"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.
I saw you rushin' down the street
People were pushin' in the heat
Well, I was stuck behind the wheel
I guess y'all know how it feels
Well, I was tryin' to keep your pace
You kicked me flat out on my face
You sent me cravin' on the moon
Up to the air like a balloon
How come you're lookin' so good?
How come you're lookin' so fine?
I wasn't ready for you
Well, I was just passin' time
Do you do you do you do you
Do you wanna be my baby?
Do you do you do you do you
Do you wanna be my baby?
I really gotta know, oh oh
I really gotta know, oh oh
It's really tricky to explain
It's really crazy to stay sane
Some things they happen really fast
Some things are born and bred to last
How come you're lookin' so cool?
How come you're lookin' so fine?
No one is ready for you
I'm only passin' my time
Do you do you do you do you
Do you wanna be my baby?
Do you do you do you do you
Do you wanna be my baby? (wanna be my girl)
I really gotta know, oh oh
I really gotta know, oh oh
I really have to know, oh oh
Really wanna know, oh oh
People were pushin' in the heat
Well, I was stuck behind the wheel
I guess y'all know how it feels
Well, I was tryin' to keep your pace
You kicked me flat out on my face
You sent me cravin' on the moon
Up to the air like a balloon
How come you're lookin' so good?
How come you're lookin' so fine?
I wasn't ready for you
Well, I was just passin' time
Do you do you do you do you
Do you wanna be my baby?
Do you do you do you do you
Do you wanna be my baby?
I really gotta know, oh oh
I really gotta know, oh oh
It's really tricky to explain
It's really crazy to stay sane
Some things they happen really fast
Some things are born and bred to last
How come you're lookin' so cool?
How come you're lookin' so fine?
No one is ready for you
I'm only passin' my time
Do you do you do you do you
Do you wanna be my baby?
Do you do you do you do you
Do you wanna be my baby? (wanna be my girl)
I really gotta know, oh oh
I really gotta know, oh oh
I really have to know, oh oh
Really wanna know, oh oh
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Do You Wanna Be My Baby? Lyrics as written by Per Hakan Gessle
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