"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.
Dut, dut, dumb, dumb, dumb, doom
(Get upstairs tiff)
Dut, dut, dumb, dumb, dumb, doom
(and change your clothes quick)
Dut, dut, dumb, dumb, dumb, doom
(zip your coat up)
Dut, dut, dumb, dumb, dumb, doom
(you chillin wit da clutch)
Your da privite school girl
Wit your skirt rolled up
Showing off what you ain't even got yet (got yet)
You need to button up your blouse
Put back on your vest
Cause your out here lookin' a mess
You must be tryna catch a cold (catch a cold)
Where your mom and pops at?
How dey feel about that?
Girl you need to stop that you know (you know)
Tryna fit in the outfit
Tell you what you gone get
Whatcha you don't want
You showin' skin
You showin' legs
You gone get hurt what I said
You bumped your head
Cause you mama thirty four and she still be up in da club
Your daddy he ain't got no key since they broke up
And he a thug
She goin' online
She losin' her mind
She showin' her behind and child it's
[Chorus]
Just another girl gone wild
(just another girl gone wild)
Just another girl gone wild
(just another girl gone wild)
Just another girl gone wild
(just another girl gone wild)
Just another girl gone wild
(just another girl gone wild)
Just another girl gone wild
(just another girl gone wild)
Just another girl gone wild
(just another girl gone wild)
Your da chat room girl
Wit your webpage up
Impersonatin' grown folks stop that (stop that)
You betta cut that tease
You way outta your league
Before you do something you can't take
Sneakin' out that door, don't nobody know
Ain't nothing out in them streets
Nobody wants you girl please
Fall back girl slow your roll
(your roll)
Before you out of control
Can't nothin' save you no no
You showin skin
You showin legs
You gone get hurt what I said
You bumped your head
Cause you mama thirty four and she still be up in da club
Your daddy he ain't got no key since they broke up and he a thug
[Chorus]
(Get upstairs tiff)
Dut, dut, dumb, dumb, dumb, doom
(and change your clothes quick)
Dut, dut, dumb, dumb, dumb, doom
(zip your coat up)
Dut, dut, dumb, dumb, dumb, doom
(you chillin wit da clutch)
Your da privite school girl
Wit your skirt rolled up
Showing off what you ain't even got yet (got yet)
You need to button up your blouse
Put back on your vest
Cause your out here lookin' a mess
You must be tryna catch a cold (catch a cold)
Where your mom and pops at?
How dey feel about that?
Girl you need to stop that you know (you know)
Tryna fit in the outfit
Tell you what you gone get
Whatcha you don't want
You showin' skin
You showin' legs
You gone get hurt what I said
You bumped your head
Cause you mama thirty four and she still be up in da club
Your daddy he ain't got no key since they broke up
And he a thug
She goin' online
She losin' her mind
She showin' her behind and child it's
[Chorus]
Just another girl gone wild
(just another girl gone wild)
Just another girl gone wild
(just another girl gone wild)
Just another girl gone wild
(just another girl gone wild)
Just another girl gone wild
(just another girl gone wild)
Just another girl gone wild
(just another girl gone wild)
Just another girl gone wild
(just another girl gone wild)
Your da chat room girl
Wit your webpage up
Impersonatin' grown folks stop that (stop that)
You betta cut that tease
You way outta your league
Before you do something you can't take
Sneakin' out that door, don't nobody know
Ain't nothing out in them streets
Nobody wants you girl please
Fall back girl slow your roll
(your roll)
Before you out of control
Can't nothin' save you no no
You showin skin
You showin legs
You gone get hurt what I said
You bumped your head
Cause you mama thirty four and she still be up in da club
Your daddy he ain't got no key since they broke up and he a thug
[Chorus]
Lyrics submitted by Breakingbenjaminfan
Girl Gone Wild Lyrics as written by Brian J. Kidd Balewa M. Muhammad
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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