"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.
Hey (hey), you (you)
Get in to my car
(Who me?)
Yes, you
Get in to my car
Oh, hey
Who's that lady coming down the road?
Who's that lady?
Who's that woman walking through my door?
What's the score?
I'll be the sun shining on you
Hey, Cinderella, step in your shoe
I'll be your non-stop lover
Get it while you can
Your non-stop miracle, I'm your man
Get outta my dreams
Get in to my car
(Get in to my car)
Get outta my dreams
Get in to the back seat, baby
Get in to my car
(Beep, beep, yeah)
Get outta my mind
(Get outta my mind)
Get in to my life
(Ooh)
Oh, I said, hey (hey), you (you)
Get in to my car
Oh-oh, baby
Lady driver, let me take the wheel
Smooth operator
Touch my bumper (bumper)
Hey, and let's make a deal
Make it real
Like a road runner
Coming after you
Just like a hero outta the blue
I'll be your non-stop lover
Get it while you can
Your non-stop miracle, I'm your man
Get outta my dreams, ooh
Get in to my car
(Get in to my car)
Get outta my dreams
Get in to the back seat, baby
Get in to my car
(Beep, beep, yeah)
Get outta my mind
(Get outta my mind)
Get in to my life
(Ooh)
Oh, I said, hey (hey), you (you)
Get in to my car
Oh, baby, let's go
I said, open the door
(Get in the back)
Foot on the floor
(Get on the track)
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
Hey (hey), hey (hey)
Let's go
Oh, baby, ooh-ooh-oh-oh-oh
Yeah
I'll be the sun shining on you
Hey, Cinderella, step in your shoe
I'll be your non-stop lover
Get it while you can
Your non-stop miracle, I'm your man
Get outta my
Get outta my dreams
Get in to my car
(Get in to my car)
Get outta my dreams
Get in to the back seat, baby
Get in to my car
(Beep, beep, yeah)
Get outta my mind
(Get outta my mind)
Get in to my life
(Ooh)
Oh, I said, hey (hey), you (you)
Get in to my
Hey (hey), you (you)
Get in to my
Hey (hey), ooh, you (you)
Get in to my car
Oh, oh, oh, you
Oh, get in the back seat
I need you
Get in the back seat
'Cause I want you to be my baby
Get in to my car
(Who me?)
Yes, you
Get in to my car
Oh, hey
Who's that lady coming down the road?
Who's that lady?
Who's that woman walking through my door?
What's the score?
I'll be the sun shining on you
Hey, Cinderella, step in your shoe
I'll be your non-stop lover
Get it while you can
Your non-stop miracle, I'm your man
Get outta my dreams
Get in to my car
(Get in to my car)
Get outta my dreams
Get in to the back seat, baby
Get in to my car
(Beep, beep, yeah)
Get outta my mind
(Get outta my mind)
Get in to my life
(Ooh)
Oh, I said, hey (hey), you (you)
Get in to my car
Oh-oh, baby
Lady driver, let me take the wheel
Smooth operator
Touch my bumper (bumper)
Hey, and let's make a deal
Make it real
Like a road runner
Coming after you
Just like a hero outta the blue
I'll be your non-stop lover
Get it while you can
Your non-stop miracle, I'm your man
Get outta my dreams, ooh
Get in to my car
(Get in to my car)
Get outta my dreams
Get in to the back seat, baby
Get in to my car
(Beep, beep, yeah)
Get outta my mind
(Get outta my mind)
Get in to my life
(Ooh)
Oh, I said, hey (hey), you (you)
Get in to my car
Oh, baby, let's go
I said, open the door
(Get in the back)
Foot on the floor
(Get on the track)
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
Hey (hey), hey (hey)
Let's go
Oh, baby, ooh-ooh-oh-oh-oh
Yeah
I'll be the sun shining on you
Hey, Cinderella, step in your shoe
I'll be your non-stop lover
Get it while you can
Your non-stop miracle, I'm your man
Get outta my
Get outta my dreams
Get in to my car
(Get in to my car)
Get outta my dreams
Get in to the back seat, baby
Get in to my car
(Beep, beep, yeah)
Get outta my mind
(Get outta my mind)
Get in to my life
(Ooh)
Oh, I said, hey (hey), you (you)
Get in to my
Hey (hey), you (you)
Get in to my
Hey (hey), ooh, you (you)
Get in to my car
Oh, oh, oh, you
Oh, get in the back seat
I need you
Get in the back seat
'Cause I want you to be my baby
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I love this song. It's sooo hott because my crush has the hottest F150 ever...and all I wanna do is get into his car.
this is a really cool song...it reminds me of the ghostbusters song for some reason lol.
It makes ME think of License to drive! Damn I wish I had that movie......
i heard this on family guy.
who would want to touch billy's bumper
"Hey Cinderella,Step in your shoe " I always thought it was "Hey Cinderella,steady your shoe"...but I guess she'd "step" into it tho'... hearing check soon
I really didn't think much about this song when it was released in 1988 until my now late brother and a friend told me how much they liked it and it reflected their feelings for finding the right woman, a livelong love. They said it in a light-hearted way but I could tell they were also serious. It was pretty much of a mantra for them and both of them were married within a couple of years, loves that withstood the test of time. Today it especially reminds me of the brother I lost and miss.
Haha. I love the line, “Get outta my mind. Get in to my life” So much yes. ;)
Listening to the lyrics now the song definitely has a touch of a sleazy Pretty Woman rescue story thing going on. The song is about his fixation with a lady he’s seen on the road while cruising in his car. He talks of “making a deal” with her at the roadside, and her being like Cinderella (so him Prince Charming) with connotations of him saving her a life of servitude.
Combine that with the whole song is purely about sex, sex in cars and notably not romantic love “I’ll be your nonstop lover”, and it’s reasonable to suggest the song tells a story of a man with long standing but as yet unrealized fantasies about sex with prostitutes, and his obsession with a particular hooker he’s seen while curb crawling.
This song came out 2 years before the Pretty Woman movie, so it’s too much to suggest any connection there, but the imagery the song suggests is definitely in that ball park.