"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.
Shorty you keep playin' with my mind
You tease me all the time but I had enough
Maybe I should ask your girlfriends why
Why you are so afraid to fall in love
Girl I won't get next to you
You know I don't like sweatin' you
But something 'bout the way you make me feel
You got me in this fantasy
And all my friends keep tellin' me
Shorty's kinda hot so what's the deal?
'Cause we been spendin', rollin', livin', showin'
We got some time for play
But you've been player hatin', waitin'
For this rhyme to pass away
You only get the best with me
I want to give you everything
And anything you ask of me I will
And I don't want to front on you
So tell me what you want to do
And if I'm not the one
Just keep it real
Repeat 2
Repeat 1
[Keith Murray]
Now first of all baby, what's my name?
Spell it backwards you read game
I'm known for splittin' wigs and readin' brains
And when I say splittin' wigs and readin' brains
I mean breakin' it down conversation-wise
Let me explain
I'm in your corner, girl be on my team
Together we could fulfill each other's life dream
We both Gemini so we got 2 sides
Our zodiac sign is the perfect sign
'cause she replied, "All Gemini's lie"
I guess this is what it feels like when doves cry
Your attitude is deep cover
Won't give me the number
Cold play me out like a foul, a bleep or a blunder
It's like a burnin' in the chest, a cardiac arrest
You look like you havin' fun puttin' me through stress
So in between time and in the meantime
You do your thing and I do mine
But don't play wit my mind
Shorty, shorty
Won't you please get naughty with me
And if you really want to
I can be your fantasy
You are so afraid, oh baby
Repeat 1 until fade
You tease me all the time but I had enough
Maybe I should ask your girlfriends why
Why you are so afraid to fall in love
Girl I won't get next to you
You know I don't like sweatin' you
But something 'bout the way you make me feel
You got me in this fantasy
And all my friends keep tellin' me
Shorty's kinda hot so what's the deal?
'Cause we been spendin', rollin', livin', showin'
We got some time for play
But you've been player hatin', waitin'
For this rhyme to pass away
You only get the best with me
I want to give you everything
And anything you ask of me I will
And I don't want to front on you
So tell me what you want to do
And if I'm not the one
Just keep it real
Repeat 2
Repeat 1
[Keith Murray]
Now first of all baby, what's my name?
Spell it backwards you read game
I'm known for splittin' wigs and readin' brains
And when I say splittin' wigs and readin' brains
I mean breakin' it down conversation-wise
Let me explain
I'm in your corner, girl be on my team
Together we could fulfill each other's life dream
We both Gemini so we got 2 sides
Our zodiac sign is the perfect sign
'cause she replied, "All Gemini's lie"
I guess this is what it feels like when doves cry
Your attitude is deep cover
Won't give me the number
Cold play me out like a foul, a bleep or a blunder
It's like a burnin' in the chest, a cardiac arrest
You look like you havin' fun puttin' me through stress
So in between time and in the meantime
You do your thing and I do mine
But don't play wit my mind
Shorty, shorty
Won't you please get naughty with me
And if you really want to
I can be your fantasy
You are so afraid, oh baby
Repeat 1 until fade
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Shorty (You Keep Playin' With My Mind) Lyrics as written by Jane Vaughan Obi Simbarashe Mhondera
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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