"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.
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Now the my beat control your body!
Let my beat, let my beat
Control your body
The beat is runnin' through your veins
Control your body
When you let it penetrate your brain
The booming system which plays in places
Move your system, change these spaces
When I'm on the mic you can't refuse
No one ever came to preach, I came to amuse
Techno making, no mistakin', never faking
Always breaking it down, Hey to a party
Now let my beat control your body!
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Now let my beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let my beat, let my beat
It's my beat now, it's my beat
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body, yeah
Let my beat, let my beat
Down with the forces how we go
Second to first just you to show
You just can't stand still 'cause you gotta move
You feel the bass line you feel the groove
My beat accepts you just as you are
It drives you away just like a fast car
It's my beat, it belongs to me
So let my beat control your body!
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body!
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Now let my beat control your body!
Let the beat control your body!
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Now the my beat control your body!
Let my beat, let my beat
Control your body
The beat is runnin' through your veins
Control your body
When you let it penetrate your brain
The booming system which plays in places
Move your system, change these spaces
When I'm on the mic you can't refuse
No one ever came to preach, I came to amuse
Techno making, no mistakin', never faking
Always breaking it down, Hey to a party
Now let my beat control your body!
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Now let my beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let my beat, let my beat
It's my beat now, it's my beat
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body, yeah
Let my beat, let my beat
Down with the forces how we go
Second to first just you to show
You just can't stand still 'cause you gotta move
You feel the bass line you feel the groove
My beat accepts you just as you are
It drives you away just like a fast car
It's my beat, it belongs to me
So let my beat control your body!
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body!
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Let the beat control your body
Now let my beat control your body!
Let the beat control your body!
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Let the Beat Control Your Body Lyrics as written by Filip De Wilde Anita D. Doth
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