"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.
Who, ho, oo, oo, oo, oh, oh, oh, huh
Who, ho, oo, oo, oo, oh, hey ho, ah, ho, oh
Something about the music, she always makes me dance
Something about the music, she always makes me dance
She turns me on and on, and all about
She was a freak, never missin' a beat, yeah
She was a freak, boy was it neat, yeah
Not just knee deep
She was totally deep
When she did the freak with me
She did the freak, never missin' a beat, yeah
She did the freak
Boy was it neat, yeah
She's a freak
The girl is a freak
The girl never misses a beat, yeah, yeah
Not just knee deep, she was totally deep
When she did the freak with me
She did the jerk, it didn't work, no
She did the monkey, it wasn't funky, no more
Chicken wasn't pickin'
Not just knee deep, she was totally deep
When she did the freak with me
She turns me on and on, and all about
(Round and round)
She's the freak of my desire
(Round and round she goes)
And when she dance she sets the world on fire
(Round and round she goes)
The little girl is the freak of the week
(Round and round she goes)
When she dance she gives me happy feet
(Round and round she goes)
She's the freak of my desire
And when she dance she sets the world on fire
(Round and round she goes)
She's givin' me happy feet
Yeah, she's the freak of the week
She was a freak, never missin' a beat, yeah
She was a freak, boy was it neat, yeah
Not just knee deep, she was totally deep
When she did the freak with me
She did the jerk, it didn't work, no
I did the moose, oh no, not the moose
Monkey wasn't funkin', chicken wasn't pickin'
But she was not just knee deep
Who, ho, oo, oo, oo, oh, hey ho, ah, ho, oh
Something about the music, she always makes me dance
Something about the music, she always makes me dance
She turns me on and on, and all about
She was a freak, never missin' a beat, yeah
She was a freak, boy was it neat, yeah
Not just knee deep
She was totally deep
When she did the freak with me
She did the freak, never missin' a beat, yeah
She did the freak
Boy was it neat, yeah
She's a freak
The girl is a freak
The girl never misses a beat, yeah, yeah
Not just knee deep, she was totally deep
When she did the freak with me
She did the jerk, it didn't work, no
She did the monkey, it wasn't funky, no more
Chicken wasn't pickin'
Not just knee deep, she was totally deep
When she did the freak with me
She turns me on and on, and all about
(Round and round)
She's the freak of my desire
(Round and round she goes)
And when she dance she sets the world on fire
(Round and round she goes)
The little girl is the freak of the week
(Round and round she goes)
When she dance she gives me happy feet
(Round and round she goes)
She's the freak of my desire
And when she dance she sets the world on fire
(Round and round she goes)
She's givin' me happy feet
Yeah, she's the freak of the week
She was a freak, never missin' a beat, yeah
She was a freak, boy was it neat, yeah
Not just knee deep, she was totally deep
When she did the freak with me
She did the jerk, it didn't work, no
I did the moose, oh no, not the moose
Monkey wasn't funkin', chicken wasn't pickin'
But she was not just knee deep
Lyrics submitted by observer01
Not Just Knee Deep Lyrics as written by Philippe Escalante Wynn George Clinton Jr
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
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Great version of a great song,
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its how "she" made him dance lol
this song is obviously about fucking.