Nowhere Fast

Album: Streets of Fire (1984)
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  • Lying in your bed and on a Saturday night
    You're sweatin' buckets and it's not even hot
    But your brain has got the message
    And it's sending it out
    To every nerve and every muscle you've got

    You've got so many dreams
    That you don't know where to put 'em
    So you'd better turn a few of 'em loose
    Your body's got a feeling that it's starting to rust
    You'd better rev it up and put it to use

    And I don't know how I ever thought that I could make it all alone
    When you only make it better
    And it better be tonight
    And we'll fly away on those angel wings of chrome in your daddy's car
    Waiting there for you tonight
    I'll be there for you tonight

    Even if you don't have anywhere to go
    You go down on the pedal and you're ready to roll
    And even if you don't have anywhere to go
    You go down on the pedal and you're ready to roll
    And your speed
    Is all you'll ever need
    All you'll ever need to know
    Darlin', darlin'

    You and me we're goin' nowhere slowly
    And we've gotta get away from the past
    There's nothin' wrong with goin' nowhere, baby
    But we should be goin' nowhere fast

    Everybody's goin' nowhere slowly
    They're only fighting for the chance to be last
    There's nothin' wrong with goin' nowhere, baby
    But we should be goin' nowhere fast
    It's so much better goin' nowhere fast

    Ah
    Stalkin' in the shadows by the light of the moon
    It's like a prison and the night is a cell
    Goin' anywhere has gotta be heaven tonight
    'Cause stayin' here has gotta be hell
    Dyin' in the city like a fire on the water
    Let's go runnin' on the back of the wind
    There's gotta' be some action on the face of the earth
    And I've gotta see your face once again

    And I don' know where I ever got the bright idea that I was cool
    So alone and independent
    But I'm depending on you now
    And you'll always be the only thing that I just can't be without
    And I'm out for you tonight
    I'm comin' out for you tonight

    Even if you don't have anywhere to go
    You go down on the pedal and you're ready to roll (ready to roll)
    Even if you don't have anywhere to go
    You go down on the pedal and you're ready to roll
    And your speed
    Is all you'll ever need
    All you'll ever need to know
    Darlin', darlin'

    You and me we're goin' nowhere slowly
    And we've gotta get away from the past
    There's nothin' wrong with goin' nowhere, baby
    But we should be goin' nowhere fast

    Everybody's goin' nowhere slowly
    They're only fighting for the chance to be last
    There's nothin' wrong with goin' nowhere, baby
    But we should be goin' nowhere fast

    Godspeed
    Godspeed
    Godspeed
    Speed us away!

    Godspeed
    Godspeed
    Godspeed
    Speed us away!

    Godspeed
    Godspeed
    Godspeed
    Speed us away!

    (We're goin' nowhere fast!) Writer/s: JIM STEINMAN
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Shawn from Green Bay, WiGreat song that provided a fantastic opening to Streets of Fire. Both of Steinman's songs in this movie should have been big hits. They were both excellent tunes that really lifted the quality of the movie.
  • Michael from San Diego, CaOne of my favorite songs on the "Streets of Fire" soundtrack! Great high energy tune that opens the movie in style, and warns the audience to fasten their seatbelts and hold on for a really wild ride!
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