"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.
Stars litter the sky
The moon is shining high
This soft, September night
Two lovers creep out of sight
A maiden dressed in white
With copper hair
Restless for adventure
She don't care
That the wolf is in disguise
She's been ensnared
He got the devil in his eyes
& stylish flair
He shoves her to the ground
Her soul begins to drown
A sky full of eyes where the stars should be
A sky full of eyes watching silently
You're a woman now
You've become a women now
The weight of the cradle has broken the bough
You've become a woman now
Mama woke me up at dawn
She helped me get my best dress on
She braided flowers in my hair
So sweet was the summer air
I'm to meet my groom down by the sea
A perfect stranger to correct me
The judges arrive in pairs of 3
Don't be scared, just relax & breathe
Good girls hold real still
Surrender your free will
They cracked the crown
To pluck the pearl
Here, on the jagged edge
Of the world
You're a woman now
You've become a woman now
The weight of the cradle has broken the bough
You've become a woman now
Standing on the welfare line
My daughter clinging to my side
I see the faith in her eyes
I whisper, baby we will be fine
I'll get a good job
& we'll find a new place
I'll work real hard
& we'll make our escape
I promise you I will get us through
Together we will bloom
You're a woman now
You've become a woman now
The weight of the cradle has broken the bough
You've become a woman now
You're a woman now
You're a woman now
You're a woman now
The moon is shining high
This soft, September night
Two lovers creep out of sight
A maiden dressed in white
With copper hair
Restless for adventure
She don't care
That the wolf is in disguise
She's been ensnared
He got the devil in his eyes
& stylish flair
He shoves her to the ground
Her soul begins to drown
A sky full of eyes where the stars should be
A sky full of eyes watching silently
You're a woman now
You've become a women now
The weight of the cradle has broken the bough
You've become a woman now
Mama woke me up at dawn
She helped me get my best dress on
She braided flowers in my hair
So sweet was the summer air
I'm to meet my groom down by the sea
A perfect stranger to correct me
The judges arrive in pairs of 3
Don't be scared, just relax & breathe
Good girls hold real still
Surrender your free will
They cracked the crown
To pluck the pearl
Here, on the jagged edge
Of the world
You're a woman now
You've become a woman now
The weight of the cradle has broken the bough
You've become a woman now
Standing on the welfare line
My daughter clinging to my side
I see the faith in her eyes
I whisper, baby we will be fine
I'll get a good job
& we'll find a new place
I'll work real hard
& we'll make our escape
I promise you I will get us through
Together we will bloom
You're a woman now
You've become a woman now
The weight of the cradle has broken the bough
You've become a woman now
You're a woman now
You're a woman now
You're a woman now
Lyrics submitted by 11milleran
Ur A Wmn Now Lyrics as written by Otep Shamaya Holly Knight
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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Morethanadream, I somewhat agree on your perception on the first verse but...
Your opinion on the second verse is rather irrational. It's obviously about an arranged marriage, to someone she has never really got know. That was very common, and is still happening in other countries. "Good girls hold real still / Surrender your free will " means to not flee from the altar. She is writing how marriage takes over, how men used to force their wives to do all the housework, cooking, child raising... They didn't have much time to get out- so, it basically saying "goodbye to your personal freedom"...
Also, the third verse Otep said was about her mother and her. (: