"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.
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Gwan, move, mek ya body groove
Gwan, move, ta da funky groove
Gwan, move, mek ya body groove
Gwan, move, ta da funky groove
Woman, shake, shake, shake ya body
Snake ya Body so de man can see
Woman, shake, shake, shake ya body
Snake ya Body so de man can see
Woman, move, move, move ya body
Move ya body so de man can see
Woman, move, move, move ya body
Move ya body so de man can see
Woman, original mad stuntman is a trinidadian
Have nuff style, have nuff pattern
All a de girls, me wah ya cooperation
Round de university and round de nation
Ya know dat Sonya, Jackie, and Karon them
Body look good
And them wine them bottom in America, Canada
And England
Move ya body gal, ya better move it in a motion
Woman, look cute, when them dance combination
All over the world, all over the nation
Body look sweet, when them a wine them botton
Winter, spring, summer and autumn
Up and down, up and down in a motion
I love it so much, it gives me commotion
Like them hips curves and patterns, wine ya body gal so, so
Gwan, move, mek ya body groove
Gwan, move, ta da funky groove
Gwan, move, mek ya body groove
Gwan, move, ta da funky groove
Move, move
(Reel 2 Real)
(Reel 2 Real)
Move ya body good, move ya body good
Move ya body, move ya body, move ya body
Move ya body good, move ya body good
Move ya body, move ya body, move ya body
Because, woman, look nice, and, woman, look sweet
Me love it when you move it, when you move it to the beat
Move it to the left, move it to the right
Move ya body, gal, me stay 'till daylight
(Bop, bop!) Jump up wave your hands
(Bop, bop!) Jump up wine ya bottom
(Bop, bop!) Jump up and move in motion
(Bop, bop!) Jump up and sing with stuntman
(Bop!) Gwan, Gwan, shake ya body!
(Bop, bop!) Jump up so de man can see
(Bop, bop!) Everybody them feeling happy
So jump around and join de party
Gwan, move, mek ya body groove
Gwan, move, ta da funky groove
Gwan, move, mek ya body groove
Gwan, move, ta da funky groove
Gwan, move (Bibidy, bom), mek ya body groove
Gwan, move (Bibidy, bom), mek ya body groove
Gwan, move (Bibidy, bom), mek ya body groove
Gwan, move (Bibidy, bom), mek ya body groove
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, house go mad
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, jazz go mad
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, house go mad
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, jazz go mad
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, house go mad
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, jazz go mad
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, house go mad
Bibidy bi bom, bibidy bi bom, bibidy bi bom, bibidy bi bom
(Reel 2 Real)
(Reel 2 Real)
Gwan, move, mek ya body groove
Gwan, move, ta da funky groove
Gwan, move (Bibidy, bom), mek ya body groove
Gwan, move (Bibidy, bom), ta da funky groove
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, jazz go mad
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, house go mad
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, jazz go mad
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, house go mad
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, jazz go mad
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, house go mad
Bibidy bi bom, bibidy bi bom, bibidy bi bom, bibidy bi bom
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, house go mad
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, jazz go mad
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, house go mad
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, jazz go mad
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, house go mad
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, jazz go mad
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, house go mad
Bibidy bi bom, bibidy bi bom, bibidy bi bom, bibidy bi bom
Gwan, move, mek ya body groove
Gwan, move, ta da funky groove
Gwan, move, mek ya body groove
Gwan, move, ta da funky groove
Woman, shake, shake, shake ya body
Snake ya Body so de man can see
Woman, shake, shake, shake ya body
Snake ya Body so de man can see
Woman, move, move, move ya body
Move ya body so de man can see
Woman, move, move, move ya body
Move ya body so de man can see
Woman, original mad stuntman is a trinidadian
Have nuff style, have nuff pattern
All a de girls, me wah ya cooperation
Round de university and round de nation
Ya know dat Sonya, Jackie, and Karon them
Body look good
And them wine them bottom in America, Canada
And England
Move ya body gal, ya better move it in a motion
Woman, look cute, when them dance combination
All over the world, all over the nation
Body look sweet, when them a wine them botton
Winter, spring, summer and autumn
Up and down, up and down in a motion
I love it so much, it gives me commotion
Like them hips curves and patterns, wine ya body gal so, so
Gwan, move, mek ya body groove
Gwan, move, ta da funky groove
Gwan, move, mek ya body groove
Gwan, move, ta da funky groove
Move, move
(Reel 2 Real)
(Reel 2 Real)
Move ya body good, move ya body good
Move ya body, move ya body, move ya body
Move ya body good, move ya body good
Move ya body, move ya body, move ya body
Because, woman, look nice, and, woman, look sweet
Me love it when you move it, when you move it to the beat
Move it to the left, move it to the right
Move ya body, gal, me stay 'till daylight
(Bop, bop!) Jump up wave your hands
(Bop, bop!) Jump up wine ya bottom
(Bop, bop!) Jump up and move in motion
(Bop, bop!) Jump up and sing with stuntman
(Bop!) Gwan, Gwan, shake ya body!
(Bop, bop!) Jump up so de man can see
(Bop, bop!) Everybody them feeling happy
So jump around and join de party
Gwan, move, mek ya body groove
Gwan, move, ta da funky groove
Gwan, move, mek ya body groove
Gwan, move, ta da funky groove
Gwan, move (Bibidy, bom), mek ya body groove
Gwan, move (Bibidy, bom), mek ya body groove
Gwan, move (Bibidy, bom), mek ya body groove
Gwan, move (Bibidy, bom), mek ya body groove
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, house go mad
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, jazz go mad
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, house go mad
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, jazz go mad
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, house go mad
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, jazz go mad
Bibidy, bom bi bom, mek, house go mad
Bibidy bi bom, bibidy bi bom, bibidy bi bom, bibidy bi bom
(Reel 2 Real)
(Reel 2 Real)
Gwan, move, mek ya body groove
Gwan, move, ta da funky groove
Gwan, move (Bibidy, bom), mek ya body groove
Gwan, move (Bibidy, bom), ta da funky groove
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Go on Move Lyrics as written by Mark H. Quashie Erick A. Morillo
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