"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.
I'm just like black Barbie
The life of the party
I light up the TV
Arrested for D-WI's
Sent me to the slammer
Did time without glamor
Time stood still
Without my pain kill pills
Don't need a lawyer
I got Diana Sawyer
She'll interview me and prove
That I'm not guilty
I'm a reformed slut
I'm a much better woman
After the twelve step program
And now I can drink again
Cheers to my publicist
For making me look like an angel
Cheers to the media
I'm back form hell with a story to tell
Before I'd make believe
I'm a celebrity
All the boys wanna get with me
I am too sexy
I'm black Barbie
Up all night having fun
I love to party
Just like the white one
I believe in make believe
I believe in making me
Black Barbie, I love to party
Up all night having fun
Just like the white one
I live the simple life
I am the socialite
I got no appetite
Ain't got no cellulite
Got a disorder
I eat all the time
I'm part Ethiopian
That's why I stay so thin
Yeah, never ever
Had to watch my weight
Just call my publicist
She'll get my story straight
Went from a size 8 to a 0
Just like magic
I'm a weight loss hero
Bon appetite, I promise I eat
I'm a mess in a designer dress
I've been so distressed, I confess
But there's no such thing as bad press
Before I'd make believe
I'm a celebrity
All the boys wanna get with me
I am too sexy
I'm black Barbie
Up all night having fun
I love to party
Just like the white one
I believe in make believe
I believe in making me
Black Barbie, I love to party
Up all night having fun
Just like the white one
Cool, hot, I'm cool, I'm hot
I'm chilling and so slim
I live in a perfect world
I live in a perfect world
I live in a perfect world
I live in a perfect world
Before I'd make believe
I'm a celebrity
All the boys wanna get with me
I am too sexy
I'm black Barbie
Up all night having fun
I love to party
Just like the white one
I believe in make believe
I believe in making me
Black Barbie, I love to party
Up all night having fun
Just like the white one
The life of the party
I light up the TV
Arrested for D-WI's
Sent me to the slammer
Did time without glamor
Time stood still
Without my pain kill pills
Don't need a lawyer
I got Diana Sawyer
She'll interview me and prove
That I'm not guilty
I'm a reformed slut
I'm a much better woman
After the twelve step program
And now I can drink again
Cheers to my publicist
For making me look like an angel
Cheers to the media
I'm back form hell with a story to tell
Before I'd make believe
I'm a celebrity
All the boys wanna get with me
I am too sexy
I'm black Barbie
Up all night having fun
I love to party
Just like the white one
I believe in make believe
I believe in making me
Black Barbie, I love to party
Up all night having fun
Just like the white one
I live the simple life
I am the socialite
I got no appetite
Ain't got no cellulite
Got a disorder
I eat all the time
I'm part Ethiopian
That's why I stay so thin
Yeah, never ever
Had to watch my weight
Just call my publicist
She'll get my story straight
Went from a size 8 to a 0
Just like magic
I'm a weight loss hero
Bon appetite, I promise I eat
I'm a mess in a designer dress
I've been so distressed, I confess
But there's no such thing as bad press
Before I'd make believe
I'm a celebrity
All the boys wanna get with me
I am too sexy
I'm black Barbie
Up all night having fun
I love to party
Just like the white one
I believe in make believe
I believe in making me
Black Barbie, I love to party
Up all night having fun
Just like the white one
Cool, hot, I'm cool, I'm hot
I'm chilling and so slim
I live in a perfect world
I live in a perfect world
I live in a perfect world
I live in a perfect world
Before I'd make believe
I'm a celebrity
All the boys wanna get with me
I am too sexy
I'm black Barbie
Up all night having fun
I love to party
Just like the white one
I believe in make believe
I believe in making me
Black Barbie, I love to party
Up all night having fun
Just like the white one
Lyrics submitted by Rafael Moliv
Black Barbie Lyrics as written by Imani Coppola Mike Mangini
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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