"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.
I'll make them good girls go bad
I make them good girls go
Good girls go
(Good girls go)
I know your type (your type)
Yeah daddy's little girl
Just take a bite (one bite)
Let me shake up your world
'Cause just one night couldn't be so wrong
I'm gonna make you lose control
She was so shy
'Til I drove her wild
I make them good girls go bad
I make them good girls go bad
You were hanging in the corner
With your five best friends
You heard that I was trouble but you couldn't resist
I make them good girls go bad
I make them good girls go
Good girls go
(Good girls go bad)
(Good girls go)
I know your type (your type)
Boy you're dangerous
Yeah you're that guy (that guy)
I'd be stupid to trust
But just one night couldn't be so wrong
You make me want to lose control
She was so shy
'Til I drove her wild
I make them good girls go bad
I make them good girls go bad
I was hanging in the corner
With my five best friends
I've heard that you were trouble but I couldn't resist
I make them good girls go bad
I make them good girls go
Good girls go
(Good girls go bad)
(Good girls go bad)
Oh, she got a way with the boys in the place
Treat 'em like they don't stand a chance
And he got a way with the girls in the back
Actin' like they're too hot to dance
Yeah, she got a way with the boys in the place
Treat 'em like they don't stand a chance
And he got a way with the girls in the back
Actin' like they're too hot to dance
I make them good girls go bad
I make them good girls go
Them good girls go bad, yeah
(Good girls go bad)
I was hanging in the corner
With my five best friends
I've heard that you were trouble but I couldn't resist
I make them good girls go bad
I make them good girls go bad
I make them good girls go
(Good girls go)
(Good girls go bad)
(Good girls go)
I make them good girls go
Good girls go
(Good girls go)
I know your type (your type)
Yeah daddy's little girl
Just take a bite (one bite)
Let me shake up your world
'Cause just one night couldn't be so wrong
I'm gonna make you lose control
She was so shy
'Til I drove her wild
I make them good girls go bad
I make them good girls go bad
You were hanging in the corner
With your five best friends
You heard that I was trouble but you couldn't resist
I make them good girls go bad
I make them good girls go
Good girls go
(Good girls go bad)
(Good girls go)
I know your type (your type)
Boy you're dangerous
Yeah you're that guy (that guy)
I'd be stupid to trust
But just one night couldn't be so wrong
You make me want to lose control
She was so shy
'Til I drove her wild
I make them good girls go bad
I make them good girls go bad
I was hanging in the corner
With my five best friends
I've heard that you were trouble but I couldn't resist
I make them good girls go bad
I make them good girls go
Good girls go
(Good girls go bad)
(Good girls go bad)
Oh, she got a way with the boys in the place
Treat 'em like they don't stand a chance
And he got a way with the girls in the back
Actin' like they're too hot to dance
Yeah, she got a way with the boys in the place
Treat 'em like they don't stand a chance
And he got a way with the girls in the back
Actin' like they're too hot to dance
I make them good girls go bad
I make them good girls go
Them good girls go bad, yeah
(Good girls go bad)
I was hanging in the corner
With my five best friends
I've heard that you were trouble but I couldn't resist
I make them good girls go bad
I make them good girls go bad
I make them good girls go
(Good girls go)
(Good girls go bad)
(Good girls go)
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Good Girls Go Bad Lyrics as written by Kara Dioguardi Gabe Saporta
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Word Collections Publishing, Spirit Music Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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