"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.
Boys all these boys only boys
Got nothing but boys on my mind
Asian Hispanic Caucasian and Black
So many I just can't decide
They lick their lips blow me a kiss
Whenever they see me walk by
Some cute some naughty some sweet sexy bodies
I just can't resist them cause I
[Chorus]
I like I like I like 'em like that
I like I like I like 'em like that
I like I like I like 'em like that
I like 'em good, but I love 'em bad
Love is it love when a boy gets that look in his eyes (Ooh La La!)
They never quit coming they've got their something
They've got their je ne sais quoi
Instant attraction sweet satisfaction
Its almost too easy for me
To get into trouble cause boys are like bubbles
Their promises don't mean a thing, no no
[Chorus]
Give me a man that would give me the world
No I could never be his girl
But show me a man that has nothing I need
And he'll mean the world to me
[Chorus]
Got nothing but boys on my mind
Asian Hispanic Caucasian and Black
So many I just can't decide
They lick their lips blow me a kiss
Whenever they see me walk by
Some cute some naughty some sweet sexy bodies
I just can't resist them cause I
[Chorus]
I like I like I like 'em like that
I like I like I like 'em like that
I like I like I like 'em like that
I like 'em good, but I love 'em bad
Love is it love when a boy gets that look in his eyes (Ooh La La!)
They never quit coming they've got their something
They've got their je ne sais quoi
Instant attraction sweet satisfaction
Its almost too easy for me
To get into trouble cause boys are like bubbles
Their promises don't mean a thing, no no
[Chorus]
Give me a man that would give me the world
No I could never be his girl
But show me a man that has nothing I need
And he'll mean the world to me
[Chorus]
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Like 'Em Like That Lyrics as written by Paul Politi Barry White
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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