"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.
Lucy Rebar, she's a friend of mine
Later she'll go back and redefine the line
It's getting longer all the time
Oh yeah
Drinking sunshine, she likes the taste of it
She had a goldmine, but then she wasted it away
You should have seen her yesterday
Oh yeah
Sing along the way
Nothing stops the ache
Sugar daddy, loves her madly
Cosmo Shiva, got off made you a believer
I don't need to, tend her
Why do I believe you?
Annie wants a baby now
Annie wants a baby any way she can
Missing pieces, she's got a lot of 'em
Time decreases, I wish I thought of 'em before
Before it's time to close the store
Oh yeah
Installation, a lonely sick of fame
Some liberation, the only seed we ever plant
I wanna help you but I can't
No No
Sing along the way
Nothing stops the ache
Sugar daddy, loves her madly
Love her, leave her, got off made you a believer
Be our soldier
Let her, now you've gotten older
Annie wants a baby now
Annie wants a baby any way she can
It's getting longer all the time
It's time to re-design the sign
Oh yeah
Sing along the way
Later she'll go back and redefine the line
It's getting longer all the time
Oh yeah
Drinking sunshine, she likes the taste of it
She had a goldmine, but then she wasted it away
You should have seen her yesterday
Oh yeah
Sing along the way
Nothing stops the ache
Sugar daddy, loves her madly
Cosmo Shiva, got off made you a believer
I don't need to, tend her
Why do I believe you?
Annie wants a baby now
Annie wants a baby any way she can
Missing pieces, she's got a lot of 'em
Time decreases, I wish I thought of 'em before
Before it's time to close the store
Oh yeah
Installation, a lonely sick of fame
Some liberation, the only seed we ever plant
I wanna help you but I can't
No No
Sing along the way
Nothing stops the ache
Sugar daddy, loves her madly
Love her, leave her, got off made you a believer
Be our soldier
Let her, now you've gotten older
Annie wants a baby now
Annie wants a baby any way she can
It's getting longer all the time
It's time to re-design the sign
Oh yeah
Sing along the way
Lyrics submitted by aristuma21, edited by Mellow_Harsher, Kalico37, tenkai
Annie Wants a Baby Lyrics as written by Anthony Kiedis Michael Balzary
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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I must be wrong but when I listen to this cong I can see very clear the picture of a girl who always has what she wants, I mean, that kind of girl who always gets what she wants. But it's never enough. She's always tired of what she has and always want something different, and by the chorus "Annie wants a baby now, Annie wants a baby anyway she cans" we can see that it's just another thing that she wants to pass the time. I mean, she always get what she wants but in the end she has nothing, and the feeling of having nothing scares her to death. But that's just my interpretation
Yes, this! I think this is about a girl who is constantly searching for things outside of herself to make her happy. Maybe the lyric "Annie wants a baby" doesn't mean a literal baby, but something new and different to satisfy her? <br /> <br /> "Sent along the way<br /> Nothing stops the ache"<br /> <br /> "Missing pieces <br /> Shes got alot of them"<br /> <br /> These lyrics really make me think the song is more about the girl's dissatisfaction with herself/what she has in life.
The [?] should be ache, and in "The only seed we ever farm," farm should be plant
farm lol
From the lyrics booklet:
"Lucy Rebar"
"Sing along the way Nothing stops the ache"
"Sugar daddy Loves her madly Cosma shiva Got off Made you a believer I don't need to Tender Why do I believe you"
"Distillation A lonely sycophant Some liberation The only seed we ever plant"
"Sugar daddy Loves her madly Love 'er leave 'er Got off Made you a believer Neon soldiers Left her Now you've gotten older"
And the last line is "Sings along the way"
I am listening to the correct song? The song that I have on my itunes does not follow along with any of these lyrics except the Lucy Rebar part.
I can't see a clear idea about this song... Annie could be Nina Hagen? Cosma Shiva is her daughter... Anthony was her lover many years ago, right? "Some liberation The only seed we ever plant I wanna help but I can't", she wants a baby from him? (I'm getting pretty annoying I guess lol)
I found this at lyricsfreak - it is actual the version of the song i have in MP3 format
Lucy reibart, She's a friend of mine. Later she'll go, Back and redefine the line. It's getting longer all the time. Oh yeah Drinking sunshine, She likes the taste of it. She had a goldmine, But then she wasted it away. You should have seen her yesterday. Oh yeah
[Chorus 1:] Sent along the way, Nothing stops the ache Sugar daddy, Loves her madly. Cosmo sheeva, God oh made you a believer. I don't need to, Tend her, Why do I believe you? Annie wants a baby now. Annie wants a baby any way she can.
Missing pieces, She's got a lot of em. Time decreases, I wish I thought of em before. Before it's time to close the store. Oh yeah
Installation, A lonely sink of fame. Some liberation, The only seed we ever plant. I wanna help you but I can't. No no
[Chorus 2:] Sent along the way, Nothing stops the Sugar daddy, Loves her madly. Lover keeva, God uh made you a believer. Be our soldier, Let her, Now you've gotten older. Annie wants a baby now. Annie wants a baby any way she can,
It's getting longer all the time. It's time to re-design the sign. Oh yeah Sent along the way
I think this song is about a woman who wants to procreate by any means, but she hasn't a clue about how to do it. "Go, back and redefine the line" or "It's time to redesign the sign" means that having a baby it's not so simple since she's been trying to get pregnant for a long time. "She had a goldmine, but then she wasted it away"--> reference to abortion. Annie tries to sing to turn off the pain she feels ("nothing stops the ache"). Probably she's tried so many times to get pregnant that everybody in her family started to believe in some omen ("cosma, shiva, made you a believer"). The second verse explains menopause (the "missing pieces" are the ovarian cells,"time decreases" because she keeps losing them- "before it's time to close the store" (permanent cessation of her reproductive function)) The "installation" which Anthony refers to is having a foetus growing and developing leaving her mother alone for nine months (she'll stay at home more than ever, taking care of herself). The "liberation" is actually giving birth to the baby. And is the "only seed we ever farm" because having children is the way we leave a sign in this world. There's no happy ending, since this "sugar daddy" leaves Annie (they both become older and cannot have babies anymore). Sad story.
I also understand that song the same way, but I believe that Lucy is a girl who is trying to conceive and Annie is just the girl she notes having children, and there is a sense of injustice because Lucy can't, but Annie can.
wow these are all wrong
"Lucy Rebar She’s a friend of mine Later she’ll go redefine the line It’s getting longer all the time Oh yeah
Drinkin’ sunshine She likes the taste of it She had a gold mine but then she wasted it away You should have seen her yesterday Oh yeah
Sing along the way Nothing stops the ache
Sugar daddy Loves her madly Cosma shiva Got off Made you a believer I don’t need to Tender Why do I believe you Annie wants a baby now Annie wants a baby Any way she can
Missing pieces She’s got a lot of them Time decreases I wish I thought of them before Before it’s time To close the store Oh yeah
Distillation A lonely sycophant Some liberation The only seed We ever plant I wanna help you But I can’t No no
Sing along the way Nothing stops the ache
Sugar daddy Loves her madly Love’er leave’er Got off Made you a believer Neon soldiers Left her Now you’ve gotten older Annie wants a baby now Annie wants a baby Any way she can
Its getting longer all the time It’s time to redesign the sign Oh yeah Sings along the way"