"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.
Two tablespoons of cinnamon and two or three egg whites
A half a stick of butter melted
Stick it all in a bowl baby, stir it with a wooden spoon
Mix in a cup of flour, you'll be in heaven soon
Say everybody have you seen my balls
They're big and salty and brown
If you ever need a quick pick me up
Just stick my balls in your mouth
Ooh, suck on my chocolate salted balls
Stick 'em in your mouth, and suck em
Suck on my chocolate salted balls
They're packed full of vitamins and good for you
So suck on my balls
Quarter cup of unsweetened chocolate and a half a cup of brandy
Then throw in a bag or two of sugar and just a pinch of vanilla
Grease up the cookie sheet cause I hate when my balls stick
Then preheat the oven to three fifty and give that spoon a lick
Say everybody have you seen my balls
They're big and salty and brown
If you ever need a quick pick me up
Just stick my balls in your mouth
Suck on my chocolate salted balls (suck 'em now)
Put 'em in your mouth, and suck em
Suck on my chocolate salted balls
They're packed full of goodness, high in fiber
Suck on my balls
Hey, wait a minute, what's that smell
Smell like something burning
Well, that don't confront me now
Long as I get my rent paid on Friday
Baby you better get back in the kitchen
Cause I got a sneakin' suspicion
Oh man baby, baby, you just burned my balls!
Come, my balls on fire
Have mercy baby, my balls are burning
Give me some water, pour some water on me
My balls are burning, oh my goodness
I'm blowin' I'm blowin' them, do something
Ooh, suck on my chocolate salted balls (suck F 'em now)
Put 'em in your mouth and suck 'em, they're on fire baby
Suck on my chocolate salted balls (suck 'em now)
Put 'em out baby, blow 'em
Oh, suck on my balls baby, suck on my balls baby
Suck on my red hot salted chocolate balls
Come on baby, woo, woo, suck on my balls
A half a stick of butter melted
Stick it all in a bowl baby, stir it with a wooden spoon
Mix in a cup of flour, you'll be in heaven soon
Say everybody have you seen my balls
They're big and salty and brown
If you ever need a quick pick me up
Just stick my balls in your mouth
Ooh, suck on my chocolate salted balls
Stick 'em in your mouth, and suck em
Suck on my chocolate salted balls
They're packed full of vitamins and good for you
So suck on my balls
Quarter cup of unsweetened chocolate and a half a cup of brandy
Then throw in a bag or two of sugar and just a pinch of vanilla
Grease up the cookie sheet cause I hate when my balls stick
Then preheat the oven to three fifty and give that spoon a lick
Say everybody have you seen my balls
They're big and salty and brown
If you ever need a quick pick me up
Just stick my balls in your mouth
Suck on my chocolate salted balls (suck 'em now)
Put 'em in your mouth, and suck em
Suck on my chocolate salted balls
They're packed full of goodness, high in fiber
Suck on my balls
Hey, wait a minute, what's that smell
Smell like something burning
Well, that don't confront me now
Long as I get my rent paid on Friday
Baby you better get back in the kitchen
Cause I got a sneakin' suspicion
Oh man baby, baby, you just burned my balls!
Come, my balls on fire
Have mercy baby, my balls are burning
Give me some water, pour some water on me
My balls are burning, oh my goodness
I'm blowin' I'm blowin' them, do something
Ooh, suck on my chocolate salted balls (suck F 'em now)
Put 'em in your mouth and suck 'em, they're on fire baby
Suck on my chocolate salted balls (suck 'em now)
Put 'em out baby, blow 'em
Oh, suck on my balls baby, suck on my balls baby
Suck on my red hot salted chocolate balls
Come on baby, woo, woo, suck on my balls
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So I die, what good deed did you do today. Great adventure, worth the trip, worth dying for. be careful where you stick those balls, I've never let a mouthful go to waste