"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.
[Repeat: x2]
I'm a honey hound
I'm a player on the prowl
I don't mess around
Cause I got to lay you down
Just like a story in a magazine
Tear jerking movie that we all have seen
Was like an angel if you know what I mean
I wasn't staid by this Nubian Queen
See I'm a player, a honey hound
My feet are normally on solid ground
A thief of hearts, I've stolen many crowns
Now I'm the victim of the turn around
All I really wanted was to hit and run
How she did me I could swear she was the one
Never thought I'd be the one to feel so used
Now I'm standing here girl and I'm so confused
All I really wanted was to hit and run
How she did me I could swear she was the one
I was thinking this was a one night stand
Never really plan to be your man
It's too conflicting, it just can't be right(ME)
Despite the fact that we've become so tight
I know you wanna make me see the light
But I can't stop from putting up a fight
Through heart of stone, I don't have much to give
Hitting (getting) honies, that's the way I live
I make my money and I spend my bills
Be hitting slots and putting in my bids
You got me caught in this web and it's giving me hell
(I can't believe that this is happening)
You're putting things in my head and I'm confused can't you tell
(I can't believe that this is happening)
Just like a story in a magazine
Tear jerking movie that we all have seen
Was like an angel if you know what I mean
I wasn't staid by this Nubian Queen
See I'm a player, a honey hound
My feet are normally on solid ground
A thief of hearts, I've stolen many crowns
Now I'm the victim of the turn around
All I really wanted was to hit and run
How she did me I could swear she was the one
Never thought I'd be the one to feel so used
Now I'm standing here girl and I'm so confused
All I really wanted was to hit and run
How she did me I could swear she was the one
I was thinking this was a one night stand
Never really plan to be your man
I'm a honey hound
I'm a player on the prowl
I don't mess around
Cause I got to lay you down
Just like a story in a magazine
Tear jerking movie that we all have seen
Was like an angel if you know what I mean
I wasn't staid by this Nubian Queen
See I'm a player, a honey hound
My feet are normally on solid ground
A thief of hearts, I've stolen many crowns
Now I'm the victim of the turn around
All I really wanted was to hit and run
How she did me I could swear she was the one
Never thought I'd be the one to feel so used
Now I'm standing here girl and I'm so confused
All I really wanted was to hit and run
How she did me I could swear she was the one
I was thinking this was a one night stand
Never really plan to be your man
It's too conflicting, it just can't be right(ME)
Despite the fact that we've become so tight
I know you wanna make me see the light
But I can't stop from putting up a fight
Through heart of stone, I don't have much to give
Hitting (getting) honies, that's the way I live
I make my money and I spend my bills
Be hitting slots and putting in my bids
You got me caught in this web and it's giving me hell
(I can't believe that this is happening)
You're putting things in my head and I'm confused can't you tell
(I can't believe that this is happening)
Just like a story in a magazine
Tear jerking movie that we all have seen
Was like an angel if you know what I mean
I wasn't staid by this Nubian Queen
See I'm a player, a honey hound
My feet are normally on solid ground
A thief of hearts, I've stolen many crowns
Now I'm the victim of the turn around
All I really wanted was to hit and run
How she did me I could swear she was the one
Never thought I'd be the one to feel so used
Now I'm standing here girl and I'm so confused
All I really wanted was to hit and run
How she did me I could swear she was the one
I was thinking this was a one night stand
Never really plan to be your man
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Hit & Run Lyrics as written by Christopher Birch Bruce A. Brewster
Lyrics © Royalty Network, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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