"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.
C-I-A-R-A
Woo
Every time I look up
He be slidin' through in the F150 pickup
On them things shinin' with the crazy bangin' system
Laid back reclinin' with his arm up out the window like, ooh (ooh)
Every time he calls, I pick up
When he doesn't I be quick to double check my signal
Hold it out the window and pull up my antenna
I'm so gone gotta hit 'em, I'm infatuated wit him
And ooh I never felt this before
Ooh ooh, baby
Ooh ooh, baby
Don't know what to do with you, baby (don't know)
You just got me actin' so crazy
And I think this could be love
This could be love, oh yeah
Ooh ooh baby
Ooh ooh baby (ooh baby)
I just can't say no to you, baby
Whatever you want, I'm so gone, I can't think
And I think it might be love
This could be love
Say baby, you're like
Part of the puzzle I've been missin' all of my life
You're like a brother but my lover, you're my get right
I'm like an addict gotta have it
When I go, my body goes uh oh, oh no
See you give me such a good vibe (such a good vibe)
When the drama sittin' ridin' on the B ride (on the B ride)
I'll still be wit' ya even if ya pockets ain't tight
I may be young but I know love and you're the one
And boy, you really got me feelin' so right
Ooh ooh, baby
Ooh ooh, baby (ooh baby)
Don't know what to do with you, baby (I don't know-oh)
You just got me actin' so crazy
And I think this could be love (oh, this could be love, oh yeah)
Ooh ooh, baby
Ooh ooh, baby
I just can't say no to you, baby (no)
Whatever you want I'm so gone I can't think (whatever you want)
And I think it might be love (could be)
This could be love (could be love)
Ooh baby
Ooh baby, baby
Got me actin' up
I'm diggin' on you (I'm diggin' on you)
I don't know what to do (no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no)
Ooh baby
Ooh baby, baby
Got me actin' up
Don't know what to do (you got me so in love)
'Cause I'm diggin' on you
I'm so in love
Ooh ooh, baby
Ooh ooh, baby (hey, hey baby)
Don't know what to do with you, baby (you got me goin' crazy)
You just got me actin' so crazy (uh-huh)
And I think this could be love (ooh)
Ooh ooh, baby
Ooh ooh, baby (ooh)
I just can't say no to you, baby (oh)
Whatever you want I'm so gone I can't think (whatever you want)
And I think it might be love (whatever you need, baby)
This could be love
Ooh ooh, baby
Ooh ooh, baby
Don't know what to do with you, baby
You just got me actin' so crazy
And I think this could be love
(Ooh baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby)
Ooh ooh, baby
Ooh ooh, baby
I just can't say no to you, baby (no)
Whatever you want I'm so gone I can't think
And I think it might be love
This could be love
Woo
Every time I look up
He be slidin' through in the F150 pickup
On them things shinin' with the crazy bangin' system
Laid back reclinin' with his arm up out the window like, ooh (ooh)
Every time he calls, I pick up
When he doesn't I be quick to double check my signal
Hold it out the window and pull up my antenna
I'm so gone gotta hit 'em, I'm infatuated wit him
And ooh I never felt this before
Ooh ooh, baby
Ooh ooh, baby
Don't know what to do with you, baby (don't know)
You just got me actin' so crazy
And I think this could be love
This could be love, oh yeah
Ooh ooh baby
Ooh ooh baby (ooh baby)
I just can't say no to you, baby
Whatever you want, I'm so gone, I can't think
And I think it might be love
This could be love
Say baby, you're like
Part of the puzzle I've been missin' all of my life
You're like a brother but my lover, you're my get right
I'm like an addict gotta have it
When I go, my body goes uh oh, oh no
See you give me such a good vibe (such a good vibe)
When the drama sittin' ridin' on the B ride (on the B ride)
I'll still be wit' ya even if ya pockets ain't tight
I may be young but I know love and you're the one
And boy, you really got me feelin' so right
Ooh ooh, baby
Ooh ooh, baby (ooh baby)
Don't know what to do with you, baby (I don't know-oh)
You just got me actin' so crazy
And I think this could be love (oh, this could be love, oh yeah)
Ooh ooh, baby
Ooh ooh, baby
I just can't say no to you, baby (no)
Whatever you want I'm so gone I can't think (whatever you want)
And I think it might be love (could be)
This could be love (could be love)
Ooh baby
Ooh baby, baby
Got me actin' up
I'm diggin' on you (I'm diggin' on you)
I don't know what to do (no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no)
Ooh baby
Ooh baby, baby
Got me actin' up
Don't know what to do (you got me so in love)
'Cause I'm diggin' on you
I'm so in love
Ooh ooh, baby
Ooh ooh, baby (hey, hey baby)
Don't know what to do with you, baby (you got me goin' crazy)
You just got me actin' so crazy (uh-huh)
And I think this could be love (ooh)
Ooh ooh, baby
Ooh ooh, baby (ooh)
I just can't say no to you, baby (oh)
Whatever you want I'm so gone I can't think (whatever you want)
And I think it might be love (whatever you need, baby)
This could be love
Ooh ooh, baby
Ooh ooh, baby
Don't know what to do with you, baby
You just got me actin' so crazy
And I think this could be love
(Ooh baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby)
Ooh ooh, baby
Ooh ooh, baby
I just can't say no to you, baby (no)
Whatever you want I'm so gone I can't think
And I think it might be love
This could be love
Lyrics submitted by da_QTchicky
Ooh Baby Lyrics as written by Keri Hilton Sean Garrett
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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