, yah
Saying Holy Mount Zion;
Holy Mount Zion
Jah sitteth in Mount Zion
He rules all creation, nair wear
We're jammin'
Wotcha-wa-wa-wa, we're jammin'
See, I wanna jam it wid you
We're jammin', jammin'
And I hope you like jammin', too.
You knows I might have tried is it truth I cannot hide
To keep you lying satisfied.
The love I know exists is a love I can't resist,
So jam by my side.
Ooh yeah, jammin'
I wanna jam it wid you.
Jammin', jammin'
And I hope you like jammin', too.
I hope you like jammin?
Say
I hope you like jammin?
I wanna, I wanna
I wanna jam it wid you
Oh I wanna jam it wid you
Say I hope you like jammin?
Saying Holy Mount Zion
Holy Mount Zion
Jah sitteth in Mount Zion
He rule all creation, nair wear
We?re jammin?
We?re jammin?
We?re jammin?
I wanna jam it wid you.
We're jammin', jammin',
And I hope you like jammin', too.
Ain't no rules, ain't no vow, we can do it anyhow:
And I now will see you through,
'Cos everyday we pay the price with a loving sacrifice,
Jammin' till the jam is through.
Ooh we're jammin' -
Thinking jammin' was a thing of the past;
We're jammin', jammin?
And I hope this jam is gonna last.
No bullet can stop us , neither beg we can bow;
And neither can be bought nor sold.
We all defend the right; Jah - Jah children must unite:
Your life is much more than gold.
Ooh yeah, we're jammin'
We're jammin' in the name of the Lord;
We're jammin', jammin'
Jammin' straight from Yah, yah
Saying Holy Mount Zion;
Holy Mount Zion
Jah sitteth in Mount Zion
He rules all creation, nair wear
We're jammin'
Wotcha-wa-wa-wa, we're jammin'
See, I wanna jam it wid you
We're jammin', jammin'
And I hope you like jammin', too.
You knows I might have tried is it truth I cannot hide
To keep you lying satisfied.
The love I know exists is a love I can't resist,
So jam by my side.
Ooh yeah, jammin'
I wanna jam it wid you.
Jammin', jammin'
And I hope you like jammin', too.
I hope you like jammin?
Say
I hope you like jammin?
I wanna, I wanna
I wanna jam it wid you
Oh I wanna jam it wid you
Say I hope you like jammin?
Saying Holy Mount Zion
Holy Mount Zion
Jah sitteth in Mount Zion
He rule all creation, nair wear
We?re jammin?
We?re jammin?
We?re jammin?
Lyrics submitted by Bobo192
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