"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.
Mallorca, ecstasy and motion, oh oh oh
That's Mallorca
Mallorca, give me your devotion, oh oh oh
That's Mallorca
Living is easy, life will be so crazy
I don't want to miss it no more
Come on down and get it
Your mind can really take it
That's the way you like it for sure
Mallorca, join the generation, oh oh oh
That's Mallorca
Mallorca, feel the good vibration, oh oh oh
That's Mallorca
Hey with my feeling nice, and my feeling nice like our
Hey we could make it deep in the cool water
Hey with my feeling nice, and my feeling nice like our
Come on and take a break
Come take a break and release the pressure
Hey you, whenever you want to be
Where the sun is out and you're feeling free
Hey you whatcha gonna do
If you're feeling sad or if you're feeling blue
One, two I need my dancing shoe
I need a party and so do you
Three, four I'm out on the dancefloor
Mallorca is the place for sure
Come, come follow me
Come, come, hit it, hit it !
Hey I'm feeling nice, I'm feeling nice like a...
Hey make a way straight to the air, music and time
Hey I'm feeling nice, I'm feeling nice like a...
Come on and take a break
Come take a break and go Mallorca
Hey you, wherever you want to be
Where the sun is out and you're feeling free
Hey you whatcha gonna do
If you're feeling sad or if you're feeling blue
Five, six Soulman in the mix
Everyone does so you're on the race
Seven or eight we're gonna set things straight
I got a date and I won't be late
That's Mallorca
Oh Mallorca!
That's Mallorca
Ecstasy and motion
That's Mallorca
Mallorca, give me your devotion, oh oh oh
That's Mallorca
Living is easy, life will be so crazy
I don't want to miss it no more
Come on down and get it
Your mind can really take it
That's the way you like it for sure
Mallorca, join the generation, oh oh oh
That's Mallorca
Mallorca, feel the good vibration, oh oh oh
That's Mallorca
Hey with my feeling nice, and my feeling nice like our
Hey we could make it deep in the cool water
Hey with my feeling nice, and my feeling nice like our
Come on and take a break
Come take a break and release the pressure
Hey you, whenever you want to be
Where the sun is out and you're feeling free
Hey you whatcha gonna do
If you're feeling sad or if you're feeling blue
One, two I need my dancing shoe
I need a party and so do you
Three, four I'm out on the dancefloor
Mallorca is the place for sure
Come, come follow me
Come, come, hit it, hit it !
Hey I'm feeling nice, I'm feeling nice like a...
Hey make a way straight to the air, music and time
Hey I'm feeling nice, I'm feeling nice like a...
Come on and take a break
Come take a break and go Mallorca
Hey you, wherever you want to be
Where the sun is out and you're feeling free
Hey you whatcha gonna do
If you're feeling sad or if you're feeling blue
Five, six Soulman in the mix
Everyone does so you're on the race
Seven or eight we're gonna set things straight
I got a date and I won't be late
That's Mallorca
Oh Mallorca!
That's Mallorca
Ecstasy and motion
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