"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.
We're gonna change our style
Bring on a brand new style
We're gonna make funky music
Swing to a brand new beat
One that is more unique
Listen to the music
Go wow, go wow
Unchain, unchain
That sweet melody
'cause it's passe
The words might rhyme
Half of the time
Ain't much to say
Remember when we used to sing
Ooh ah
Ooh ah
Ooh ah
Ooh
Let's turn it over, inside out
We're gonna change our style
Bring on a brand new style
We're gonna make funky music
Yeah yeah yeah
Give me that funky music, funky music yeah
Give it to me baby, play it for me baby
Give, give it to me, give it to me baby
Give it, give it to me baby
That funky music, that soulful music
Give me that funky music, groovy music
Let's do it baby, baby let's do it
We're gonna make funky music (get on down)
We're gonna make funky music
Get it, get it, get on down
Get it, get it, get on down
Get it, get it, get on down
Get it, get it, get on down
Bring on a brand new style
We're gonna make funky music
Swing to a brand new beat
One that is more unique
Listen to the music
Go wow, go wow
Unchain, unchain
That sweet melody
'cause it's passe
The words might rhyme
Half of the time
Ain't much to say
Remember when we used to sing
Ooh ah
Ooh ah
Ooh ah
Ooh
Let's turn it over, inside out
We're gonna change our style
Bring on a brand new style
We're gonna make funky music
Yeah yeah yeah
Give me that funky music, funky music yeah
Give it to me baby, play it for me baby
Give, give it to me, give it to me baby
Give it, give it to me baby
That funky music, that soulful music
Give me that funky music, groovy music
Let's do it baby, baby let's do it
We're gonna make funky music (get on down)
We're gonna make funky music
Get it, get it, get on down
Get it, get it, get on down
Get it, get it, get on down
Get it, get it, get on down
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We're Gonna Change Our Style Lyrics as written by Judy Cheeks Clarence Drayton
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