Intro
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[Verse]
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He was a hard headed man, he was brutally handsome,
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and she was terminally pretty.
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She held him up, and he held her for ransom
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in the heart of the cold, cold city.
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He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude,
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they said he was ruthless, they said he was crude,
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they had one thing in common, they were good in bed.
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She'd say, "Faster, faster, the lights are turnin' red!"
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Life in the fast lane, surely make you lose your mind.
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Life in the fast lane, mm.
[Verse 2]
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Eager for action and hot for the game,
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the coming attraction, the drop of a name.
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They knew all the right people, they took all the right pills,
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they threw outrageous parties, they paid heavily bills.
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There were lines on the mirror, lines on her face,
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she pretended not to notice, she was caught up in the race.
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Out every evening until it was light,
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he was too tired to make it, she was too tired to fight about it.
[Chorus]
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Life in the fast lane, surely make you lose your mind.
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Life in the fast lane, mm.
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Life in the fast lane, everything all the time.
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Life in the fast lane, uh huh.
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[Verse 3]
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Blowin' and burnin', blinded by thirst,
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they didn't see the stop sign, took a turn for the worst.
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She said, "Listen, baby, you can hear the engine ring,
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We've been up and down this highway,
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haven't seen a goddam thing."
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He said, "Call the doctor, I think I'm gonna crash.”
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The doctor says he's coming, but you gotta pay him cash."
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They went rushin' down that freeway, messed around and got lost,
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they didn't care they were just dying to get off.
[Chorus]
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Life in the fast lane.
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Life in the fast lane.