"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.
Well, I walked in the band just started
The singer couldn't carry a tune in a bucket
Was on a mission to drown her memory but
I thought no way with all this raucous
But after one round with José Cuervo
I caught my boots tapping 'long with the beat
And after two rounds with José Cuervo
That band was sounding pretty darn good to me
Then some stranger asked me to dance
And I revealed to her my two left feet
Said, "Don't get me wrong I'm glad you asked
But tonight's about me and an old memory"
Then after three rounds with José Cuervo
I let her lead me out on the floor
And after four rounds with José Cuervo
I was showing off moves never seen before
Well around five or round six
I forgot what I came to forget
And after round seven or was it eight
I bought a round for the whole dang place
And after nine rounds with José Cuervo
They were countin' me out I was about to give in
Then after ten rounds with José Cuervo
I lost count and started counting again
One round with José Cuervo
I went two rounds with José Cuervo
Three rounds with José Cuervo
Five or was it four?
Four or five?
Yeah, six rounds with José Cuervo
(There's a few drinks sitting around)
'Bout eight too many
(You can't drink five)
Eight rounds with José Cuervo (yeah)
Ten rounds with José Cuervo
The singer couldn't carry a tune in a bucket
Was on a mission to drown her memory but
I thought no way with all this raucous
But after one round with José Cuervo
I caught my boots tapping 'long with the beat
And after two rounds with José Cuervo
That band was sounding pretty darn good to me
Then some stranger asked me to dance
And I revealed to her my two left feet
Said, "Don't get me wrong I'm glad you asked
But tonight's about me and an old memory"
Then after three rounds with José Cuervo
I let her lead me out on the floor
And after four rounds with José Cuervo
I was showing off moves never seen before
Well around five or round six
I forgot what I came to forget
And after round seven or was it eight
I bought a round for the whole dang place
And after nine rounds with José Cuervo
They were countin' me out I was about to give in
Then after ten rounds with José Cuervo
I lost count and started counting again
One round with José Cuervo
I went two rounds with José Cuervo
Three rounds with José Cuervo
Five or was it four?
Four or five?
Yeah, six rounds with José Cuervo
(There's a few drinks sitting around)
'Bout eight too many
(You can't drink five)
Eight rounds with José Cuervo (yeah)
Ten rounds with José Cuervo
Lyrics submitted by DHMachine31
Ten Rounds With José Cuervo Lyrics as written by Marla Cannon-goodman Casey Michael Beathard
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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I don't know what you guys mean that it's humor about the 10 rounds. I have done a whole 750 mL bottle before.
But it is a great song and it really is possible to go that many rounds. I've done it and I was practically dancing and buying rounds. For some reason that must have been why I'd wake up with $300 less than I went out with the night prior.