"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.
Girl girl girl
Take it off
Aw yea
(check)
I'm not usually the type to speak my mind
Might be rude of me, but your so damn fine
What ya do to me
Got me feeling kinda crazy (baby lets just do it right now)
Would it bother you if we go to my room
There's a couple things that I gots to show you
'cause I'm not tryna rush you but there's one thing wrong
Right now you got too many clothes on
[Chorus]
Girl them jeans that you're wearing (just take em off)
And that shirt that you came in (just take it off)
Don't be mad if I'm starin' (just take it off baby)
(take em off)
Tear those sheets off the bed
'cause we're bout to go ahead (and take em off)
Girl them heals look so right so just leave em on
Ain't no clothes allowed here
So baby girl just take em off
Baby just wait a minute
Let's just slow this down
We can relax babe
And you can let your hair down (hair down)
You ain't gotta worry
'cause I ain't tryna hurry (oh no)
I'm a take some time and get this right baby
Lemme unplug the phone
So we can be all alone
Lemme turn down the lights
'cause baby tonight it's on
I'm a put on some music
All of our favorite songs
Baby c'mon lets do this
And lets get it on
[Chorus]
Girl I will do anything it takes to make it special
Maybe I can taste your love and I know (you like me to)
'cause I never had a girl before I could trust like you
And I never had a love before who's down to get undressed like you
(girl it's so hard)
And I can't resist the way your sty pinches over your hips
(i can't stop)
Can't control myself, lay my hand over on your (shh)
(girl)
You almost bare now
That's your last pair now
So go and take em off baby (take em off baby!)
[Chorus]
Just take em off off off
Every time I want to take em off babe
Just take em off off off
Babe I know you want to take em off babe
Just take em off off off
Baby take em off we can dance all night
Just take em off yea
Take it off
Aw yea
(check)
I'm not usually the type to speak my mind
Might be rude of me, but your so damn fine
What ya do to me
Got me feeling kinda crazy (baby lets just do it right now)
Would it bother you if we go to my room
There's a couple things that I gots to show you
'cause I'm not tryna rush you but there's one thing wrong
Right now you got too many clothes on
[Chorus]
Girl them jeans that you're wearing (just take em off)
And that shirt that you came in (just take it off)
Don't be mad if I'm starin' (just take it off baby)
(take em off)
Tear those sheets off the bed
'cause we're bout to go ahead (and take em off)
Girl them heals look so right so just leave em on
Ain't no clothes allowed here
So baby girl just take em off
Baby just wait a minute
Let's just slow this down
We can relax babe
And you can let your hair down (hair down)
You ain't gotta worry
'cause I ain't tryna hurry (oh no)
I'm a take some time and get this right baby
Lemme unplug the phone
So we can be all alone
Lemme turn down the lights
'cause baby tonight it's on
I'm a put on some music
All of our favorite songs
Baby c'mon lets do this
And lets get it on
[Chorus]
Girl I will do anything it takes to make it special
Maybe I can taste your love and I know (you like me to)
'cause I never had a girl before I could trust like you
And I never had a love before who's down to get undressed like you
(girl it's so hard)
And I can't resist the way your sty pinches over your hips
(i can't stop)
Can't control myself, lay my hand over on your (shh)
(girl)
You almost bare now
That's your last pair now
So go and take em off baby (take em off baby!)
[Chorus]
Just take em off off off
Every time I want to take em off babe
Just take em off off off
Babe I know you want to take em off babe
Just take em off off off
Baby take em off we can dance all night
Just take em off yea
Lyrics submitted by *baby_girl*
Take 'Em Off Lyrics as written by Eric Dawkins Craig Ashley David
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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