"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.
Here's a little bit of Old School for you
That goes a little somethin' like this
I always try to be the flyest kid on the block
The popular one with the risin' stock
So that's when I had this bright idea
(For the party of the month) Nah, the party of the
year
All the fine girls couldn't turn it down
Now all I gotta do is get my parents out
Should I send 'em to a movie (Nah, send 'em to a show)
Let me think, hmm, it's gotta be long, though
I said, "Mom and dad, yo', why you sit at home
It's a Friday night, have you seen Aunt Joan
And don't worry 'bout stayin' out too long
Don't fuss over me, I'll be fine alone"
Have a good time
The doorbell rings 'cause the party's here
I'm crankin' up the song like it's New Year's
Walkin' 'round the house like who's the man
(Can't nobody do it like Aaron can)
First on the floor, you know that's me
Bustin' at the moves like it's MTV
I guess somewhere along, I lost my head
Then I jumped on the table, this is what I said
People all around, you gotta (Come get it)
Everyone together sing it loud (Come get it)
Jump all around, come on (Come get it)
What (Come get it)
Say it again (Come get it)
People all around, you gotta (Come get it)
From the left to the right make noise (Come get it)
Here we go now come on (Come get it)
Uh-uh, what (Come get it)
What-what (Come get it)
(Nah-nah-nah-nah)
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) Come on, here we go, ha-ha
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) Come with me, woo
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) Here we go, uh, uh
(Come get it)
Things are goin' great then to my surprise
Some people walked in that I didn't recognize
I said, "Fellas, yo', you gotta get out"
Open House
I didn't put a sign
Then walked in the girl I'm crushin'
And a kid spilled juice on my mom's new cushion
I turned around, another kid broke a lamp
They got them from France
For now I won't sweat it, I'll clean it up later
There's a honey over there and I really wanna meet her
People all around, you gotta (Come get it)
Everyone together sing it loud (Come get it)
Jump all around, come on (Come get it)
What (Come get it)
Say it again, here we go, uh (Come get it)
People all around, you gotta (Come get it)
From the left to the right make noise (Come get it)
Here we go now come on (Come get it)
Uh-uh, what (Come get it)
What (Come get it) woo
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) MCs in the house, here we go
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) Come with it
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) One time for the road yo, huh, come on
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Come get it)
Break it down
Go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go
Go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go
(Now the trouble starts)
Is that a car door, oh, dang, I'm in trouble
Everybody get out now on the double
I'm dead {You're done}, that's it for me
I'm gonna be picked off my family tree
Once Mom finds out 'bout the party I had
I don't even wanna start thinkin' about dad
I'm hustling around the house tryin' to clean the mess
I sure put my new white Nike's to the test
The car door slammed, now they're walkin' up the steps
I guess life is good for 10 seconds left
{Aaron} Grounded!
People all around, you gotta (Come get it)
Everyone together sing it loud (Come get it)
Jump all around, come on (Come get it)
What (Come get it)
Say it again (Come get it)
People all around, you gotta (Come get it)
From the left to the right make noise (Come get it)
Aaron C's in the house, come on (Come get it)
Uh, what-what (Come get it)
Come get it (Come get it)
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) Ha-ha, what, what
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) Uh, come on, come with it
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) Come on, woo
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Come get it (Come get it)
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) Wave your hands from side to side
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) Here we go, on time for the rodeo
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) Come get it
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Come get it)
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) Uh, uh, ha-ha
(Nah-nah-nah-nah)
(Nah-nah-nah-nah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Come get it)
(Nah-nah-nah-nah)
That goes a little somethin' like this
I always try to be the flyest kid on the block
The popular one with the risin' stock
So that's when I had this bright idea
(For the party of the month) Nah, the party of the
year
All the fine girls couldn't turn it down
Now all I gotta do is get my parents out
Should I send 'em to a movie (Nah, send 'em to a show)
Let me think, hmm, it's gotta be long, though
I said, "Mom and dad, yo', why you sit at home
It's a Friday night, have you seen Aunt Joan
And don't worry 'bout stayin' out too long
Don't fuss over me, I'll be fine alone"
Have a good time
The doorbell rings 'cause the party's here
I'm crankin' up the song like it's New Year's
Walkin' 'round the house like who's the man
(Can't nobody do it like Aaron can)
First on the floor, you know that's me
Bustin' at the moves like it's MTV
I guess somewhere along, I lost my head
Then I jumped on the table, this is what I said
People all around, you gotta (Come get it)
Everyone together sing it loud (Come get it)
Jump all around, come on (Come get it)
What (Come get it)
Say it again (Come get it)
People all around, you gotta (Come get it)
From the left to the right make noise (Come get it)
Here we go now come on (Come get it)
Uh-uh, what (Come get it)
What-what (Come get it)
(Nah-nah-nah-nah)
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) Come on, here we go, ha-ha
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) Come with me, woo
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) Here we go, uh, uh
(Come get it)
Things are goin' great then to my surprise
Some people walked in that I didn't recognize
I said, "Fellas, yo', you gotta get out"
Open House
I didn't put a sign
Then walked in the girl I'm crushin'
And a kid spilled juice on my mom's new cushion
I turned around, another kid broke a lamp
They got them from France
For now I won't sweat it, I'll clean it up later
There's a honey over there and I really wanna meet her
People all around, you gotta (Come get it)
Everyone together sing it loud (Come get it)
Jump all around, come on (Come get it)
What (Come get it)
Say it again, here we go, uh (Come get it)
People all around, you gotta (Come get it)
From the left to the right make noise (Come get it)
Here we go now come on (Come get it)
Uh-uh, what (Come get it)
What (Come get it) woo
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) MCs in the house, here we go
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) Come with it
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) One time for the road yo, huh, come on
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Come get it)
Break it down
Go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go
Go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go
(Now the trouble starts)
Is that a car door, oh, dang, I'm in trouble
Everybody get out now on the double
I'm dead {You're done}, that's it for me
I'm gonna be picked off my family tree
Once Mom finds out 'bout the party I had
I don't even wanna start thinkin' about dad
I'm hustling around the house tryin' to clean the mess
I sure put my new white Nike's to the test
The car door slammed, now they're walkin' up the steps
I guess life is good for 10 seconds left
{Aaron} Grounded!
People all around, you gotta (Come get it)
Everyone together sing it loud (Come get it)
Jump all around, come on (Come get it)
What (Come get it)
Say it again (Come get it)
People all around, you gotta (Come get it)
From the left to the right make noise (Come get it)
Aaron C's in the house, come on (Come get it)
Uh, what-what (Come get it)
Come get it (Come get it)
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) Ha-ha, what, what
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) Uh, come on, come with it
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) Come on, woo
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Come get it (Come get it)
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) Wave your hands from side to side
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) Here we go, on time for the rodeo
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) Come get it
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Come get it)
(Nah-nah-nah-nah) Uh, uh, ha-ha
(Nah-nah-nah-nah)
(Nah-nah-nah-nah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Come get it)
(Nah-nah-nah-nah)
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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Dear Lord, nobody has commented on this classic piece of American music? A travesty! Anyway, its too bad that a great bass line was ruined on this, this...thing. Strangely though, i have a strange fascination with it, a sickness more likely. I know a good bit of the words, and if i hear it playing, i never fail to get up and start rapping it. I dont know why, perhaps some new form of sadomasochism. Also, im not a very violent guy, but i can honestly say that if Aaron Carter was here right now, i would not fail to beat the living crap out of him. He acts like an arrogant little punk, and i would not mind whacking him with a baseball bat a good 3 or 4 hundred times. And i can't say that about just anybody, so you know he holds a special place in my heart. Anyway, in the words of the great "Aaron C", here's a little bit of old school for ya: old school blatant advertisement. Since you're looking up Aaron Carter lyrics, i can tell you like finely crafted, well thoughtout, meaningful lyrics. Well, look no further than the lyrical stylings of Jaded Teenager, my band's lyrics. To quote AC once again, "come get it!".............ah, now i feel dirty.