"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.
Come to me before your friends tell you
They can't help you
I'm your woman I should be the first one to know
If you want something
If you need something
Why do you think I work so hard
And do all the things I do
Because I don't want nobody else to do a thing for you
Baby, baby please ask me what you want
And I'll try my best to get it, get it, get it, get it
Ask me what you want
And I'll try my best to get it, get it, get it, get it
You've shown me that a woman's place
Is right beside her man
This I can understand
That foolish pride keeps pushing aside
All the things I want to do for you
I'm on your side
Don't you know that when you're down
I'm the one you should turn to
Don't be ashamed because it's the same
Thing I expect of you
Baby, baby please
Why should my giving you things make you feel insecure
I'm also giving you all the love anyone can endure
They can't help you
I'm your woman I should be the first one to know
If you want something
If you need something
Why do you think I work so hard
And do all the things I do
Because I don't want nobody else to do a thing for you
Baby, baby please ask me what you want
And I'll try my best to get it, get it, get it, get it
Ask me what you want
And I'll try my best to get it, get it, get it, get it
You've shown me that a woman's place
Is right beside her man
This I can understand
That foolish pride keeps pushing aside
All the things I want to do for you
I'm on your side
Don't you know that when you're down
I'm the one you should turn to
Don't be ashamed because it's the same
Thing I expect of you
Baby, baby please
Why should my giving you things make you feel insecure
I'm also giving you all the love anyone can endure
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Ask Me What You Want Lyrics as written by Billy Nichols Millie Jackson
Lyrics © BILL-LEE MUSIC CO , NEXT DECADE ENTERTAINMENT,INC.
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