"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.
I want to know
All there's to know about you
I want you to know
Nothing about me although
I'll give you a taste
When you think that you know me
I'll blow you away
So baby, bow down Daisy Duke
You don't know me so well
I think you know that now
I'm unbreakable
There's no need for fragile stickers
You're too young for me
But I can keep a secret
I'm in total control
Of the situation
Bow down Daisy Duke
Sit on my couch
Snuggle with me through the hard night
I don't bite, baby
I'll be good to you in the morning
Don't you say no to me, baby
Big mistake
I'll throw you away
So baby, bow down Daisy Duke
You don't know me so well
I think you know that now
I'm unbreakable
There's no need for fragile stickers
You're too young for me
But I can keep a secret
I'm in total control
Of the situation
Bow down Daisy Duke
Bow down Daisy Duke
Bow down Daisy Duke
I'm much too rough
With the way that I phrase things
I'm sorry for cuffing you
To my bathtub
Bow down Daisy Duke
Bow down Daisy Duke
You don't know me so well
I think you know that now
I'm unbreakable
There's no need for fragile stickers
You're too young for me
But I can keep a secret
I'm in total control
Of the situation
Bow down Daisy Duke
Bow down Daisy Duke
Bow down Daisy Duke
All there's to know about you
I want you to know
Nothing about me although
I'll give you a taste
When you think that you know me
I'll blow you away
So baby, bow down Daisy Duke
You don't know me so well
I think you know that now
I'm unbreakable
There's no need for fragile stickers
You're too young for me
But I can keep a secret
I'm in total control
Of the situation
Bow down Daisy Duke
Sit on my couch
Snuggle with me through the hard night
I don't bite, baby
I'll be good to you in the morning
Don't you say no to me, baby
Big mistake
I'll throw you away
So baby, bow down Daisy Duke
You don't know me so well
I think you know that now
I'm unbreakable
There's no need for fragile stickers
You're too young for me
But I can keep a secret
I'm in total control
Of the situation
Bow down Daisy Duke
Bow down Daisy Duke
Bow down Daisy Duke
I'm much too rough
With the way that I phrase things
I'm sorry for cuffing you
To my bathtub
Bow down Daisy Duke
Bow down Daisy Duke
You don't know me so well
I think you know that now
I'm unbreakable
There's no need for fragile stickers
You're too young for me
But I can keep a secret
I'm in total control
Of the situation
Bow down Daisy Duke
Bow down Daisy Duke
Bow down Daisy Duke
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Daisy Duke Lyrics as written by Robert Schwartzman
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I definately interpreted the "bow down" to be talking about him asking her to give him a blow job. But that might just be a reflection of the pack I run with.
BOW DOWN DAISY DUKE! i cant wait for the album version so i can acctually hear the annunciations and stuff.
I always wondered...does it refer to the shirt shorts or does it mean that...er...you know...he gives it up the butt? erg, i hope not. however, i do like the intro. my friend's ex-bf was my fake "stalkee" and one day I sent him the first half of the song (obviously not the bow down daisy duke part) and we had a laugh.
is it just me or does this song sounds like a "having sex with a groupie" situation? "You're too young for me But I can keep a secret I'm in total control Of the situation" ^^^^especially...
haha i love this song " i'm sorry for cuffing you to my bathtub"
the new cd is GREAT. go rooney
heck yeh it's GRRRRREAT! I got to see them @the House of Blues last night. Taylor's string broke, but he was back up in no time. Dude...I didn't get backstage =( If I would've brought some moolah i would've bought the CD allllll over again so I could get it signed and meet 'em. Ahhh until next time.
Second best Rooney song ever (First is Popstars).
i know no one will believe me, but o well. my sister is friends with the girl this song is about. her name is justine, and its called daisy duke because the first day he met her she was wearing a hat with a daisy on it. she has a car that she painted to look like a taxi. and yes she is too young for them. i dont know anything else though. and you probably dont believe me in the slightest, but its true i swear. so yeah...:)
i know no one will believe me, but o well. my sister is friends with the girl this song is about. her name is justine, and its called daisy duke because the first day he met her she was wearing a hat with a daisy on it. she has a car that she painted to look like a taxi. and yes she is too young for them. i dont know anything else though. and you probably dont believe me in the slightest, but its true i swear. so yeah...:)
i know no one will believe me, but o well. my sister is friends with the girl this song is about. her name is justine, and its called daisy duke because the first day he met her she was wearing a hat with a daisy on it. she has a car that she painted to look like a taxi. and yes she is too young for them. i dont know anything else though. and you probably dont believe me in the slightest, but its true i swear. so yeah...:)