"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.
Don't get me waiting
And anticipating
Treating me like a fool
I got news for you
I'm turning my back
I'm dropping a bomb on you
Ah
You want me
You need me
Believe me
You'll be crawling
You love me
You hate me
Believe me
You'll come crawling
So get down and get off
Let me show you what you'll be missing
We break up, you break down
Gonna drag you through this kicking and screaming
Don't keep me guessing
I'm your favorite obsession
To give me a lame excuse
It's with me that your messing
It's the same old confession
Your no one that something would lose
Ah
Watch out now
Don't black out
There's no doubt
You can't have it
Control you
I'll own you
I'll show you, but you still can't have it
So get down and get off
Let me show you what you'll be missing
We break up, you break down
Gonna drag you through this kicking and screaming
So get down, and get it off
You're not the only one that I've been missing
We break up, you break down
Gonna drag you through this kicking and screaming
You'll be kicking and screaming
You'll be kicking and screaming
I'm so deceiving
You'll be kicking and screaming!
Watch out now
You'll find out
You'll cry out
There's no one above me
I play hard
Don't run far
Come back now
I really do like you
So get down, and get off
Let me show you what you'll be missing
We break up, you break down
Gonna drag you through this kicking and screaming
So get down, and get off
You're not the only one that I've been missing
We break up, you break down
Gonna drag you through this kicking and screaming
You'll be kicking and screaming
You'll be kicking and screaming
Kicking and screaming
Kicking and screaming
And anticipating
Treating me like a fool
I got news for you
I'm turning my back
I'm dropping a bomb on you
Ah
You want me
You need me
Believe me
You'll be crawling
You love me
You hate me
Believe me
You'll come crawling
So get down and get off
Let me show you what you'll be missing
We break up, you break down
Gonna drag you through this kicking and screaming
Don't keep me guessing
I'm your favorite obsession
To give me a lame excuse
It's with me that your messing
It's the same old confession
Your no one that something would lose
Ah
Watch out now
Don't black out
There's no doubt
You can't have it
Control you
I'll own you
I'll show you, but you still can't have it
So get down and get off
Let me show you what you'll be missing
We break up, you break down
Gonna drag you through this kicking and screaming
So get down, and get it off
You're not the only one that I've been missing
We break up, you break down
Gonna drag you through this kicking and screaming
You'll be kicking and screaming
You'll be kicking and screaming
I'm so deceiving
You'll be kicking and screaming!
Watch out now
You'll find out
You'll cry out
There's no one above me
I play hard
Don't run far
Come back now
I really do like you
So get down, and get off
Let me show you what you'll be missing
We break up, you break down
Gonna drag you through this kicking and screaming
So get down, and get off
You're not the only one that I've been missing
We break up, you break down
Gonna drag you through this kicking and screaming
You'll be kicking and screaming
You'll be kicking and screaming
Kicking and screaming
Kicking and screaming
Lyrics submitted by hushie, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Kicking and Screaming Lyrics as written by Kara Dioguardi John Shanks
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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