"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 don’t have a lot of friends just
my fans, and they are all I need
‘Cause when I came here, I
stayed here to party.
I love when people doubt me
I remember when
they said that it was never gonna last
Yea I remember that.
Saying
so, and you tell me: “that this is
all you got” and I know its
not
That’s whats up oh, to all my players
Let’s just don’t care
Lets just don’t worry about
the haters haters
‘Cause I get low
First you get high, and then
you get low-e-oh
Well its ok
cause its not the same
I took it
back cause I’m not living in the past
And everything about that.
It was wrong it was wrong
But everything I’ve been through has
led me to something new
That’s whats up oh, to all my players
Let’s just don’t care
Lets just don’t worry about
the haters haters
‘Cause I get low
First you get high, and then
you get low-e-oh
That’s whats up
oh, girls come and go
Let’s just don’t care
Lets just don’t worry
about the haters haters
‘Cause I get low
First you get high, and
then you get low-e-oh
I know I
did it wrong but I’m waiting for
the right time.
Forget about it
all and just brush it off brush it off.
I need a beat to turn me on,
but just turn it off cause now I’m gone
my fans, and they are all I need
‘Cause when I came here, I
stayed here to party.
I love when people doubt me
I remember when
they said that it was never gonna last
Yea I remember that.
Saying
so, and you tell me: “that this is
all you got” and I know its
not
That’s whats up oh, to all my players
Let’s just don’t care
Lets just don’t worry about
the haters haters
‘Cause I get low
First you get high, and then
you get low-e-oh
Well its ok
cause its not the same
I took it
back cause I’m not living in the past
And everything about that.
It was wrong it was wrong
But everything I’ve been through has
led me to something new
That’s whats up oh, to all my players
Let’s just don’t care
Lets just don’t worry about
the haters haters
‘Cause I get low
First you get high, and then
you get low-e-oh
That’s whats up
oh, girls come and go
Let’s just don’t care
Lets just don’t worry
about the haters haters
‘Cause I get low
First you get high, and
then you get low-e-oh
I know I
did it wrong but I’m waiting for
the right time.
Forget about it
all and just brush it off brush it off.
I need a beat to turn me on,
but just turn it off cause now I’m gone
Lyrics submitted by tiffany9315
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