"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.
So you callin' me so discreet
Tell me keep a secret, ayy
That you were callin' me, claimin' me
He ain't what you need, but hey
Guess you know what you doin'
You left me because of all that I wasn't
And all that he was
But now you need love
The kind that he doesn't
Deliver to you
Friends tellin' me that you're always sayin'
That I'm to blame and why we didn't make it
But now you on my phone tellin' me that you naked
Beggin' me to come and take it
I figure your new main ain't puttin' it down
Now you wanna call me up (call me up)
Go on and call me up (call me up)
I know what's up, babe
Just pull up, babe (hmm)
I figure your new man ain't puttin' it down
Now you wanna call me up (call me up)
Well, go on and call me up (call me up)
I know it's hard, babe (mm)
Just pull up, babe, yeah
She just want sex, perhaps too much sex
She sendin' me texts like, "Come and get it, baby"
I am her ex and that's okay, yes
See, I prefer this because she is crazy
She callin', callin' (whoa)
Three, four time a week, damn, dude must be weak
She callin', callin' (whoa)
Ain't no way to be discreet, hittin' me up constantly, babe
Ayy, you gon' make this dude come lookin' for me, yeah
She said, "Different spot, same time, round three"
I figure your new main ain't puttin' it down
Now you wanna call me up (call me up)
Go on and call me up (call me up)
I know it's hard, babe (mm)
Just pull up, babe
Figuring your new man ain't puttin' it down
Now you wanna call me up (call me up)
Well, go on and call me up (call me up)
I know it's hard, babe (mm)
Just pull up, babe yeah
She just want sex, perhaps too much sex
She sendin' me texts like, "Come and get it, baby"
I am her ex and that's okay, yes
See, I prefer this because she is crazy
She callin', callin' (whoa)
Three, four time a week, damn, dude must be weak
She callin', callin' (whoa)
Ain't no way to be discreet, hittin' me up constantly, babe
Ayy, you gon' make this dude come lookin' for me, yeah
She said, "Different spot, same time, round three"
So he don't notice how you be walkin' different when you come home?
Oh, he don't pay that much attention, huh?
Aight
New spot, same time, right?
Mm, I see you there
Figuring your new main ain't puttin' it down
Now you wanna call me up (call me up)
Well, go on and call me up (call me up)
I know it's hard, babe (mm)
Just pull up, babe yeah
Now you gone
Tell me keep a secret, ayy
That you were callin' me, claimin' me
He ain't what you need, but hey
Guess you know what you doin'
You left me because of all that I wasn't
And all that he was
But now you need love
The kind that he doesn't
Deliver to you
Friends tellin' me that you're always sayin'
That I'm to blame and why we didn't make it
But now you on my phone tellin' me that you naked
Beggin' me to come and take it
I figure your new main ain't puttin' it down
Now you wanna call me up (call me up)
Go on and call me up (call me up)
I know what's up, babe
Just pull up, babe (hmm)
I figure your new man ain't puttin' it down
Now you wanna call me up (call me up)
Well, go on and call me up (call me up)
I know it's hard, babe (mm)
Just pull up, babe, yeah
She just want sex, perhaps too much sex
She sendin' me texts like, "Come and get it, baby"
I am her ex and that's okay, yes
See, I prefer this because she is crazy
She callin', callin' (whoa)
Three, four time a week, damn, dude must be weak
She callin', callin' (whoa)
Ain't no way to be discreet, hittin' me up constantly, babe
Ayy, you gon' make this dude come lookin' for me, yeah
She said, "Different spot, same time, round three"
I figure your new main ain't puttin' it down
Now you wanna call me up (call me up)
Go on and call me up (call me up)
I know it's hard, babe (mm)
Just pull up, babe
Figuring your new man ain't puttin' it down
Now you wanna call me up (call me up)
Well, go on and call me up (call me up)
I know it's hard, babe (mm)
Just pull up, babe yeah
She just want sex, perhaps too much sex
She sendin' me texts like, "Come and get it, baby"
I am her ex and that's okay, yes
See, I prefer this because she is crazy
She callin', callin' (whoa)
Three, four time a week, damn, dude must be weak
She callin', callin' (whoa)
Ain't no way to be discreet, hittin' me up constantly, babe
Ayy, you gon' make this dude come lookin' for me, yeah
She said, "Different spot, same time, round three"
So he don't notice how you be walkin' different when you come home?
Oh, he don't pay that much attention, huh?
Aight
New spot, same time, right?
Mm, I see you there
Figuring your new main ain't puttin' it down
Now you wanna call me up (call me up)
Well, go on and call me up (call me up)
I know it's hard, babe (mm)
Just pull up, babe yeah
Now you gone
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Call Me Up Lyrics as written by Calvin Hay Shaffer Chimere Smith
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