"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 been saying that you're on a busy schedule
Well I'm standing here today just to let you know
That I'm taking over
Now I hope that you're ready for
Ready for me
Now I ain't coming at you, playing like them other dudes
Cause ain't nothing more important then, then loving you
If you want something that's new
That you would be opened too
Here's what you do
[Chorus]
You can cancel your plans
Cancel your man
Clear out your schedule (oh yeah, oh yeah)
And pencil me in
You can cancel your plans
Cancel your man
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in
You can cancel your plans
Cancel your man (cancel your man)
Clear out your schedule (I ain't got anything to do today)
And pencil me in
You can cancel your plans
Cancel your man (cancel your man)
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in
Don't mean to be easy droppin when you on the phone
Lord I heard you ask your girlfriend what she's putting on
And I know its Saturday
But tell dem you ain't going
Something came up
And I know you heard the same ol thing a million times
Pretty sure you that been hit with about a million lines
But I'm sure ain't nobody's lovin matching mines
A man can't resign
You can cancel your plans (you can)
Cancel your man
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in (clear it out, clear it out)
You can cancel your plans (cancel your man)
Cancel your man (cancel your plans)
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in
You can cancel your plans (you can cancel)
Cancel your man
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in (pencil me in)
You can cancel your plans
Cancel your man
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in
You can go with your friends party
You can go with your friends baby
You can go with your friends every night, but tonight
You can go with your friends tomorrow
You can go with your friends oh oh
You can cancel your plans (you can cancel)
Cancel your man
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in
You can cancel your plans (yeah)
Cancel your man (cancel your man)
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in (ohh, ohh)
You can cancel your plans
Cancel your man
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in
You can cancel your plans (cancel your man)
Cancel your man (cancel your plans)
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in
You can cancel your plans (yeah...ah...ah..ah)
Cancel your man
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in
You can cancel your plans (cancel your man)
Cancel your man (cancel your plans)
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in (yeah)
You can cancel your plans (i ain't got a damn thing to do baby)
Cancel your man
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in (so clear out your schedule baby)
You can cancel your plans
Cancel your man
Clear out your schedule (and make time for me)
And pencil me in
You can cancel your plans
Cancel your man (cancel your plans)
Clear out your schedule (I say cancel your man)
And pencil me in (I say cancel your plans)
You can cancel your plans (I say cancel your things)
Cancel your man (I say cancel your man)
Clear out your schedule (I say clear out the schedule)
And pencil me in (i'm coming in)
You can cancel your plans (cancel your plans)
Cancel your man (I say cancel your man)
Clear out your schedule (I say can your plans)
And pencil me in (I say cancel your man)
Well I'm standing here today just to let you know
That I'm taking over
Now I hope that you're ready for
Ready for me
Now I ain't coming at you, playing like them other dudes
Cause ain't nothing more important then, then loving you
If you want something that's new
That you would be opened too
Here's what you do
[Chorus]
You can cancel your plans
Cancel your man
Clear out your schedule (oh yeah, oh yeah)
And pencil me in
You can cancel your plans
Cancel your man
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in
You can cancel your plans
Cancel your man (cancel your man)
Clear out your schedule (I ain't got anything to do today)
And pencil me in
You can cancel your plans
Cancel your man (cancel your man)
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in
Don't mean to be easy droppin when you on the phone
Lord I heard you ask your girlfriend what she's putting on
And I know its Saturday
But tell dem you ain't going
Something came up
And I know you heard the same ol thing a million times
Pretty sure you that been hit with about a million lines
But I'm sure ain't nobody's lovin matching mines
A man can't resign
You can cancel your plans (you can)
Cancel your man
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in (clear it out, clear it out)
You can cancel your plans (cancel your man)
Cancel your man (cancel your plans)
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in
You can cancel your plans (you can cancel)
Cancel your man
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in (pencil me in)
You can cancel your plans
Cancel your man
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in
You can go with your friends party
You can go with your friends baby
You can go with your friends every night, but tonight
You can go with your friends tomorrow
You can go with your friends oh oh
You can cancel your plans (you can cancel)
Cancel your man
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in
You can cancel your plans (yeah)
Cancel your man (cancel your man)
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in (ohh, ohh)
You can cancel your plans
Cancel your man
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in
You can cancel your plans (cancel your man)
Cancel your man (cancel your plans)
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in
You can cancel your plans (yeah...ah...ah..ah)
Cancel your man
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in
You can cancel your plans (cancel your man)
Cancel your man (cancel your plans)
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in (yeah)
You can cancel your plans (i ain't got a damn thing to do baby)
Cancel your man
Clear out your schedule
And pencil me in (so clear out your schedule baby)
You can cancel your plans
Cancel your man
Clear out your schedule (and make time for me)
And pencil me in
You can cancel your plans
Cancel your man (cancel your plans)
Clear out your schedule (I say cancel your man)
And pencil me in (I say cancel your plans)
You can cancel your plans (I say cancel your things)
Cancel your man (I say cancel your man)
Clear out your schedule (I say clear out the schedule)
And pencil me in (i'm coming in)
You can cancel your plans (cancel your plans)
Cancel your man (I say cancel your man)
Clear out your schedule (I say can your plans)
And pencil me in (I say cancel your man)
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Cancel Lyrics as written by Kenneth L. R. Whitehead
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