"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.
Boonoonoonoos, give me boonoonoonoos
Boonoonoonoos, little bit boonoonoonoos
Let me tell you of a feeling
That is spreading through the land
It will give you good vibrations
It will help you understand
Boonoonoonoos
Bo, bo, bo, boonoonoonoos
That's boonoonoonoos
Bo, bo, bo, boonoonoonoos
It will help you love your neighbor
It will turn you to the light
It will make you come out jammin'
From the morning 'til the night
Boonoonoonoos
Bo, bo, bo, boonoonoonoos
That's boonoonoonoos
Bo, bo, bo, boonoonoonoos
Boonoonoonoos, give me boonoonoonoos
Boonoonoonoos, little bit boonoonoonoos
Everywhere the sun is shining
There's a sweetness in the air
Can you feel a new day rising
On the people everywhere?
Boonoonoonoos
Bo, bo, bo, boonoonoonoos
That's boonoonoonoos
Bo, bo, bo, boonoonoonoos
We can split a tiny atom
We can walk upon the moon
It's been too long coming on us
Gonna hear about it soon
Boonoonoonoos
Bo, bo, bo, boonoonoonoos
That's boonoonoonoos
Bo, bo, bo, boonoonoonoos
Boonoonoonoos, give me boonoonoonoos
Boonoonoonoos, little bit boonoonoonoos
Boonoonoonoos, give me boonoonoonoos
Boonoonoonoos, little bit boonoonoonoos
Boonoonoonoos, little bit boonoonoonoos
Let me tell you of a feeling
That is spreading through the land
It will give you good vibrations
It will help you understand
Boonoonoonoos
Bo, bo, bo, boonoonoonoos
That's boonoonoonoos
Bo, bo, bo, boonoonoonoos
It will help you love your neighbor
It will turn you to the light
It will make you come out jammin'
From the morning 'til the night
Boonoonoonoos
Bo, bo, bo, boonoonoonoos
That's boonoonoonoos
Bo, bo, bo, boonoonoonoos
Boonoonoonoos, give me boonoonoonoos
Boonoonoonoos, little bit boonoonoonoos
Everywhere the sun is shining
There's a sweetness in the air
Can you feel a new day rising
On the people everywhere?
Boonoonoonoos
Bo, bo, bo, boonoonoonoos
That's boonoonoonoos
Bo, bo, bo, boonoonoonoos
We can split a tiny atom
We can walk upon the moon
It's been too long coming on us
Gonna hear about it soon
Boonoonoonoos
Bo, bo, bo, boonoonoonoos
That's boonoonoonoos
Bo, bo, bo, boonoonoonoos
Boonoonoonoos, give me boonoonoonoos
Boonoonoonoos, little bit boonoonoonoos
Boonoonoonoos, give me boonoonoonoos
Boonoonoonoos, little bit boonoonoonoos
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Boonoonoonoos Lyrics as written by Frank Farian Catherine Courage
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