"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.
You'll find a sticky paper butterfly net underneath your seat
We're kicking snare into the air so you can catch the beat
We're shooting bass butter on the dance floor to help you move your hips
And to blow your mind out through your mouth, I'm bringing loco cocoa vocal eclipses
Is there a sexual undertone? I don't know what you mean
I wanna get your rhythm hearts pumping, alright
(Come on baby)
And when we're making music y'all, it's jumping right here tonight
I'm gonna get your fleshy parts slapping
I could mean your hands, or I could mean your thighs
All I really know is you won't be comatose
When we step up on that stage tonight
Big girls, go and saddle up that funky old swerve, alright
We're cooking lip-o-licious grooves you need to vibrate all your heavenly curves
Now I know what you're thinking, say,
"You shouldn't clown a lady because she's fat", that ain't my game
Tripping the fun back fantastic by my barbecue range,
That's where it's at, alright
Is there a rubenesque undertone? I don't know what you mean
I wanna get your rhythm hearts pumping, alright
(Come on baby)
And when we're making music y'all, it's jumping right here tonight
I said I wanna get your fleshy parts slapping
I could mean your hands, or I could mean your thighs
All I really know is you won't be comatose
When we step up on that stage tonight
So if you¡re a moonshot freak, turn to ash on a sunny day, OK
We got the nocturnal beats you need to make your undead brethren sway
This ain't your mama's house baby, don't you know you got to pay to play?
Drinking that soylent merlot in the back seat of my Cabriolet, all day
Is there a vampiric undertone? I don't know what you mean
I wanna get your rhythm hearts pumping, alright
(Come on baby)
And when we're making music y'all, it's jumping right here in your air tonight
I said I'm gonna get your fleshy parts slapping
I could mean your hands, but you know I could mean your thighs
All I really know is you won't be comatose
When we step up on that stage tonight
I'm feeling kinda lonely, come on baby
We're kicking snare into the air so you can catch the beat
We're shooting bass butter on the dance floor to help you move your hips
And to blow your mind out through your mouth, I'm bringing loco cocoa vocal eclipses
Is there a sexual undertone? I don't know what you mean
I wanna get your rhythm hearts pumping, alright
(Come on baby)
And when we're making music y'all, it's jumping right here tonight
I'm gonna get your fleshy parts slapping
I could mean your hands, or I could mean your thighs
All I really know is you won't be comatose
When we step up on that stage tonight
Big girls, go and saddle up that funky old swerve, alright
We're cooking lip-o-licious grooves you need to vibrate all your heavenly curves
Now I know what you're thinking, say,
"You shouldn't clown a lady because she's fat", that ain't my game
Tripping the fun back fantastic by my barbecue range,
That's where it's at, alright
Is there a rubenesque undertone? I don't know what you mean
I wanna get your rhythm hearts pumping, alright
(Come on baby)
And when we're making music y'all, it's jumping right here tonight
I said I wanna get your fleshy parts slapping
I could mean your hands, or I could mean your thighs
All I really know is you won't be comatose
When we step up on that stage tonight
So if you¡re a moonshot freak, turn to ash on a sunny day, OK
We got the nocturnal beats you need to make your undead brethren sway
This ain't your mama's house baby, don't you know you got to pay to play?
Drinking that soylent merlot in the back seat of my Cabriolet, all day
Is there a vampiric undertone? I don't know what you mean
I wanna get your rhythm hearts pumping, alright
(Come on baby)
And when we're making music y'all, it's jumping right here in your air tonight
I said I'm gonna get your fleshy parts slapping
I could mean your hands, but you know I could mean your thighs
All I really know is you won't be comatose
When we step up on that stage tonight
I'm feeling kinda lonely, come on baby
Lyrics submitted by Juanjo25
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