"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.
Girl, I got the beats to make you move
To the center of the floor,
Or the middle of LA
Yeah, I got the sounds to get you loose,
'Til you can't feel it anymore,
And I can see it in your face
Let's leave all our things behind,
Get in the car and go,
You can sleep all night,
and wake up on the coast
If that's what you like,
Would you let me know, whoa
And all I wanna know, all I wanna know
Is if you wanna go, if you wanna go
Whats so dangerous?
And girl, lets have some fun,
While we're still young.
Girl, I got the beats to make you shake
Or sing to me tonight,
Like you were on the stage
Yeah, you got the looks to make me stay,
Right here all damn night,
In the middle of LA
Let's leave all our things behind,
Get in the car and go,
You can sleep all night,
And wake up on the coast
Let's leave all our things behind,
Get in the car and go,
You can sleep all night,
And wake up on the coast
If that's what you like,
Would you let me know, whoa
And all I wanna know, all I wanna know
Is if you wanna go, if you wanna go
Whats so dangerous?
And girl, lets have some fun
Yeah, I can feel the sunlight,
Beamin' right down on me,
So tell me- what's it feel like
To be on your body?
Yeah, I can see the ocean,
And I can smell the palm trees,
The city's closin',
Let's get out to the sea
Let's leave all our things behind,
Get in the car and go,
S-s-sleep all night,
and wake up on-on-on the coast
If that's what you like,
Would you let me know-ow, whoa
Let's leave all our things behind,
Get in the car and go,
You can sleep all night,
And wake up on the coast
If that's what you like,
Would you let me know, whoa
And all I wanna know, all I wanna know
Is if you wanna go, if you wanna go
What's so dangerous?
And girl, lets have some fun,
While we're still young
We're still young, oh
To the center of the floor,
Or the middle of LA
Yeah, I got the sounds to get you loose,
'Til you can't feel it anymore,
And I can see it in your face
Let's leave all our things behind,
Get in the car and go,
You can sleep all night,
and wake up on the coast
If that's what you like,
Would you let me know, whoa
And all I wanna know, all I wanna know
Is if you wanna go, if you wanna go
Whats so dangerous?
And girl, lets have some fun,
While we're still young.
Girl, I got the beats to make you shake
Or sing to me tonight,
Like you were on the stage
Yeah, you got the looks to make me stay,
Right here all damn night,
In the middle of LA
Let's leave all our things behind,
Get in the car and go,
You can sleep all night,
And wake up on the coast
Let's leave all our things behind,
Get in the car and go,
You can sleep all night,
And wake up on the coast
If that's what you like,
Would you let me know, whoa
And all I wanna know, all I wanna know
Is if you wanna go, if you wanna go
Whats so dangerous?
And girl, lets have some fun
Yeah, I can feel the sunlight,
Beamin' right down on me,
So tell me- what's it feel like
To be on your body?
Yeah, I can see the ocean,
And I can smell the palm trees,
The city's closin',
Let's get out to the sea
Let's leave all our things behind,
Get in the car and go,
S-s-sleep all night,
and wake up on-on-on the coast
If that's what you like,
Would you let me know-ow, whoa
Let's leave all our things behind,
Get in the car and go,
You can sleep all night,
And wake up on the coast
If that's what you like,
Would you let me know, whoa
And all I wanna know, all I wanna know
Is if you wanna go, if you wanna go
What's so dangerous?
And girl, lets have some fun,
While we're still young
We're still young, oh
Lyrics submitted by turnonmyheart
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