"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.
Whoa
Scotty doesn't know that Fiona and me
Do it in my van every Sunday
She tells him she's in church but
She doesn't go
Still she's on her knees and
Scotty doesn't know
Oh, Scotty doesn't know
So don't tell Scotty
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
(So don't tell Scotty!)
Fiona says she's out shoppin'
But she's under me
And I'm not stoppin' 'cause
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
So don't tell Scotty
Scotty doesn't know
(Don't tell Scotty!)
I can't believe he's so trustin'
While I'm right behind you thrustin' (ooh)
Fiona's got him on the phone
And she's tryin' not to moan
It's a three way call
And he knows nothin', nothin'
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Don't tell Scotty 'cause
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
So don't tell Scotty
We'll put on a show
Everyone'll go
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
The parking lot, why not
It's so cool when you're on top
His front lawn, in the snow
Laughin' so hard 'cause
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
I did her on his birthday
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Don't tell scotty
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty will know
Scotty has to know
Scotty's gotta know
I'm gonna tell Scotty
Gonna tell him myself
Scotty has to know
Scotty has to know
Scotty has to
Scotty has to
Scotty has to go
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know (don't Tell Scotty!)
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know (don't Tell Scotty, Scotty doesn't know)
Scotty doesn't
Scotty doesn't
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty's gotta go
(That is so bad, so bad)
Scotty doesn't know that Fiona and me
Do it in my van every Sunday
She tells him she's in church but
She doesn't go
Still she's on her knees and
Scotty doesn't know
Oh, Scotty doesn't know
So don't tell Scotty
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
(So don't tell Scotty!)
Fiona says she's out shoppin'
But she's under me
And I'm not stoppin' 'cause
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
So don't tell Scotty
Scotty doesn't know
(Don't tell Scotty!)
I can't believe he's so trustin'
While I'm right behind you thrustin' (ooh)
Fiona's got him on the phone
And she's tryin' not to moan
It's a three way call
And he knows nothin', nothin'
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Don't tell Scotty 'cause
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
So don't tell Scotty
We'll put on a show
Everyone'll go
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
The parking lot, why not
It's so cool when you're on top
His front lawn, in the snow
Laughin' so hard 'cause
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
I did her on his birthday
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Don't tell scotty
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty will know
Scotty has to know
Scotty's gotta know
I'm gonna tell Scotty
Gonna tell him myself
Scotty has to know
Scotty has to know
Scotty has to
Scotty has to
Scotty has to go
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know (don't Tell Scotty!)
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know (don't Tell Scotty, Scotty doesn't know)
Scotty doesn't
Scotty doesn't
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty doesn't know
Scotty's gotta go
(That is so bad, so bad)
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Scotty Doesn't Know Lyrics as written by Christopher Graham Baird Bruce Fulford
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sentric Music
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