"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.
Hello hello, baby
You called, I can't hear a thing
I have got no service in the club you see-see
What-what-wha-a-at did you say, huh?
You're you breaking up on me
Sorry I cannot hear you, I'm kinda busy
K-kinda busy
K-kinda busy
Sorry I cannot hear you, I'm kinda busy
Just a second it's my favorite song they're gonna play
And I cannot text you with a drink in my hand, eh?
You should've made some plans with me
You knew that I was free
And now you won't stop calling me
I'm kinda busy
[CHORUS]
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna think anymore
I left my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna talk anymore
I left my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop telephonin' me
I'm busy
Stop telephonin' me
You can call all you want, but there's no-one home
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
'cause I'm out in the club and I'm sippin' that bubb
And you're not gonna reach my telephone [x2]
[Beyonce]
Boy, the way you're blowin' up my phone
Won't make me leave no faster
Put my coat on faster
Leave my girls no faster
I should've left my phone at home
'cause this is a disaster
Calling like a collector
Sorry I cannot answer
It's not that I don't like you, I'm just at a party
And I am sick and tired of my phone ri-ri-n-ging
Sometimes I feel like I live in Grand Central Station
Tonight I'm not takin' no calls
'cause I'll be dancing
Tonight I'm not takin' no calls
'cause I'll be dancing
[CHORUS]
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna think anymore
I left my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna talk anymore
I got my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna think anymore
I left my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna talk anymore
I got my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop telephonin' me
I'm busy
Stop telephonin' me
You can call if you want but there's no-one home
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
'cause I'm out in the club and I'm sippin' that bubb
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
My telephone
My-my-my telephone
'cause I'm out in the club and I'm sippin' that bubb
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
My telephone
My-my-my telephone
'cause I'm out in the club and I'm sippin' that bubb
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
We're sorry
We're sorry
The number you have reached
Is not in service at this time
Please check the number, or try your call again
You called, I can't hear a thing
I have got no service in the club you see-see
What-what-wha-a-at did you say, huh?
You're you breaking up on me
Sorry I cannot hear you, I'm kinda busy
K-kinda busy
K-kinda busy
Sorry I cannot hear you, I'm kinda busy
Just a second it's my favorite song they're gonna play
And I cannot text you with a drink in my hand, eh?
You should've made some plans with me
You knew that I was free
And now you won't stop calling me
I'm kinda busy
[CHORUS]
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna think anymore
I left my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna talk anymore
I left my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop telephonin' me
I'm busy
Stop telephonin' me
You can call all you want, but there's no-one home
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
'cause I'm out in the club and I'm sippin' that bubb
And you're not gonna reach my telephone [x2]
[Beyonce]
Boy, the way you're blowin' up my phone
Won't make me leave no faster
Put my coat on faster
Leave my girls no faster
I should've left my phone at home
'cause this is a disaster
Calling like a collector
Sorry I cannot answer
It's not that I don't like you, I'm just at a party
And I am sick and tired of my phone ri-ri-n-ging
Sometimes I feel like I live in Grand Central Station
Tonight I'm not takin' no calls
'cause I'll be dancing
Tonight I'm not takin' no calls
'cause I'll be dancing
[CHORUS]
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna think anymore
I left my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna talk anymore
I got my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna think anymore
I left my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop calling, stop calling
I don't wanna talk anymore
I got my head and my heart on the dance floor
Stop telephonin' me
I'm busy
Stop telephonin' me
You can call if you want but there's no-one home
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
'cause I'm out in the club and I'm sippin' that bubb
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
My telephone
My-my-my telephone
'cause I'm out in the club and I'm sippin' that bubb
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
My telephone
My-my-my telephone
'cause I'm out in the club and I'm sippin' that bubb
And you're not gonna reach my telephone
We're sorry
We're sorry
The number you have reached
Is not in service at this time
Please check the number, or try your call again
Lyrics submitted by Cerulean_Blu, edited by Loranys
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