"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.
Don't look sexy but it just feels right
Not too dirty and it's not too tight
Why I never threw it out, I'll never know exactly why
Keep it in the drawer beside my bed
It's faded pink now, but it used to be red
Starting to fray at the seams
But I know that you'll still love me
Like you did, like you did
Like before, like before
Like we will, like we will
Be doin' it once more
Oh baby, know what you're like?
You're like my favorite underwear
It just feels right, you know it
Oh baby, know how you feel?
You feel like my favorite underwear
And I'm slipping you on again tonight
Leave you lyin' on the bedroom floor
I leave you hangin' on the bathroom door
Take you for granted
But I'll always know exactly where you are
Lost you once, you were hard to find
Got you back, you didn't live like mine
Thought we were falling apart
But you make me feel so pretty
Like you did, like you did
Like before, like before
Like we will, like we will
Be doin' it once more
Oh baby, know what you're like?
You're like my favorite underwear
It just feels right, you know it
Oh baby, know how you feel?
You feel like my favorite underwear
And I'm slipping you on again tonight
Slipping you on again tonight (slipping you on)
Wrap me and roll me, hold me tight
Tear me apart and make me new
Like you always do
Oh baby, know what you're like?
You're like my favorite underwear
It just feels right, you know it
You feel, you're like, this is what I want
You feel, you feel
Oh baby, know what you're like?
You're like my favorite underwear
It just feels right, you know it
You feel, you're like, this is what I want
You feel, you feel
And I'm slipping you on again tonight
Not too dirty and it's not too tight
Why I never threw it out, I'll never know exactly why
Keep it in the drawer beside my bed
It's faded pink now, but it used to be red
Starting to fray at the seams
But I know that you'll still love me
Like you did, like you did
Like before, like before
Like we will, like we will
Be doin' it once more
Oh baby, know what you're like?
You're like my favorite underwear
It just feels right, you know it
Oh baby, know how you feel?
You feel like my favorite underwear
And I'm slipping you on again tonight
Leave you lyin' on the bedroom floor
I leave you hangin' on the bathroom door
Take you for granted
But I'll always know exactly where you are
Lost you once, you were hard to find
Got you back, you didn't live like mine
Thought we were falling apart
But you make me feel so pretty
Like you did, like you did
Like before, like before
Like we will, like we will
Be doin' it once more
Oh baby, know what you're like?
You're like my favorite underwear
It just feels right, you know it
Oh baby, know how you feel?
You feel like my favorite underwear
And I'm slipping you on again tonight
Slipping you on again tonight (slipping you on)
Wrap me and roll me, hold me tight
Tear me apart and make me new
Like you always do
Oh baby, know what you're like?
You're like my favorite underwear
It just feels right, you know it
You feel, you're like, this is what I want
You feel, you feel
Oh baby, know what you're like?
You're like my favorite underwear
It just feels right, you know it
You feel, you're like, this is what I want
You feel, you feel
And I'm slipping you on again tonight
Lyrics submitted by BlueAndStarry
Favorite Lyrics as written by Lauren Christy Graham Edwards
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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