"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.
Now you say you're leaving me
I just can't believe it's true
You're my kind of lover
Wanna little bit of feeling
Add a little bit of meaning to my life
I wanna little bit of feeling
Little bit of sunshine to my life
I wanna be your kind of lover
Give a little bit of feeling
Just a little bit of feeling
Add a little bit of meaning to my life
I wanna boogie down with you brother
Boogie down with the bass man
Win love on the grand slam
I'll be there waiting when you call
Da da ba bah
Da da ba bah
Just step right into my heart
Come a little closer
Don't tell me that it's over
Make a brand new start
We can work it out just next to nothing (your my kind of lover)
Work it out work it out just next to nothing
With feeling feeling feeling with feeling
We can work it out
Let me show you what I can do I can be your kind of lover
We can work it out (work it out)
Let me show you what I can do I can be your kind of lover
I wanna be your kind of mother
Let's talk about loving right
Don't talk about doing wrong
Put a little bit of sense into your mind
We gotta talk it out man to man
Make each other understand
Right now a little happiness would be fine
Da da ba bah
Da da ba bah
Just step right into my heart
Come a little closer
Don't tell me that it's over
Make a brand new start
We can work it out just next to nothing
Hey work it out work it out just next to nothing
With feeling feeling feeling with feeling
We can work it out
Let me show you what I can do I can be your kind of lover
We can work it out
Let me show you what I can do I can be your kind of lover
Hey your kind of lover
Your kind of lover
Your kind of lover
I just can't believe it's true
You're my kind of lover
Wanna little bit of feeling
Add a little bit of meaning to my life
I wanna little bit of feeling
Little bit of sunshine to my life
I wanna be your kind of lover
Give a little bit of feeling
Just a little bit of feeling
Add a little bit of meaning to my life
I wanna boogie down with you brother
Boogie down with the bass man
Win love on the grand slam
I'll be there waiting when you call
Da da ba bah
Da da ba bah
Just step right into my heart
Come a little closer
Don't tell me that it's over
Make a brand new start
We can work it out just next to nothing (your my kind of lover)
Work it out work it out just next to nothing
With feeling feeling feeling with feeling
We can work it out
Let me show you what I can do I can be your kind of lover
We can work it out (work it out)
Let me show you what I can do I can be your kind of lover
I wanna be your kind of mother
Let's talk about loving right
Don't talk about doing wrong
Put a little bit of sense into your mind
We gotta talk it out man to man
Make each other understand
Right now a little happiness would be fine
Da da ba bah
Da da ba bah
Just step right into my heart
Come a little closer
Don't tell me that it's over
Make a brand new start
We can work it out just next to nothing
Hey work it out work it out just next to nothing
With feeling feeling feeling with feeling
We can work it out
Let me show you what I can do I can be your kind of lover
We can work it out
Let me show you what I can do I can be your kind of lover
Hey your kind of lover
Your kind of lover
Your kind of lover
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haha, i love this song. I love the paino. HWen he gets excited... i love listening to Freddie happy. Because it sounds like heaven. And dont stop me now... thats what Happy Freddie sounds like.