"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.
September breeze you are a fire
and I am a tree.
I wanna leave but I'm feeling your steeze
of burning my up so passionately
Tension between us is just getting stronger,
the flames getting hotter,
the sex lasting longer.
And I'm not one to speak with poetry,
but your body's an ocean,
the waves are closing in on me.
Side to Side,
We're holding on for our dear lives,
We're going down,
and we just can't decide who goes on top,
well that's the beauty of life
(Beauty of life)
Side to side,
Let me kiss your skin,
and let this music cry.
Listen to my voice send shivers down your spine
(Send shivers down your spine)
Baby girl just rock me all night,
and love me from side to side.
What I love, love, love, love about you girl,
is you just wanted to be my girl,
never had another care in the world.
You're never begging for diamonds or pearls,
damn I love your smile and your hair when it curls
(Damn I love your smile and your hair when it curls)
All I wanna do is take your picture,
no makeup on go hiding your face.
Take you to the bed start hugging and kissing,
stars light up in your eyes.
Don't need no space,
there's no gravity between us
as we take off like Chris Brown coming wall to wall.
Side to side we'll break them all.
Side to side,
we're holding on for our dear lives.
We're going down,
and we just can't decide who goes on top,
well that's the beauty of life
(Beauty of life)
Side to side,
Let me kiss your skin,
and let this music cry.
Listen to my voice send shivers down your spine
(Send shivers down your spine)
Baby girl just rock me all night,
and love me form side to side.
This is getting rougher by the minute,
I'm not sure where to go from here.
Side to side
side to side
side to side
I can feel the temperature rising,
(Side to Side)
pulling my hair, biting my neck
(side to side)
Do what you gotta do
(Side to side)
Lets go!
Side to side!
Side to side,
we're holding on for our dear lives.
We're going down and we just can't decide,
who goes on top,
well that's the beauty of life
(who goes on top)
Side to side,
let me kiss you skin,
and let this music cry.
Listen to my voice send shivers down your spine
(Send shivers down your spine)
Bite me, pull my hair,
All you gotta do is love me from side to side.
and I am a tree.
I wanna leave but I'm feeling your steeze
of burning my up so passionately
Tension between us is just getting stronger,
the flames getting hotter,
the sex lasting longer.
And I'm not one to speak with poetry,
but your body's an ocean,
the waves are closing in on me.
Side to Side,
We're holding on for our dear lives,
We're going down,
and we just can't decide who goes on top,
well that's the beauty of life
(Beauty of life)
Side to side,
Let me kiss your skin,
and let this music cry.
Listen to my voice send shivers down your spine
(Send shivers down your spine)
Baby girl just rock me all night,
and love me from side to side.
What I love, love, love, love about you girl,
is you just wanted to be my girl,
never had another care in the world.
You're never begging for diamonds or pearls,
damn I love your smile and your hair when it curls
(Damn I love your smile and your hair when it curls)
All I wanna do is take your picture,
no makeup on go hiding your face.
Take you to the bed start hugging and kissing,
stars light up in your eyes.
Don't need no space,
there's no gravity between us
as we take off like Chris Brown coming wall to wall.
Side to side we'll break them all.
Side to side,
we're holding on for our dear lives.
We're going down,
and we just can't decide who goes on top,
well that's the beauty of life
(Beauty of life)
Side to side,
Let me kiss your skin,
and let this music cry.
Listen to my voice send shivers down your spine
(Send shivers down your spine)
Baby girl just rock me all night,
and love me form side to side.
This is getting rougher by the minute,
I'm not sure where to go from here.
Side to side
side to side
side to side
I can feel the temperature rising,
(Side to Side)
pulling my hair, biting my neck
(side to side)
Do what you gotta do
(Side to side)
Lets go!
Side to side!
Side to side,
we're holding on for our dear lives.
We're going down and we just can't decide,
who goes on top,
well that's the beauty of life
(who goes on top)
Side to side,
let me kiss you skin,
and let this music cry.
Listen to my voice send shivers down your spine
(Send shivers down your spine)
Bite me, pull my hair,
All you gotta do is love me from side to side.
Lyrics submitted by DanceGavinDance19
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