"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.
Well you know I look like a woman but I
Cut like a buffalo
Stand up like a tower, tall
But I fall
Just like a domino
You can hit me if you want to, hey
Do whatever makes you happy
You should try to take it easy on me
Cause I don't know how to take it
You're a prick with a pin woman,yeah
Wake me up when it's broke
Only if it's broken
You know I treat you like a joke but you
Can't tell when I'm joking
You cut a record on my throat
But the record's not broken
Cut a record on my throat
But the record's not broken
Is that you choking?
Is that you choking?
Is that you choking?
Or are you just joking?
You know I look like a woman but I
Cut it like a buffalo
Wake me up when it's broke
Just like a woman
You cut a record on my throat then you
Break me wide open
Is that you joking with me, yeah
You can do me if you like to
Whatever makes you happy
But don't take it easy on me
All never take it easy
Well you know I look like a woman but I
Cut like a buffalo
Stand up like a tower, tall
But I fall
Just like a domino
You're a prick with a pin woman
Push it into my skin, girl
I'm a prick when I sin and I
Know I can't win
You know I look like a woman and I
Cut like a buffalo
Cut like a buffalo
Stand up like a tower, tall
But I fall
Just like a domino
You can hit me if you want to, hey
Do whatever makes you happy
You should try to take it easy on me
Cause I don't know how to take it
You're a prick with a pin woman,yeah
Wake me up when it's broke
Only if it's broken
You know I treat you like a joke but you
Can't tell when I'm joking
You cut a record on my throat
But the record's not broken
Cut a record on my throat
But the record's not broken
Is that you choking?
Is that you choking?
Is that you choking?
Or are you just joking?
You know I look like a woman but I
Cut it like a buffalo
Wake me up when it's broke
Just like a woman
You cut a record on my throat then you
Break me wide open
Is that you joking with me, yeah
You can do me if you like to
Whatever makes you happy
But don't take it easy on me
All never take it easy
Well you know I look like a woman but I
Cut like a buffalo
Stand up like a tower, tall
But I fall
Just like a domino
You're a prick with a pin woman
Push it into my skin, girl
I'm a prick when I sin and I
Know I can't win
You know I look like a woman and I
Cut like a buffalo
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I Cut Like a Buffalo Lyrics as written by Jack White
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I think frankNbeans is getting closer. perhaps "I" is contraction for "I am"? Then the title could be analogous to either "hung like a horse" or cut as in muscular cut.
At the same time, this seems to be about taking drugs intravenously. "you're a prick with a pin woman - push it in to my skin girl." Am I taking everything to literally?