"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.
I got your hot wire
I got your magic wand
I got the hot fire
To make your pistons run
Babe I'm gonna tell ya' what I'm gonna do
Gonna turn you over, gonna blow a fuse
With the hot wire-hot wire
Throwin' sparks higher than a shootin' star
I got your hot wire-hot wire
Come with me, babe I'm gonna ya too far
I'm gonna start your car
You keep your fender clean
I watch your bumper shine
You are my sex machine
I'm your ignition - I'm your voltage line
Babe I'm gonna tell ya what I'm gonna do
Gonna turn you over, gonn blow a fuse
If your caught out in the cold
Ain't gettin' what you should
Gonna get your motor movin'
I'll crawl under your hood
Yeah Yeah Yeah, make you feel alright
Yeah Yeah Yeah - connections tight
Can ya feel it - gettin hot
Can ya feel it - gettin' hot hot
Hot hot hot hot
Hot wire, hot wire
Throwin sparks - higher than a shootin' star
I got your hot wire - hot wire
Come with me, babe I'm gonna take ya too-
Gonna take ya too far
Hot wire - hot wire
I got your hot wire - hot wire
I got your hot wire - hot wire
Come with me, babe I'm gonna take ya too far-
I'm gonna start your car
I got your hot wire
I got your magic wand
I got the hot fire
To make your pistons run
Babe I'm gonna tell ya' what I'm gonna do
Gonna turn you over, gonna blow a fuse
With the hot wire-hot wire
Throwin' sparks higher than a shootin' star
I got your hot wire-hot wire
Come with me, babe I'm gonna ya too far
I'm gonna start your car
You keep your fender clean
I watch your bumper shine
You are my sex machine
I'm your ignition - I'm your voltage line
Babe I'm gonna tell ya what I'm gonna do
Gonna turn you over, gonn blow a fuse
If your caught out in the cold
Ain't gettin' what you should
Gonna get your motor movin'
I'll crawl under your hood
Yeah Yeah Yeah, make you feel alright
Yeah Yeah Yeah - connections tight
Can ya feel it - gettin hot
Can ya feel it - gettin' hot hot
Hot hot hot hot
Hot wire, hot wire
Throwin sparks - higher than a shootin' star
I got your hot wire - hot wire
Come with me, babe I'm gonna take ya too-
Gonna take ya too far
Hot wire - hot wire
I got your hot wire - hot wire
I got your hot wire - hot wire
Come with me, babe I'm gonna take ya too far-
I'm gonna start your car
I got your hot wire
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Hot Wire Lyrics as written by Taylor Rhodes Donald Kevin Purnell
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