"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.
Everytime I feel your arms around me
I feel the pressure disappear
There's no way that words could ever measure
The kind of pleasure when you're near
Any time of day or night
Boy you know the feelings right
Bring it on
And you know just what to do
And you know that love takes two
To get it on
You've got me walking on air
Got me walking on air
You've got me walking on air
Got me walking on air
(You've got me walking on)
I was tired of being alone without emotion
Your loving potion was the cure
Now i'm sure our love will live forever
We stick together til no more
All my dreams have been fulfilled
Like a picture standing still
It's your first time, smiled at me
Now the scene has just been set
Boy, you ain't seen nothing yet
Let's get it on
You've got me walking on air
(???, I know what I need tonite)
Got me walking on air
(Round and round let me go, always let me need you know)
You've got me walking on air
(Baby ???, dont let go hold me tight)
Got me walking on air
(Why not take a walk with me, down the road of ecstacy)
(You've got me walking on)
Every ? I feel tonight
You made me feel like a butterfly
All I wanna do is love you baby
You're holding me, squeezing me
You're rocking me eternally
All I wanna do is love you baby
You got me walking
Boy you got me walking
You got me walking on air
You got me walking
Boy you got me walking
You got me walking on air
Everytime I feel your arms around me
I feel the pressure disappear
No words can measure the only kind of pleasure
That I feel when you are near
X-rated baby, is what I wanna be
You know me, eternal ecstacy
This won't be a casual affair
You got me walking on air
(You've got me walking on air)
Got me walking on air (got me walking on air)
You've got me walking on air (walking, walking)
(You got me walking, boy you got me walking)
Got me walking on air (you've got me walking on air)
(You got me walking on air)
You've got me walking on air
(You got me walking, boy you got me walking)
Got me walking on air
(You got me walking on air)
You've got me walking on air
(???, I know what I need tonite)
Got me walking on air
(Round and round let me go, always let me need you know)
You've got me walking on air
(Baby ???, dont let go hold me tight)
Got me walking on air
(Why not take a walk with me, down the road of ecstacy)
You've got me walking on
I feel the pressure disappear
There's no way that words could ever measure
The kind of pleasure when you're near
Any time of day or night
Boy you know the feelings right
Bring it on
And you know just what to do
And you know that love takes two
To get it on
You've got me walking on air
Got me walking on air
You've got me walking on air
Got me walking on air
(You've got me walking on)
I was tired of being alone without emotion
Your loving potion was the cure
Now i'm sure our love will live forever
We stick together til no more
All my dreams have been fulfilled
Like a picture standing still
It's your first time, smiled at me
Now the scene has just been set
Boy, you ain't seen nothing yet
Let's get it on
You've got me walking on air
(???, I know what I need tonite)
Got me walking on air
(Round and round let me go, always let me need you know)
You've got me walking on air
(Baby ???, dont let go hold me tight)
Got me walking on air
(Why not take a walk with me, down the road of ecstacy)
(You've got me walking on)
Every ? I feel tonight
You made me feel like a butterfly
All I wanna do is love you baby
You're holding me, squeezing me
You're rocking me eternally
All I wanna do is love you baby
You got me walking
Boy you got me walking
You got me walking on air
You got me walking
Boy you got me walking
You got me walking on air
Everytime I feel your arms around me
I feel the pressure disappear
No words can measure the only kind of pleasure
That I feel when you are near
X-rated baby, is what I wanna be
You know me, eternal ecstacy
This won't be a casual affair
You got me walking on air
(You've got me walking on air)
Got me walking on air (got me walking on air)
You've got me walking on air (walking, walking)
(You got me walking, boy you got me walking)
Got me walking on air (you've got me walking on air)
(You got me walking on air)
You've got me walking on air
(You got me walking, boy you got me walking)
Got me walking on air
(You got me walking on air)
You've got me walking on air
(???, I know what I need tonite)
Got me walking on air
(Round and round let me go, always let me need you know)
You've got me walking on air
(Baby ???, dont let go hold me tight)
Got me walking on air
(Why not take a walk with me, down the road of ecstacy)
You've got me walking on
Lyrics submitted by annazoff
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