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Life In The Fast Lane Lyrics
He was a hard-headed man
He was brutally handsome, and she was terminally pretty
She held him up, and he held her for ransom in the heart
of the cold, cold city
He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude
They said he was ruthless, they said he was crude
They had one thing in common, they were good in bed
She'd say, 'Faster, faster. The lights are turnin' red."
Life in the fast lane
Surely make you lose your mind, mm
Are you with me so far?
Eager for action and hot for the game
The coming attraction, the drop of a name
They knew all the right people, they took
all the right pills
They threw outrageous parties, they paid heavenly bills
There were lines on the mirror, lines on her face
She pretended not to notice, she was caught up
in the race
Out every evening, until it was light
He was too tired to make it, she was too tired
to fight about it
Life in the fast lane
Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane, everything all the time
Life in the fast lane, uh huh
Blowin' and burnin', blinded by thirst
They didn't see the stop sign,
took a turn for the worse
She said, "Listen, baby. You can hear the engine
ring. We've been up and down this highway;
haven't seen a goddam thing."
He said, "Call the doctor. I think I'm gonna crash."
"The doctor say he's comin', but you gotta pay him cash."
They went rushin' down that freeway,
messed around and got lost
They didn't know they were just dyin' to get off
And it was life in the fast lane
Life in the fast lane
He was brutally handsome, and she was terminally pretty
She held him up, and he held her for ransom in the heart
of the cold, cold city
He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude
They said he was ruthless, they said he was crude
They had one thing in common, they were good in bed
She'd say, 'Faster, faster. The lights are turnin' red."
Life in the fast lane
Surely make you lose your mind, mm
Are you with me so far?
Eager for action and hot for the game
The coming attraction, the drop of a name
They knew all the right people, they took
all the right pills
They threw outrageous parties, they paid heavenly bills
There were lines on the mirror, lines on her face
She pretended not to notice, she was caught up
in the race
He was too tired to make it, she was too tired
to fight about it
Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane, everything all the time
Life in the fast lane, uh huh
Blowin' and burnin', blinded by thirst
They didn't see the stop sign,
took a turn for the worse
ring. We've been up and down this highway;
haven't seen a goddam thing."
He said, "Call the doctor. I think I'm gonna crash."
"The doctor say he's comin', but you gotta pay him cash."
They went rushin' down that freeway,
messed around and got lost
They didn't know they were just dyin' to get off
And it was life in the fast lane
Life in the fast lane
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You are all correct but some of the hidden stuff is glanced over.
"Lines on the Mirror, Lines on her Face. She pretended not to notice, she was caught up in the race."
Those are cocaine rails that are on the mirror or "lines".
The doctor is for an Overdose but you have to hush him up with cash.
Glenn Frey said he got the hook from a drug dealer he was riding with one day in LA and the guy was doing about 100 on an open freeway. When Frey said, "Hey man you're going a little too fast aren't you?"
The man replied, "That's life in the Fast Lane."
True story.
Supposedly the man and the woman in this were based on stevie nicks and lindsey buckingham from fleetwood mac.
this about my life
and i thought it was about my life! lol
and i thought it was about my life! lol
this song is full of double entendres... i think it's about people who are living the party life and it's catching up with them.
entendres?
double entendres = double meanings
yea, i'm with ab...it's about people who live life to the very fullest....that is drugs and cars and parties etc...but it is starting to catch up with them
I love this song, and I agree that it is about two people living their live as if there was no tomorrow, but ya know, one day they'll be right
It's about a man and a woman who gets addicted to cocaine.
GREAT SONG!
I agree, its about a couple living life to the fullest and partying all the time and as they get older it begins to catch up with them
The problem is...the more it gets worse, the deeper they get in. As in, they go for harder drugs and just dig themselves a deeper hole living "life in the fast lane."