"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.
Never thought, never knew
How could this be
That the smell of this cup
Would remind me
You make me so excited
Make me feel a special need
Please don't say you're tired
Let me taste your tea with honey
It's good to be ignited
Give me what I want
Indulge me
Don't be sad, don't be sad
That it's me who starts things up
In this bed
Because I know you
You want
I know you want it
You make me so excited
Make me feel a special need
Please don't say you're tired
Let me taste your tea with honey
It's good to be ignited
Give me what I want
Indulge me
Don't you understand
The beauty of this?
To search you with my hands
Embody our love
You make me so excited
Make me feel a special need
Please don't say you're tired
Let me taste your tea with honey
It's good to be ignited
Give me what I want
Indulge me
How could this be
That the smell of this cup
Would remind me
You make me so excited
Make me feel a special need
Please don't say you're tired
Let me taste your tea with honey
It's good to be ignited
Give me what I want
Indulge me
Don't be sad, don't be sad
That it's me who starts things up
In this bed
Because I know you
You want
I know you want it
You make me so excited
Make me feel a special need
Please don't say you're tired
Let me taste your tea with honey
It's good to be ignited
Give me what I want
Indulge me
Don't you understand
The beauty of this?
To search you with my hands
Embody our love
You make me so excited
Make me feel a special need
Please don't say you're tired
Let me taste your tea with honey
It's good to be ignited
Give me what I want
Indulge me
Lyrics submitted by delial
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You make me so excited Make me feel a special need Please don't say you're tired Let me taste your tea with honey It's good to be ignited Give me what I want Indulge me
..Great song
This song is so strongly sexual and so awesome