"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.
Dance
Let me see you moving on the dance floor, baby
Let me see you moving on the dance floor, baby
I want to see you moving on the dance floor, baby
Can I see you moving? on the dance floor, baby?
I want to see you moving on the dance floor, baby
Can I see you moving on the dance floor, baby?
I want to see you dance
Moving on the dance floor
Ooh, the way you move
You're blowing my mind, girl
Let me see you moving on the dance floor, baby
I want to see you moving on the dance floor, baby
Can I see you moving on the dance floor, baby?
Let me see you moving on the dance floor, baby
Ooh, baby
You look so good to me now
Ooh, honey
I want your love so bad
Ooh...
Let me see you moving on the dance floor, baby
I want to see you moving on the dance floor, baby
Ooh, you sexy thing
You're driving me out of my mind, girl
Oh, the way you dance
Ooh, don't you ever stop
Shake, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body, Why don't you?
Shake, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body, Alright
Shake, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it, Good God
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body, chicka-ah-chicka-ah
Shake, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body, good God
Let me see you moving on the dance floor, baby
Work your body, work your body, work your body, girl
Let me see you moving on the dance floor, baby
Work your body, work your body, work your body, girl
Let me see you move, dance floor
Night after night, dance floor
Don't you never, never stop, dance floor
You sexy, sexy thing, dance floor
I am falling in love, dance floor
With your sexy, sexy moves, dance floor
You're blowing my mind, my mind, my mind, my mind, girl
Ooh, you blow my mind, girl
Ooh, I love the you move, girl
Let me see you moving on the dance floor, baby
You look so good
I want to see you moving on the dance floor, baby
Cause I like your style
I just don't understand what you're doing to me
The way you move your hips from side to side
Oh...baby, what you're doing to me
You know you're looking good to me
Baby, baby, baby, baby
Shake, shake it, baby, shake it
Shake, shake it, shake it, girl
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body, why don't you
Shake, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body
Shake, shake it, baby, shake
Shake, shake it, do it girl
Shake, shake it, mama, shake
Shake your body, oh, baby
Shake, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body
Shake, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body, shake it girl
Shake, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it , shake it girl
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body
Dance
Shucks
Work your body, work your body, work your body, girl
You look so good to me
Let me see you moving on the dance floor, baby
I want to see you moving on the dance floor, baby
Can I see you moving on the dance floor, baby
Let me see you move, dance floor
Night after night, dance floor
Don?t you never, never stop, dance floor
You sexy, sexy thing, dance floor
I am falling in love, dance floor
With your sexy, sexy moves, dance floor
You're blowing my mind, my mind, my mind, my mind, girl
Ooh, you blow my mind, girl
Ooh, I love the you move, girl
Shake, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body
Shake, shake it, baby, shake it
Shake, shake it, move it, girl
Shake, shake it, mama, shake
Shake your body, whoa, baby
Shake, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body
Shake, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body
Dance floor [Repeat: x 10]
Let me see you moving on the dance floor, baby
Let me see you moving on the dance floor, baby
I want to see you moving on the dance floor, baby
Can I see you moving? on the dance floor, baby?
I want to see you moving on the dance floor, baby
Can I see you moving on the dance floor, baby?
I want to see you dance
Moving on the dance floor
Ooh, the way you move
You're blowing my mind, girl
Let me see you moving on the dance floor, baby
I want to see you moving on the dance floor, baby
Can I see you moving on the dance floor, baby?
Let me see you moving on the dance floor, baby
Ooh, baby
You look so good to me now
Ooh, honey
I want your love so bad
Ooh...
Let me see you moving on the dance floor, baby
I want to see you moving on the dance floor, baby
Ooh, you sexy thing
You're driving me out of my mind, girl
Oh, the way you dance
Ooh, don't you ever stop
Shake, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body, Why don't you?
Shake, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body, Alright
Shake, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it, Good God
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body, chicka-ah-chicka-ah
Shake, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body, good God
Let me see you moving on the dance floor, baby
Work your body, work your body, work your body, girl
Let me see you moving on the dance floor, baby
Work your body, work your body, work your body, girl
Let me see you move, dance floor
Night after night, dance floor
Don't you never, never stop, dance floor
You sexy, sexy thing, dance floor
I am falling in love, dance floor
With your sexy, sexy moves, dance floor
You're blowing my mind, my mind, my mind, my mind, girl
Ooh, you blow my mind, girl
Ooh, I love the you move, girl
Let me see you moving on the dance floor, baby
You look so good
I want to see you moving on the dance floor, baby
Cause I like your style
I just don't understand what you're doing to me
The way you move your hips from side to side
Oh...baby, what you're doing to me
You know you're looking good to me
Baby, baby, baby, baby
Shake, shake it, baby, shake it
Shake, shake it, shake it, girl
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body, why don't you
Shake, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body
Shake, shake it, baby, shake
Shake, shake it, do it girl
Shake, shake it, mama, shake
Shake your body, oh, baby
Shake, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body
Shake, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body, shake it girl
Shake, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it , shake it girl
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body
Dance
Shucks
Work your body, work your body, work your body, girl
You look so good to me
Let me see you moving on the dance floor, baby
I want to see you moving on the dance floor, baby
Can I see you moving on the dance floor, baby
Let me see you move, dance floor
Night after night, dance floor
Don?t you never, never stop, dance floor
You sexy, sexy thing, dance floor
I am falling in love, dance floor
With your sexy, sexy moves, dance floor
You're blowing my mind, my mind, my mind, my mind, girl
Ooh, you blow my mind, girl
Ooh, I love the you move, girl
Shake, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body
Shake, shake it, baby, shake it
Shake, shake it, move it, girl
Shake, shake it, mama, shake
Shake your body, whoa, baby
Shake, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body
Shake, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it, shake it, baby
Shake, shake it, mama
Shake your body
Dance floor [Repeat: x 10]
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