"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.
Oooh yeah (x5)
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Somebody (x2)
Yeah I wanna dance dance dance
with somebody
Somebody who loves me
I wanna dance dance dance
I wanna dance dance dance
Yeah yeah
With somebody who loves me
Oh yeah (x5)
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Somebody
Somebody who loves me
Somebody
To hold me in his arms oh
I need a man who'll take a chance
On a love that burns hot enough to last
And when the night falls
My lonely heart calls
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Somebody (x2)
Yeah I wanna dance dance dance
with somebody
Somebody who loves me
I wanna dance dance dance
I wanna dance dance dance
Yeah yeah
With somebody who loves me
Oh yeah (x5)
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Somebody
Somebody who loves me
Somebody
To hold me in his arms oh
I need a man who'll take a chance
On a love that burns hot enough to last
And when the night falls
My lonely heart calls
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
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I Wanna Dance With Somebody Lyrics as written by Shannon Rubicam George Robert Merrill
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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