"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.
Ooh, ooh, yeah!
Ooh, ooh, yeah!
Muck around, waist another mile now
Muck around, waist another mile now
You feel the need, there is no way to return
You feel the need, oh yeah it burns
Muck around, hot love on a platter
Yeah, yeah
Give me that thing
Give it my friend
Give me good, good times around the bend
I'll stay forever
Give me that thing
Give it my friend
Give me hot, hot love around the bend
I'll stay forever with you
Ooh, ooh, yeah!
Lay down on that is lone
Lay me down
Smell the break of dawn
You feel the heat, there is no way to return
You feel the heat, oh yeah it burns
Pick a fruit, let me be your apple
Yeah, oh yeah!
Give me that thing
Give it my friend
Give me good, good times around the bend
I'll stay forever
Give me that thing
Give it my friend
Give me hot, hot love around the bend
I'll stay forever with you
Yeah!
Ooh, ooh, yeah!
Yeah!
Ooh, ooh, yeah!
Yeah!
Give me that thing
Give it my friend
Give me good, good times around the bend
I'll stay forever
Oh yeah!
Give me that thing
Give it my friend
Give me hot, hot love around the bend
I'll stay forever with you
Forever with you
Muck around 'til the end
I'll stay forever with you
Eh, oh, eh
Give me love and live, my friend
'Round the bend
Hot, hot love
Give me that thing give it my friend
Ooh, ooh, yeah!
Muck around, waist another mile now
Muck around, waist another mile now
You feel the need, there is no way to return
You feel the need, oh yeah it burns
Muck around, hot love on a platter
Yeah, yeah
Give me that thing
Give it my friend
Give me good, good times around the bend
I'll stay forever
Give me that thing
Give it my friend
Give me hot, hot love around the bend
I'll stay forever with you
Ooh, ooh, yeah!
Lay down on that is lone
Lay me down
Smell the break of dawn
You feel the heat, there is no way to return
You feel the heat, oh yeah it burns
Pick a fruit, let me be your apple
Yeah, oh yeah!
Give me that thing
Give it my friend
Give me good, good times around the bend
I'll stay forever
Give me that thing
Give it my friend
Give me hot, hot love around the bend
I'll stay forever with you
Yeah!
Ooh, ooh, yeah!
Yeah!
Ooh, ooh, yeah!
Yeah!
Give me that thing
Give it my friend
Give me good, good times around the bend
I'll stay forever
Oh yeah!
Give me that thing
Give it my friend
Give me hot, hot love around the bend
I'll stay forever with you
Forever with you
Muck around 'til the end
I'll stay forever with you
Eh, oh, eh
Give me love and live, my friend
'Round the bend
Hot, hot love
Give me that thing give it my friend
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its not to hard to figure out its a bout FUCKING
Buttsecks!!!
You are SO RIGHT and no you're not on drugs
To me this song is about a girl who likes this guy who is a friend and loves him so much that she's saying that if he shows her love she will stay with him forever...
Oh, and it's about sex.
I like this song. It reminds me of how I don't get to see my boyfriend a lot because he goes to a different college, but I'm lookin forward to the hot hot love around the bend ;) ;)
fantastic song.
best happy sex song.
so amazing! love that "No way to return" and "oh yeah, it burns", b/c even when u dont wanna u wanna
lol tearlock! ya it's pretty obvious they r doing SOMETHING sexual. It could anything orrrrrr (everything!) :P
wot's that apple line about tho??
some fan of Det. Lassie of psych made a montage for the character and he/she used this as the music. This song is sexy and using this to appreciate one sexy tv character is sexy!!!
Also I think the band probably sniffed some drugs while making this. She sounds like Gwen Stefani.
fuckin crazy yo. your on drugs