"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.
You touch my lips you long to kiss
Though a lot of pain in my heart but you missed
Take a step back
Read the situation
You don't bother me no more
Got my heart locked tight in a safe
Where your sticky little fingers can't get it anymore
Cause you
Were such a mean girl to me
I keep you out at arm's reach
And now I know what's wrong with the world
Tellin' everybody don't ever trust a girl
Take a look at her face
All the money that she wastes
It's not worth my time or the pain
She'd find a thousand ways
Just to ruin every one of my good days
Baby girl's much worse then she knows
She's a demon at best with a kiss
And this demon's got me by the
Throat and I don't think she'll ever let it go
[2x]
Cause you
Were such a mean girl to me
I keep you out at arm's reach
And now I know what's wrong with the world
Tellin' everybody don't ever trust a girl
You always were my favorite mistake
That I almost never regret
Happiness can wait
And loving you has got me filled with hate
Sign sealed delivered I've got a little message for you
[2x]
Cause you
Such a mean girl to me
I keep you out at arm's reach
And now I know what's wrong with the world
Tellin' everybody don't ever trust a girl
Cause you
Such a mean girl to me (Such a mean girl)
I keep you out at arm's reach
And now I know what's wrong with the world (Tellin' everybody)
Tellin' everybody don't ever trust a girl
Though a lot of pain in my heart but you missed
Take a step back
Read the situation
You don't bother me no more
Got my heart locked tight in a safe
Where your sticky little fingers can't get it anymore
Cause you
Were such a mean girl to me
I keep you out at arm's reach
And now I know what's wrong with the world
Tellin' everybody don't ever trust a girl
Take a look at her face
All the money that she wastes
It's not worth my time or the pain
She'd find a thousand ways
Just to ruin every one of my good days
Baby girl's much worse then she knows
She's a demon at best with a kiss
And this demon's got me by the
Throat and I don't think she'll ever let it go
[2x]
Cause you
Were such a mean girl to me
I keep you out at arm's reach
And now I know what's wrong with the world
Tellin' everybody don't ever trust a girl
You always were my favorite mistake
That I almost never regret
Happiness can wait
And loving you has got me filled with hate
Sign sealed delivered I've got a little message for you
[2x]
Cause you
Such a mean girl to me
I keep you out at arm's reach
And now I know what's wrong with the world
Tellin' everybody don't ever trust a girl
Cause you
Such a mean girl to me (Such a mean girl)
I keep you out at arm's reach
And now I know what's wrong with the world (Tellin' everybody)
Tellin' everybody don't ever trust a girl
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Mean Girl Lyrics as written by Deanna Harper April Geesbreght
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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