"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.
A-a-a-a F me!
A-a-a-a F me!
A-a-a-a F me!
A-a-a-a F me!
Take you to my house,
Put you on my couch
Put this in your mouth
Then I'm going South
(Say my name)
What your name again? What your name again?
(Say my name)
What's your name again? What's your name again?
Take it to my room,
Have you sayin' "uh"
(Baby, like that?) Yeah, you know what to do!
(Say my name)
What's your name again? What's your name again?
(Say my name)
What's your name again? What's your name again?
Baby, I don't know
I don't usually do
Listen to me now,
But you can have my two
Lips on you
Yeah, I know what to do
Baby it don't matter, I been drinking, do whatever
A girl, you my B girl
C girl? I got this D girl
No need to spell it up, I'll make it easy
I'll have you yelling up your "ABCD"
I Just Wanna F, F, F (G)
I Just Wanna F, F, F (H)
I Just Wanna F, F, F (U)
I Just Wanna F, F, F
A-a-a-a F me!
A-a-a-a F me!
A-a-a-a F me!
A-a-a-a F me!
I'm a alpha dog,
You're my alpha bitch
You know, you have a beats
You know your alphabet?
Come get this alpha dick
Music is my wife girl
I just need a mistress
Keep you in my life girl
You don't wanna miss this
I'm the elemental in your peace, oh
You wanna get a little peace of this, yo
Twenty six letters of pleasure with me
So, you wanna bring your friend with ya?
A girl, you my B girl
C girl? I got this D girl
No need to spell it up, I'll make it easy
I'll have you yelling up your "ABCD"
I Just Wanna F, F, F (G)
I Just Wanna F, F, F (H)
I Just Wanna F, F, F (U)
I Just Wanna F, F, F
Get-get-get down
Get-get-get down
Get-get-get down
Get-get-get down
You can be my student
Give you schooling
Show you how to make it bounce like a bad check
I can be your teacher, I can teach ya
How to get straight A's
But you really wanna F?
You can buy, go fetch
I know what's right, but go left
Living in the night, but we hardly dream
In the club, going Charlie Sheen
A girl, you my B girl
C girl? I got this D girl
No need to spell it up, I'll make it easy
I'll have you yelling up your "ABCD"
I Just Wanna F, F, F (G)
I Just Wanna F, F, F (H)
I Just Wanna F, F, F (U)
I Just Wanna F, F, F
A girl, you my B girl
C girl? I got this D girl
No need to spell it up, I'll make it easy
I'll have you yelling up your "ABCD"
I Just Wanna F, F, F (G)
I Just Wanna F, F, F (H)
I Just Wanna F, F, F (U)
I Just Wanna F, F, F
A-a-a-a F me!
A-a-a-a F me!
A-a-a-a F me!
Take you to my house,
Put you on my couch
Put this in your mouth
Then I'm going South
(Say my name)
What your name again? What your name again?
(Say my name)
What's your name again? What's your name again?
Take it to my room,
Have you sayin' "uh"
(Baby, like that?) Yeah, you know what to do!
(Say my name)
What's your name again? What's your name again?
(Say my name)
What's your name again? What's your name again?
Baby, I don't know
I don't usually do
Listen to me now,
But you can have my two
Lips on you
Yeah, I know what to do
Baby it don't matter, I been drinking, do whatever
A girl, you my B girl
C girl? I got this D girl
No need to spell it up, I'll make it easy
I'll have you yelling up your "ABCD"
I Just Wanna F, F, F (G)
I Just Wanna F, F, F (H)
I Just Wanna F, F, F (U)
I Just Wanna F, F, F
A-a-a-a F me!
A-a-a-a F me!
A-a-a-a F me!
A-a-a-a F me!
I'm a alpha dog,
You're my alpha bitch
You know, you have a beats
You know your alphabet?
Come get this alpha dick
Music is my wife girl
I just need a mistress
Keep you in my life girl
You don't wanna miss this
I'm the elemental in your peace, oh
You wanna get a little peace of this, yo
Twenty six letters of pleasure with me
So, you wanna bring your friend with ya?
A girl, you my B girl
C girl? I got this D girl
No need to spell it up, I'll make it easy
I'll have you yelling up your "ABCD"
I Just Wanna F, F, F (G)
I Just Wanna F, F, F (H)
I Just Wanna F, F, F (U)
I Just Wanna F, F, F
Get-get-get down
Get-get-get down
Get-get-get down
Get-get-get down
You can be my student
Give you schooling
Show you how to make it bounce like a bad check
I can be your teacher, I can teach ya
How to get straight A's
But you really wanna F?
You can buy, go fetch
I know what's right, but go left
Living in the night, but we hardly dream
In the club, going Charlie Sheen
A girl, you my B girl
C girl? I got this D girl
No need to spell it up, I'll make it easy
I'll have you yelling up your "ABCD"
I Just Wanna F, F, F (G)
I Just Wanna F, F, F (H)
I Just Wanna F, F, F (U)
I Just Wanna F, F, F
A girl, you my B girl
C girl? I got this D girl
No need to spell it up, I'll make it easy
I'll have you yelling up your "ABCD"
I Just Wanna F, F, F (G)
I Just Wanna F, F, F (H)
I Just Wanna F, F, F (U)
I Just Wanna F, F, F
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