"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.
My girl has a red room
Beneath her man's bedroom
Knows I love her ass
She shakes it for me now
I got my mind of her red
Mind of her red
Got my mind of her red
I got my mind of her red
I was sick before but I'm better now
I was sick before but I'm better now
I was sick before but I'm better now
Now I'm better now, much better
Now I'm better now, I'm better now
She won't let me touch it
She won't let me kiss it
Keeps it clean for her man
Shows me all she can
With a mind of her red
I got my mind of her red
I got my mind of her red
I got my mind of her red
I was sick before but I'm better now
I was sick before but I'm better now
I was sick before but I'm better now
Now I'm better now, much better
Now I'm better now, I'm better now
Now!
You fucked with me for so long
You love to have me hold on, don't you?
But I can only stroke it so long
Before I grew balls big enough to say, "So long"
Mind of her red
Mind of her red
Mind of her red
I got my mind of her red
I was sick before but I'm better now
I was sick before but I'm better now
Poison lips as sweet as pie
A poison heart that's black inside
Poison lips as sweet as pie
A poison heart that's black inside
Poison lips as sweet as pie
A poison heart that's black inside
Poison lips as sweet as pie
A poison heart that's black inside
Get back, get back you motherfucker
Get back, get back I'm comin' red
Get back, get back you motherfucker
Get back, get back I'm better now
Red room
Red room's empty now
Beneath her man's bedroom
Knows I love her ass
She shakes it for me now
I got my mind of her red
Mind of her red
Got my mind of her red
I got my mind of her red
I was sick before but I'm better now
I was sick before but I'm better now
I was sick before but I'm better now
Now I'm better now, much better
Now I'm better now, I'm better now
She won't let me touch it
She won't let me kiss it
Keeps it clean for her man
Shows me all she can
With a mind of her red
I got my mind of her red
I got my mind of her red
I got my mind of her red
I was sick before but I'm better now
I was sick before but I'm better now
I was sick before but I'm better now
Now I'm better now, much better
Now I'm better now, I'm better now
Now!
You fucked with me for so long
You love to have me hold on, don't you?
But I can only stroke it so long
Before I grew balls big enough to say, "So long"
Mind of her red
Mind of her red
Mind of her red
I got my mind of her red
I was sick before but I'm better now
I was sick before but I'm better now
Poison lips as sweet as pie
A poison heart that's black inside
Poison lips as sweet as pie
A poison heart that's black inside
Poison lips as sweet as pie
A poison heart that's black inside
Poison lips as sweet as pie
A poison heart that's black inside
Get back, get back you motherfucker
Get back, get back I'm comin' red
Get back, get back you motherfucker
Get back, get back I'm better now
Red room
Red room's empty now
Lyrics submitted by SykoNachoman
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