"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.
Ah freak out
Freak out
Ah freak out
Freak out
Ah freak out
Have you heard about the new dance craze
Listen to us, I'm sure you'll be amazed
It's called Le Freak
They're doing it night and day
Allow us, we'll show you the way
Ah freak out
Everybody dance, do do do
Clap your hands, clap your hands
Good times, these are the good times
Leave your cares behind, these are the good times
Good times, these are the good times
Our new state of mind, these are the good times
Good times, these are the good times
Leave your cares behind, these are the good times
Good times, these are the good times
Our new state of mind, these are the good times
Ah freak out
Le freak, c'est chic
Freak out
Ah freak out
Le freak, c'est chic
Freak out
Ah freak out
Do you feel like you ever want
To try my love and see how well it fits
Baby can't you see, when you look at me
I can't kick this feelin' when it hits
All alone in my bed at night
I grab my pillow and squeeze it tight
I think of you and I dream of you all the time
What am I gonna do
I want your love, I want your love
I want your love, I want your love
I want your love, I want your love
I want your love, I want your love
Ah freak out
I want your love, I want your love
Freak out
Ah freak out
I want your love, I want your love
Freak out
Ah freak out
I want your love, I want your love
Ah freak out
I want your love, I want your love
Freak out
Le Freak
I set it free
Le Freak
I set it free
Le Freak
All that pressure got you down
Has your head spinning all around
Feel the rhythm, check the ride
Come on along and have a real good time
Like the days of stomping at the Savoy
Now we freak, oh what a joy
Just come on down, two fifty four
Find a spot out on the floor
Ah freak out
Le freak, c'est chic
Freak out
Ah freak out
Le freak, c'est chic
Freak out
Ah freak out
Le freak, c'est chic
Freak out
Ah freak out
Le freak, c'est chic
Freak out
Ah freak out
Le freak, c'est chic
Freak out
Ah freak out
Le freak, c'est chic
Freak out
Ah freak out
Le freak, c'est chic
Freak out
Ah freak out
Le freak, c'est chic
Freak out
Ah freak out
I want your love, I want your love
Freak out
Ah freak out
I want your love, I want your love
Freak out
Ah freak out
I want your love, I want your love
Freak out
Ah freak out
Freak out
Ah freak out
Freak out
Ah freak out
Have you heard about the new dance craze
Listen to us, I'm sure you'll be amazed
It's called Le Freak
They're doing it night and day
Allow us, we'll show you the way
Ah freak out
Everybody dance, do do do
Clap your hands, clap your hands
Good times, these are the good times
Leave your cares behind, these are the good times
Good times, these are the good times
Our new state of mind, these are the good times
Good times, these are the good times
Leave your cares behind, these are the good times
Good times, these are the good times
Our new state of mind, these are the good times
Ah freak out
Le freak, c'est chic
Freak out
Ah freak out
Le freak, c'est chic
Freak out
Ah freak out
Do you feel like you ever want
To try my love and see how well it fits
Baby can't you see, when you look at me
I can't kick this feelin' when it hits
All alone in my bed at night
I grab my pillow and squeeze it tight
I think of you and I dream of you all the time
What am I gonna do
I want your love, I want your love
I want your love, I want your love
I want your love, I want your love
I want your love, I want your love
Ah freak out
I want your love, I want your love
Freak out
Ah freak out
I want your love, I want your love
Freak out
Ah freak out
I want your love, I want your love
Ah freak out
I want your love, I want your love
Freak out
Le Freak
I set it free
Le Freak
I set it free
Le Freak
All that pressure got you down
Has your head spinning all around
Feel the rhythm, check the ride
Come on along and have a real good time
Like the days of stomping at the Savoy
Now we freak, oh what a joy
Just come on down, two fifty four
Find a spot out on the floor
Ah freak out
Le freak, c'est chic
Freak out
Ah freak out
Le freak, c'est chic
Freak out
Ah freak out
Le freak, c'est chic
Freak out
Ah freak out
Le freak, c'est chic
Freak out
Ah freak out
Le freak, c'est chic
Freak out
Ah freak out
Le freak, c'est chic
Freak out
Ah freak out
Le freak, c'est chic
Freak out
Ah freak out
Le freak, c'est chic
Freak out
Ah freak out
I want your love, I want your love
Freak out
Ah freak out
I want your love, I want your love
Freak out
Ah freak out
I want your love, I want your love
Freak out
Ah freak out
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Megachic (Medley -Le Freak-Everybody Dance-Good Times-Le Freak-I Want Y Lyrics as written by Nile Rodgers Bernard Edwards
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