"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.
You know that it would be untrue.
You know that I would be a liar
if I was to say to you , ay,
Girl we couldn't get much higher.
Come on baby light my fire, come on baby light my fire.
Try to set the night on fire. Mm-m,
The time for hesitation's through.
There's no time to wallow in the mire
Darling we could only lose
and our love become a funeral pyre.
Come on baby light my fire, come on baby light my fire.
Try to set the night on fire.
Well, you know that it would be untrue
and you know that I would be a liar
if I was to go and tell you
Mama we couldn't get much higher.
Yeah, come on baby light my fire.
Come on baby light my fire yeah
Try to set the night on fire, ay hey-hey
Come on baby light, light my fire yeah
Come on babe light my fire, don't you know it's alright?
Light my fire, light my fire, light my fire
Oh, light my fire, light my fire, light my fire, yeah girl
Girl you better light my fire yeah,
You better light, you better light, you better light my fire
and we are going to get much higher
Oh-oh, come on girl,
You know I love you girl, you know I need you babe
Come on, Light, light, light, light my fire
Light my fire, light my fire
Light my fire, light my fire, light my fire
Light, light, light, light, light my
my, my, my fire
Light, light, light, light, light my fire girl
you better light my fire
You know that I would be a liar
if I was to say to you , ay,
Girl we couldn't get much higher.
Come on baby light my fire, come on baby light my fire.
Try to set the night on fire. Mm-m,
The time for hesitation's through.
There's no time to wallow in the mire
Darling we could only lose
and our love become a funeral pyre.
Come on baby light my fire, come on baby light my fire.
Try to set the night on fire.
Well, you know that it would be untrue
and you know that I would be a liar
if I was to go and tell you
Mama we couldn't get much higher.
Yeah, come on baby light my fire.
Come on baby light my fire yeah
Try to set the night on fire, ay hey-hey
Come on baby light, light my fire yeah
Come on babe light my fire, don't you know it's alright?
Light my fire, light my fire, light my fire
Oh, light my fire, light my fire, light my fire, yeah girl
Girl you better light my fire yeah,
You better light, you better light, you better light my fire
and we are going to get much higher
Oh-oh, come on girl,
You know I love you girl, you know I need you babe
Come on, Light, light, light, light my fire
Light my fire, light my fire
Light my fire, light my fire, light my fire
Light, light, light, light, light my
my, my, my fire
Light, light, light, light, light my fire girl
you better light my fire
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Light My Fire Lyrics as written by Jim Morrison John Densmore
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