"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.
Like a ninja out of the dark, I'll steal your heart,
I'll steal your heart
Maybe give you more than I should,
Make you feel good, make you feel good
Like a tiger burning through the night,
You're the fire got you in my sight,
Feel the music runnin' through my blood
Can't fight my love
What I need, What I need is a rocket to ride,
To the beat, to the beat, we'll be moving all night,
So baby just keep it rockin', keep it rockin', keep it rockin'
Better like what I see or it's
Sayonara
Under pressure, watch you perform
Turning me on, chasing a storm
Yeah I'm falling into your sound,
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
Like a tiger burning through the night,
You're the fire I got you in my sight,
Feel the music runnin' through my blood
Can't fight my love
What I need, What I need is a rocket to ride,
To the beat, to the beat, we'll be moving all night,
So baby just keep it rockin', keep it rockin', keep it rockin'
Better like what I see or it's
Sayonara
Sayonara, sayonara, sayonara (yeah)
Sayonara, sayonara, sayonara
(D-Don't make me say it!)
Sayonara, sayonara, sayonara (yeah)
Sayonara, sayonara, sayonara
(D-Don't make me say it!)
Naughty, hands all over my body,
Work me out like karate
Tell me boy can we kick it now,
Can you hold me down?
Naughty, (Move your body, hands all over me)
Hands all over my body,
(Comin' closer, baby can't you see?)
Work me out like karate
(Work it harder, what's it gonna be?)
Tell me boy can we kick it now,
Can you hold me down?
What I need,
What I need is a rocket to ride,
To the beat, to the beat,
We'll be moving all night,
So baby just keep it rockin',
Keep it rockin', keep it rockin'
Better like what I see or it's
Sayonara
Sayonara
(Don't, D-D-Don't make me say it)
Sayonara
Sayonara
(Don't, D-D-Don't make me say it)
Like a ninja out of the dark,
I'll steal your heart,
I'll steal your heart
I'll steal your heart
Maybe give you more than I should,
Make you feel good, make you feel good
Like a tiger burning through the night,
You're the fire got you in my sight,
Feel the music runnin' through my blood
Can't fight my love
What I need, What I need is a rocket to ride,
To the beat, to the beat, we'll be moving all night,
So baby just keep it rockin', keep it rockin', keep it rockin'
Better like what I see or it's
Sayonara
Under pressure, watch you perform
Turning me on, chasing a storm
Yeah I'm falling into your sound,
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
Like a tiger burning through the night,
You're the fire I got you in my sight,
Feel the music runnin' through my blood
Can't fight my love
What I need, What I need is a rocket to ride,
To the beat, to the beat, we'll be moving all night,
So baby just keep it rockin', keep it rockin', keep it rockin'
Better like what I see or it's
Sayonara
Sayonara, sayonara, sayonara (yeah)
Sayonara, sayonara, sayonara
(D-Don't make me say it!)
Sayonara, sayonara, sayonara (yeah)
Sayonara, sayonara, sayonara
(D-Don't make me say it!)
Naughty, hands all over my body,
Work me out like karate
Tell me boy can we kick it now,
Can you hold me down?
Naughty, (Move your body, hands all over me)
Hands all over my body,
(Comin' closer, baby can't you see?)
Work me out like karate
(Work it harder, what's it gonna be?)
Tell me boy can we kick it now,
Can you hold me down?
What I need,
What I need is a rocket to ride,
To the beat, to the beat,
We'll be moving all night,
So baby just keep it rockin',
Keep it rockin', keep it rockin'
Better like what I see or it's
Sayonara
Sayonara
(Don't, D-D-Don't make me say it)
Sayonara
Sayonara
(Don't, D-D-Don't make me say it)
Like a ninja out of the dark,
I'll steal your heart,
I'll steal your heart
Lyrics submitted by Breakingbenjaminfan
Sayonara Lyrics as written by Bonnie Leigh Mckee Greg Kurstin
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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