"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.
Ahh
Relax your mind
The Spicy Girls are here on the planet Earth
Are you too spicy?
Yes
Aye yoo
This song is full of valid information, information like
Never wee with your knickers on
Hold, hold a minute, that's my phone
Hello, hello, um, about, I can't believe my, ahh
It's um, it's a mad woman, get lost
Melanie's always on the phone
I'm not always on the phone
I used to be always on the phone
But now I'm not cause I've got ear rot
And she's always late
No, I'm not, it's my driver, he drives slow
I like this bit
I've never been any good at whistling
You can hum then, not whistle
Uh, hum? eh ha
Where's Geri and Mel at this point?
I think they're asleep, I thought it was a bit quiet
No, Geri's writin' a poem under a tree somewhere
No, she's hugging that tree, hug that tree, Geri
You'd never guess what, you'd never believe this
Alright listen to this
Oh what is it, Geri? Ooh what is it?
Listen, listen, listen
What is it? What is it?
Friendship often survives the relationship
From which it was neglected
What? Ignoring your conscience allows you to justify everything
Don't you agree?
Geri, is you readin' that out of a book?
Yeah, ha ha
(Ba, ba, bam)
La, la, la, ahh
That's what you got to do when you get really stressed
You just go ahhh
I should be over there eatin' my sweets, I think
You're so cute, Ginger, you're just so cute
Alright Ginge, how's your, beep?
No, it's Ginger like Ginger Rogers, it's not like 'Ginge'
Well, there's nothing wrong with being Ginger
There is nothing wrong, I'm out of a bottle anyway
Ha ha ha
Baby, Posh and Ginger
And we've got Scary and Sporty, yeah
Mixed together in a cooking pot
You have the Spice Girls
Ba, ba, blah
I want that Indian bit to come again, where is it?
Ahh, we are the chosen ones
It didn't last very long, did it?
(Ba, ba, bam)
Lift your knee up, tap it to the left
Gonna lift your knee up, tap it to the left
That could be a new dance
(Ba, ba, bam)
Ha, ha, we don't wanna get in trouble now do we?
No, I don't know what you mean by that
Though I, you know we're not trying to be offensive
(Ba, ba, bam)
Exactly
Exactly, exactly
I quite like that
Yeah, I do too
Relax your mind
The Spicy Girls are here on the planet Earth
Are you too spicy?
Yes
Aye yoo
This song is full of valid information, information like
Never wee with your knickers on
Hold, hold a minute, that's my phone
Hello, hello, um, about, I can't believe my, ahh
It's um, it's a mad woman, get lost
Melanie's always on the phone
I'm not always on the phone
I used to be always on the phone
But now I'm not cause I've got ear rot
And she's always late
No, I'm not, it's my driver, he drives slow
I like this bit
I've never been any good at whistling
You can hum then, not whistle
Uh, hum? eh ha
Where's Geri and Mel at this point?
I think they're asleep, I thought it was a bit quiet
No, Geri's writin' a poem under a tree somewhere
No, she's hugging that tree, hug that tree, Geri
You'd never guess what, you'd never believe this
Alright listen to this
Oh what is it, Geri? Ooh what is it?
Listen, listen, listen
What is it? What is it?
Friendship often survives the relationship
From which it was neglected
What? Ignoring your conscience allows you to justify everything
Don't you agree?
Geri, is you readin' that out of a book?
Yeah, ha ha
(Ba, ba, bam)
La, la, la, ahh
That's what you got to do when you get really stressed
You just go ahhh
I should be over there eatin' my sweets, I think
You're so cute, Ginger, you're just so cute
Alright Ginge, how's your, beep?
No, it's Ginger like Ginger Rogers, it's not like 'Ginge'
Well, there's nothing wrong with being Ginger
There is nothing wrong, I'm out of a bottle anyway
Ha ha ha
Baby, Posh and Ginger
And we've got Scary and Sporty, yeah
Mixed together in a cooking pot
You have the Spice Girls
Ba, ba, blah
I want that Indian bit to come again, where is it?
Ahh, we are the chosen ones
It didn't last very long, did it?
(Ba, ba, bam)
Lift your knee up, tap it to the left
Gonna lift your knee up, tap it to the left
That could be a new dance
(Ba, ba, bam)
Ha, ha, we don't wanna get in trouble now do we?
No, I don't know what you mean by that
Though I, you know we're not trying to be offensive
(Ba, ba, bam)
Exactly
Exactly, exactly
I quite like that
Yeah, I do too
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Spice Invaders Lyrics as written by Victoria Aadams Melanie Chisholm
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