"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.
I met her at the pool
Yeah she was smokin' hot
She told me maybe we should get together sometime
She asked me if I could
Rub oil on her back
And that was fine with me
And then I had a crazy fantasy, we were
Naked in my bed
One fling no strings
Movin' all around the room
Chicka chicka boom boom, and then we did it
On the floor
Against the door
Up on the sink where we did it some more
The sun was hot and we were both burning red
We were naked in my bed
She read her magazine
Right in front of me
The latest issue of Cosmo she said I should
Check these positions out on page 69
She pointed to this one, and said
Looks like a lot of fun. Then we were
Naked in my bed
One fling no strings
Movin' all around the room
Chicka chicka boom boom, and then we did it
On the floor
Against the door
Up on the sink where we did it some more
The sun was hot and we were both burning red
We were naked in my bed
Everyone will wonder where we've been
We can make up something oh but then
We may never see the sun again
We were naked in my bed
On top, don't stop
Yeah she was smokin' hot
She told me maybe we should get together sometime
She asked me if I could
Rub oil on her back
And that was fine with me
And then I had a crazy fantasy, we were
Naked in my bed
One fling no strings
Movin' all around the room
Chicka chicka boom boom, and then we did it
On the floor
Against the door
Up on the sink where we did it some more
The sun was hot and we were both burning red
We were naked in my bed
She read her magazine
Right in front of me
The latest issue of Cosmo she said I should
Check these positions out on page 69
She pointed to this one, and said
Looks like a lot of fun. Then we were
Naked in my bed
One fling no strings
Movin' all around the room
Chicka chicka boom boom, and then we did it
On the floor
Against the door
Up on the sink where we did it some more
The sun was hot and we were both burning red
We were naked in my bed
Everyone will wonder where we've been
We can make up something oh but then
We may never see the sun again
We were naked in my bed
On top, don't stop
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Naked in My Bed Lyrics as written by Jason Phelps
Lyrics © THE RECORD BREAKERS, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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When I heard this on the radio, I could NOT stop laughing. This is quite possibly the most ridiculous song ever. I'm sure they were trying to make everything edgy and sexy, but it's just so completely unsexy and hilariously awful that it seems like people on Saturday Night Live could have written it as a joke. "chicka chicka boom boom" ... AHAHAHA are you KIDDING me? I can't imagine how anyone could take this song seriously.