"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.
Could it my, could it be my
Could it be my lucky day?
I like a phone call
I like to hear something like this
Woah, woah, woah, woah
A conversation
That maybe leads into a kiss (aha)
Mwoah, mwoah, mwoah, mwoah
Aah, say that you love me
Say that you need me too
Best you ever had
It could be so easy
For you to please me, baby
So how come you tease me?
You told me so what do you say?
Are you gonna take this golden opportunity?
Won't you give it to me, because you've got what I want
Maybe it's my lucky day
Just like the first spark
And watch the fireworks explode
Boom, boom, baby
You've got a fast car
So why the hell we driving slow?
Zoom, zoom, zoom to me
Kisses on my pillow
I've hundreds of those though
I want something more
So congratulations
It's not the occasion they went
I get my way
You told me so what do you say?
Are you gonna take this golden opportunity?
Won't you give it to me, because you've got what I want
Maybe it's my lucky day
Uhu, ow
Gonna be my lu-uh-uh-uh
My lucky da-ay, my lucky day
What do you say?
Are you gonna take this golden opportunity?
Just give it to me, because you've got what I want
Maybe it's my lucky day, my, my lucky day
Could it my, could it be my
Could it be my lucky day (day, day, day, maybe it's my lucky day)?
You told me so what do you say?
Are you gonna take this golden opportunity?
Won't you give it to me, because you've got what I want
Maybe it's my lucky day
My day, day, day
Maybe it's my lucky day
Maybe it's my lucky day
Maybe it's my lucky day
Could it be my lucky day?
I like a phone call
I like to hear something like this
Woah, woah, woah, woah
A conversation
That maybe leads into a kiss (aha)
Mwoah, mwoah, mwoah, mwoah
Aah, say that you love me
Say that you need me too
Best you ever had
It could be so easy
For you to please me, baby
So how come you tease me?
You told me so what do you say?
Are you gonna take this golden opportunity?
Won't you give it to me, because you've got what I want
Maybe it's my lucky day
Just like the first spark
And watch the fireworks explode
Boom, boom, baby
You've got a fast car
So why the hell we driving slow?
Zoom, zoom, zoom to me
Kisses on my pillow
I've hundreds of those though
I want something more
So congratulations
It's not the occasion they went
I get my way
You told me so what do you say?
Are you gonna take this golden opportunity?
Won't you give it to me, because you've got what I want
Maybe it's my lucky day
Uhu, ow
Gonna be my lu-uh-uh-uh
My lucky da-ay, my lucky day
What do you say?
Are you gonna take this golden opportunity?
Just give it to me, because you've got what I want
Maybe it's my lucky day, my, my lucky day
Could it my, could it be my
Could it be my lucky day (day, day, day, maybe it's my lucky day)?
You told me so what do you say?
Are you gonna take this golden opportunity?
Won't you give it to me, because you've got what I want
Maybe it's my lucky day
My day, day, day
Maybe it's my lucky day
Maybe it's my lucky day
Maybe it's my lucky day
Lyrics submitted by RightToDream
Lucky Day Lyrics as written by John Virgo Garrett Iii Benito Benites
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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