"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.
Why don't you fool me,
Feed me, say you need me
Without wicked games?
Come on and hold me,
Hug me, say you'll love me
And not my dirty brain.
Why don't you fool me,
Feed me, say you need me
Without wicked games?
Come on and hold me,
Hug me, say you'll love me
And not my dirty brain.
I got one Alabama return
That'll take me far away from you.
'cause when you take me in your arms
I turn to slave.
I can't be saved.
So I got my cappuccino to go
And I'm heading for the hills again.
'cause if we party anymore
We'll start a fire of pure desire.
Closer, your mind's firing blind
With your head in your face getting
Red in your heart beats closer
You fall on your knees and the
Geek at your feet says you're neat
And the beat gets closer.
You dive for the thrill at
The kill but your heart's had its fill
But it still creeps closer
You wanted to freeze but you're
Weak, in too deep,
And the beat
And the beat gets closer
Closer
Closer
Closer
Closer
Closer
Closer
Closer
We give it up
And then they take it away.
A girl's got to zip it up
And get her head in the shade.
Baby, if we give it up
It's just a matter of time
Before all the heavy stuff
Comes back to bite your behind.
You can't mistake my biology.
The way that we talk
The way that we walk
It's there in our thoughts
The magic number is in front of me
The way that we talk
The way that we walk
So easily caught
You can't mistake my biology
The way that we talk
The way that we walk
It's there in our thoughts
We're gonna cause a controversy
The way that we talk
The way that we walk
So easily caught
Why don't you fool me,
Feed me, say you need me
Without wicked games?
Come on and hold me,
Hug me, say you'll love me
And not my dirty brain.
Why don't you fool me,
Feed me, say you need me
Without wicked games?
Come on and hold me,
Hug me, say you'll love me
And not my dirty brain.
You can't mistake my biology.
The way that we talk
The way that we walk
It's there in our thoughts
The magic number's in front of me
The way that we talk
The way that we walk
So easily caught
You can't mistake my biology
The way that we talk
The way that we walk
It's there in our thoughts
We're gonna cause a controversy
The way that we talk
The way that we walk
So easily caught
Feed me, say you need me
Without wicked games?
Come on and hold me,
Hug me, say you'll love me
And not my dirty brain.
Why don't you fool me,
Feed me, say you need me
Without wicked games?
Come on and hold me,
Hug me, say you'll love me
And not my dirty brain.
I got one Alabama return
That'll take me far away from you.
'cause when you take me in your arms
I turn to slave.
I can't be saved.
So I got my cappuccino to go
And I'm heading for the hills again.
'cause if we party anymore
We'll start a fire of pure desire.
Closer, your mind's firing blind
With your head in your face getting
Red in your heart beats closer
You fall on your knees and the
Geek at your feet says you're neat
And the beat gets closer.
You dive for the thrill at
The kill but your heart's had its fill
But it still creeps closer
You wanted to freeze but you're
Weak, in too deep,
And the beat
And the beat gets closer
Closer
Closer
Closer
Closer
Closer
Closer
Closer
We give it up
And then they take it away.
A girl's got to zip it up
And get her head in the shade.
Baby, if we give it up
It's just a matter of time
Before all the heavy stuff
Comes back to bite your behind.
You can't mistake my biology.
The way that we talk
The way that we walk
It's there in our thoughts
The magic number is in front of me
The way that we talk
The way that we walk
So easily caught
You can't mistake my biology
The way that we talk
The way that we walk
It's there in our thoughts
We're gonna cause a controversy
The way that we talk
The way that we walk
So easily caught
Why don't you fool me,
Feed me, say you need me
Without wicked games?
Come on and hold me,
Hug me, say you'll love me
And not my dirty brain.
Why don't you fool me,
Feed me, say you need me
Without wicked games?
Come on and hold me,
Hug me, say you'll love me
And not my dirty brain.
You can't mistake my biology.
The way that we talk
The way that we walk
It's there in our thoughts
The magic number's in front of me
The way that we talk
The way that we walk
So easily caught
You can't mistake my biology
The way that we talk
The way that we walk
It's there in our thoughts
We're gonna cause a controversy
The way that we talk
The way that we walk
So easily caught
Lyrics submitted by catnamedzane
Biology Lyrics as written by Brian Thomas Higgins Alan Price
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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