"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.
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
I'm under a spell again
Boy, I'm wondering why
This is not a game of love but
An emotional tie
I'm trying to figure out my heart (heart..)
But I can't offer you proof
Of why we should never be apart
And that is the (that is the ) that is the truth
Oh!
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Do you know why I stop and stare
And smile when you walk by
And how I call you up at night
I hang up the phone and I cry
If I never got to know you so well (I knew you well)
Maybe I would be fine
Baby you know that I can't tell
Why you should be (you should be)
you should be mine, Oh!
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Ooh, I know what you're thinkin'
I see it in your eyes
You want to give our love another try
I'm so glad you realize I can't...
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake it
Your love
Can't shake
Just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake....Say shake it!
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
I'm under a spell again
Boy, I'm wondering why
This is not a game of love but
An emotional tie
I'm trying to figure out my heart (heart..)
But I can't offer you proof
Of why we should never be apart
And that is the (that is the ) that is the truth
Oh!
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Do you know why I stop and stare
And smile when you walk by
And how I call you up at night
I hang up the phone and I cry
If I never got to know you so well (I knew you well)
Maybe I would be fine
Baby you know that I can't tell
Why you should be (you should be)
you should be mine, Oh!
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Ooh, I know what you're thinkin'
I see it in your eyes
You want to give our love another try
I'm so glad you realize I can't...
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake it
Your love
Can't shake
Just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake....Say shake it!
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Shake your love
I just can't shake
Shake your love
I just can't shake your love
Lyrics submitted by Boonechic_21
Shake Your Love Lyrics as written by Prince Rogers Nelson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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