"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.
Buttabuttabuttabuttabuttabuttabutta
buttabutta bah
Boo Boo Bah ah
Boo Boo Bah ah ah ah
Buttabuttabuttabuttabuttabuttabutta
buttabutta bah
Boo Boo Bah ah
Boo Boo Bah ah ah ah
It’s Buttabuttabuttabuttabuttabuttabutta
buttabutta bah
Boo Boo Bah ah
Boo Boo Bah ah ah ah
It’s Buttabuttabuttabuttabuttabuttabutta
buttabutta bah
Boo Boo Bah ah
Boo Boo Bah ah ah ah
Butter beans, I’m gonna get you
I’m gonna stick you I’m gonna take you down
[till you romp down I’m goin to hell you ride as shine
ride you gone]
(Butter beans, I’m gonna get you,
I’m gonna get you, I’m gonna get you)
Buttabuttabuttabuttabuttabuttabutta
buttabutta bah
Boo Boo Bah ah
Boo Boo Bah ah ah ah
Buttabuttabuttabuttabuttabuttabutta
buttabutta bah
Boo Boo Bah ah
Boo Boo Bah ah ah ah
Butter beans, I know she wants you
That you’ll make a lovely headdress or
A double breasted suit, whoopsie
(Butter beans, I’m gonna get you,
I’m gonna get you, I’m gonna get you)
Cause Butter beans, you better stay sharp
Cause I’m gonna freeze out life blood [from that black heart]
I’m gonna fry I’m gonna fry with a smile on my face
(Butter beans, I’m gonna get you, I’m gonna get you,
I’m gonna get you)
You think you’re so slick
I seen a million [stick cross your dell snit]
You think you’re so slick
I seen a million [stick cross your dell snit]
Buttabuttabuttabuttabuttabuttabutta
buttabutta bah
Boo Boo Bah ah
Boo Boo Bah ah ah ah
Buttabuttabuttabuttabuttabuttabuttabuttabutta bah
Boo Boo Bah ah
Boo Boo Bah ah ah ah
Butter beans, you go and try and hide
In the swamp grass I got swamp eyes
And I’ll track you down like a bloodhound
It’s your time to die
(Butter beans I’m gonna get you, I’m gonna get you,
I’m gonna get you)
Butter beans, you’ve gotten so fat
I can bet [a kill you wait across my time
And bad
top and singing and aim and I’ll sin you say]
(Butter beans, I’m gonna get you, I’m gonna get you,
I’m gonna get you)
Real thick black magic and stop the tragedy
From happening
Pig’s feet and snake piss
Crow tongue and cat face
Horse tail and bone bits
Bird’s nest and gray [goose]
All of it won’t keep the tragedy from happening
So [run]
(Ba ba ba ba
ba ba ba boom)
(Ba ba ba ba
ba ba ba boom)
(Ba ba ba ba
ba ba ba boom)
(Ba ba ba ba
ba ba ba boom)
(Ba ba ba ba
ba ba ba boom)
(Ba ba ba ba
ba ba ba bum)
(Ba ba ba ba
ba ba ba boom)
(Ba ba ba ba
ba ba ba)
buttabutta bah
Boo Boo Bah ah
Boo Boo Bah ah ah ah
Buttabuttabuttabuttabuttabuttabutta
buttabutta bah
Boo Boo Bah ah
Boo Boo Bah ah ah ah
It’s Buttabuttabuttabuttabuttabuttabutta
buttabutta bah
Boo Boo Bah ah
Boo Boo Bah ah ah ah
It’s Buttabuttabuttabuttabuttabuttabutta
buttabutta bah
Boo Boo Bah ah
Boo Boo Bah ah ah ah
Butter beans, I’m gonna get you
I’m gonna stick you I’m gonna take you down
[till you romp down I’m goin to hell you ride as shine
ride you gone]
(Butter beans, I’m gonna get you,
I’m gonna get you, I’m gonna get you)
Buttabuttabuttabuttabuttabuttabutta
buttabutta bah
Boo Boo Bah ah
Boo Boo Bah ah ah ah
Buttabuttabuttabuttabuttabuttabutta
buttabutta bah
Boo Boo Bah ah
Boo Boo Bah ah ah ah
Butter beans, I know she wants you
That you’ll make a lovely headdress or
A double breasted suit, whoopsie
(Butter beans, I’m gonna get you,
I’m gonna get you, I’m gonna get you)
Cause Butter beans, you better stay sharp
Cause I’m gonna freeze out life blood [from that black heart]
I’m gonna fry I’m gonna fry with a smile on my face
(Butter beans, I’m gonna get you, I’m gonna get you,
I’m gonna get you)
You think you’re so slick
I seen a million [stick cross your dell snit]
You think you’re so slick
I seen a million [stick cross your dell snit]
Buttabuttabuttabuttabuttabuttabutta
buttabutta bah
Boo Boo Bah ah
Boo Boo Bah ah ah ah
Buttabuttabuttabuttabuttabuttabuttabuttabutta bah
Boo Boo Bah ah
Boo Boo Bah ah ah ah
Butter beans, you go and try and hide
In the swamp grass I got swamp eyes
And I’ll track you down like a bloodhound
It’s your time to die
(Butter beans I’m gonna get you, I’m gonna get you,
I’m gonna get you)
Butter beans, you’ve gotten so fat
I can bet [a kill you wait across my time
And bad
top and singing and aim and I’ll sin you say]
(Butter beans, I’m gonna get you, I’m gonna get you,
I’m gonna get you)
Real thick black magic and stop the tragedy
From happening
Pig’s feet and snake piss
Crow tongue and cat face
Horse tail and bone bits
Bird’s nest and gray [goose]
All of it won’t keep the tragedy from happening
So [run]
(Ba ba ba ba
ba ba ba boom)
(Ba ba ba ba
ba ba ba boom)
(Ba ba ba ba
ba ba ba boom)
(Ba ba ba ba
ba ba ba boom)
(Ba ba ba ba
ba ba ba boom)
(Ba ba ba ba
ba ba ba bum)
(Ba ba ba ba
ba ba ba boom)
(Ba ba ba ba
ba ba ba)
Lyrics submitted by nnnancyy
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after listening to this on full blast a few times, i think i got the lyrics down pat without all the weird unicode bs. he says his stuff pretty clear in this, except the background singers make it kinda hard to hear the last line of every verse. here:
Butter beans, I'm gonna get you I'm gonna stick you, I'm gonna take you down And then romp, I'm goin' to hell, You're riding shotgun.
Butter beans, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you
Butter beans, I know she wants you Bet you'll make a lovely headdress Or a double breasted suit of skin
Butter beans, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you
Butter beans, you best stay sharp 'Cause I'm gonna free that black blood from that black heart I'm gonna fry I'm gonna fry with a smile on my face
Butter beans, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you
You think you're so slick I've seen her lipstick 'cross your dillsnick You think you're so slick I've seen her lipstick 'cross your dillsnick
Butter beans, you go and try and hide In the swamp grass I got swamp eyes And I'll track you down like a bloodhound It's your time to die
Butter beans I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you
Butter beans, you've gotten so fat I can barely carry your weight across my tiny back Taught me singing, in the end when I see you, say Amen
Butter beans, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you, I'm gonna get you
Real thick black magic can't stop the tragedy from happening Pigs feet and snake piss, crow tongue and cat face Horse tail and bone bits Bird's nest and graveyards All of it won't keep the tragedy from happening So run!