"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.
[Shannon]
Oh
(Oh, oh, oh)
You see me on your tv
You're trying to jump in your set
You got a load of me
And I have gotten you went ??
Bet you wish that I told you that you was next
Well I'll ring the bells
I'll make you sweat
You'll lose your breath
[Dawn]
If you had a girl like me
???????
I can make you work for free
I ain't lying (it ain't nothing)
I'm a hazard to your health
So take caution
I swear
You couldn't take it even if you prepared
[Chorus]
I'm just tyring to warn ya (hey hey)
I'm a heartbreaker
Even if I push up on ya (say say)
I'm a heartbreaker
Even if you get my number (it don't matter)
I'm a heartbreaker
Don't even try to start
Cause I will break your heart
I'm a heartbreaker
[Aundrea]
You buy the magazines
Just to read the words I (say)
You hanging where I hang
Just to get a glimpse of (me)
I bet you convinced I'm yours
But it ain't quite what you think
Boys go ???
???
????
?
[D. Woods]
If you had a girl like me
You'd be acting
Dumb, crazy
I'm a save you from yourself
Cause I know you can't take me
If you think you could be mine
Then you bugging
I swear
You couldn't handle
?????
[Chorus]
I'm just tyring to warn ya (hey hey)
I'm a heartbreaker
Even if I push up on ya (say say)
I'm a heartbreaker
Even if you get my number (it don't matter)
I'm a heartbreaker
Don't even try to start
Cause I will break your heart
I'm a heartbreaker
1, 2, 3 Break!
Don't stop (don't stop)
Don't stop (don't stop)
Don't stop (don't stop)
Don't stop (don't stop)
Don't stop (don't stop)
[bridge]
Boy think about it
Before you try me
Cause if you got it
You wouldn't know what to do with me
think about it
Before you try me
Cause if you got it
You wouldn't know what to do with me
[Chorus]
I'm just trying to warn ya (hey hey)
I'm a heartbreaker
Even if I push up on ya (say say)
I'm a heartbreaker
Even if you get my number (it don't matter)
I'm a heartbreaker
Don't even try to start
Cause I will break your heart
I'm a heartbreaker
Oh
(Oh, oh, oh)
You see me on your tv
You're trying to jump in your set
You got a load of me
And I have gotten you went ??
Bet you wish that I told you that you was next
Well I'll ring the bells
I'll make you sweat
You'll lose your breath
[Dawn]
If you had a girl like me
???????
I can make you work for free
I ain't lying (it ain't nothing)
I'm a hazard to your health
So take caution
I swear
You couldn't take it even if you prepared
[Chorus]
I'm just tyring to warn ya (hey hey)
I'm a heartbreaker
Even if I push up on ya (say say)
I'm a heartbreaker
Even if you get my number (it don't matter)
I'm a heartbreaker
Don't even try to start
Cause I will break your heart
I'm a heartbreaker
[Aundrea]
You buy the magazines
Just to read the words I (say)
You hanging where I hang
Just to get a glimpse of (me)
I bet you convinced I'm yours
But it ain't quite what you think
Boys go ???
???
????
?
[D. Woods]
If you had a girl like me
You'd be acting
Dumb, crazy
I'm a save you from yourself
Cause I know you can't take me
If you think you could be mine
Then you bugging
I swear
You couldn't handle
?????
[Chorus]
I'm just tyring to warn ya (hey hey)
I'm a heartbreaker
Even if I push up on ya (say say)
I'm a heartbreaker
Even if you get my number (it don't matter)
I'm a heartbreaker
Don't even try to start
Cause I will break your heart
I'm a heartbreaker
1, 2, 3 Break!
Don't stop (don't stop)
Don't stop (don't stop)
Don't stop (don't stop)
Don't stop (don't stop)
Don't stop (don't stop)
[bridge]
Boy think about it
Before you try me
Cause if you got it
You wouldn't know what to do with me
think about it
Before you try me
Cause if you got it
You wouldn't know what to do with me
[Chorus]
I'm just trying to warn ya (hey hey)
I'm a heartbreaker
Even if I push up on ya (say say)
I'm a heartbreaker
Even if you get my number (it don't matter)
I'm a heartbreaker
Don't even try to start
Cause I will break your heart
I'm a heartbreaker
Lyrics submitted by TokyoDreamer
Heartbreaker Lyrics as written by Frank Romano Calvin Pucket
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING
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