"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.
Tie me up baby, she said
Smackin' that ass, she said
She said
And then a
Drive me wild, come on baby, drive me wild
Come on, drive me wild, come on baby, drive me wild
Come on, do it, drive me wild, come on baby, drive me wild
She said
And then a
Picture me a brand-new Escalade, just pulled off the lot
Big-ass rims and a 50 wheel, bass, banging box
Take me out on the expressway, let's just drive for miles
I've never been driven, baby, you're the first
Come on baby, drive me wild
Picture me as an Impala, make that a '64
Yeah, that's it, hit the switches
Gangsta with the spokes
Picture me a brand-new Bentley, now it's time to ride in style
I've never been driven in the hood before, come on baby, drive me wild
Come on, drive me wild, come on baby drive me wild
Come on, baby, do it, drive me wild
Come on baby, drive me wild
Come on, drive me wild, come on baby drive me wild
She say
And then a
Let's go!
Yeah, just gonna slow it down
Just slow it down a little bit
I don't know if it's the boys on it or not
Just gonna creep through here
Smackin' that ass, she said
She said
And then a
Drive me wild, come on baby, drive me wild
Come on, drive me wild, come on baby, drive me wild
Come on, do it, drive me wild, come on baby, drive me wild
She said
And then a
Picture me a brand-new Escalade, just pulled off the lot
Big-ass rims and a 50 wheel, bass, banging box
Take me out on the expressway, let's just drive for miles
I've never been driven, baby, you're the first
Come on baby, drive me wild
Picture me as an Impala, make that a '64
Yeah, that's it, hit the switches
Gangsta with the spokes
Picture me a brand-new Bentley, now it's time to ride in style
I've never been driven in the hood before, come on baby, drive me wild
Come on, drive me wild, come on baby drive me wild
Come on, baby, do it, drive me wild
Come on baby, drive me wild
Come on, drive me wild, come on baby drive me wild
She say
And then a
Let's go!
Yeah, just gonna slow it down
Just slow it down a little bit
I don't know if it's the boys on it or not
Just gonna creep through here
Lyrics submitted by paperbagwriter
Drive Me Wild Lyrics as written by Karriem Riggins James Dewitt Yancey
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Missing Link Music
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