"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.
Everyone thinks I'm Madonna
It's getting kind of strange
Every time I get my hair bleached
They keep calling out my name
In London and Manhattan I can only stay indoors
My homes have become stops on the celebrity bus tours
Everyone thinks I'm Madonna
And I'm getting kind of tired
My assistants leak my whereabouts
And end up getting fired
I can't keep a single nanny for my daughters and my sons
They steal and sell my underwear and none of this is fun, I tell you
Everyone thinks I'm Madonna,
It's getting kind of crass
People stop and stare when I'm in Pilates class
And what really burns me up, and I hate to be a venter
The autograph requests at the Kabbalah centre
Everyone thinks I'm Madonna,
It's starting to be a scene,
The paparazzi shoot me when I'm in my limousine
And if I get another call from a French school in the city
About the classes Lourdes missed, I'm gonna throw a hissy fitty
Because
I'm not Madonna I'm not Madonna
I'm not Madonna I'm not Madonna
Everyone thinks I'm Madonna
It's becoming quite a bore
Jelly Bean keeps calling me from 1984
And when I tell him it's not me and that he's the one who's wrong
He shows up at my doorstep with some pile of crap he calls a song
Everyone thinks I'm Madonna
It's becoming quite a strain
Dolce and Gabbana keep on calling me for every new campaign
And when I tell them they're mistaken and I simply cannot do it
They shoot a girl who's 24 and attach my face to it, but I tell you
I'm not Madonna I'm not Madonna
I'm not Madonna I'm not Madonna
I'm another girl in a material world
I'm another girl in a material world
I'm not Madonna I'm not Madonna
I'm not Madonna I'm not Madonna
I'm another girl in a material world
I'm another girl in a material world
I'm not Madonna I'm not Madonna
I'm not Madonna I'm not Madonna
I'm another girl in a material world
I'm another girl in a material world
I'm not Madonna I'm not Madonna
I'm not Madonna I'm not Madonna
I'm another girl in a material world
I'm another girl in a material world
It's getting kind of strange
Every time I get my hair bleached
They keep calling out my name
In London and Manhattan I can only stay indoors
My homes have become stops on the celebrity bus tours
Everyone thinks I'm Madonna
And I'm getting kind of tired
My assistants leak my whereabouts
And end up getting fired
I can't keep a single nanny for my daughters and my sons
They steal and sell my underwear and none of this is fun, I tell you
Everyone thinks I'm Madonna,
It's getting kind of crass
People stop and stare when I'm in Pilates class
And what really burns me up, and I hate to be a venter
The autograph requests at the Kabbalah centre
Everyone thinks I'm Madonna,
It's starting to be a scene,
The paparazzi shoot me when I'm in my limousine
And if I get another call from a French school in the city
About the classes Lourdes missed, I'm gonna throw a hissy fitty
Because
I'm not Madonna I'm not Madonna
I'm not Madonna I'm not Madonna
Everyone thinks I'm Madonna
It's becoming quite a bore
Jelly Bean keeps calling me from 1984
And when I tell him it's not me and that he's the one who's wrong
He shows up at my doorstep with some pile of crap he calls a song
Everyone thinks I'm Madonna
It's becoming quite a strain
Dolce and Gabbana keep on calling me for every new campaign
And when I tell them they're mistaken and I simply cannot do it
They shoot a girl who's 24 and attach my face to it, but I tell you
I'm not Madonna I'm not Madonna
I'm not Madonna I'm not Madonna
I'm another girl in a material world
I'm another girl in a material world
I'm not Madonna I'm not Madonna
I'm not Madonna I'm not Madonna
I'm another girl in a material world
I'm another girl in a material world
I'm not Madonna I'm not Madonna
I'm not Madonna I'm not Madonna
I'm another girl in a material world
I'm another girl in a material world
I'm not Madonna I'm not Madonna
I'm not Madonna I'm not Madonna
I'm another girl in a material world
I'm another girl in a material world
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hello! this is my first comment to this website and i'm excited to also be the first commenter.
so first and foremost, i first heard this song in the Chloe's Barbeque video and i got intrigued :)
after reading the lyrics, i think it mainly talks about how Madonna's whole pop icon image has been embodied by normal women. it's not just a theoretical image of a woman, but how actual women are living, breathing, "material girls". i don't think the song is talking about how women are emulating Madonna, but rather talking about how the "Madonna lifestyle" is an actual lifestyle for these women.
i think this is a sort of satire against women who live that kind of lavish lifestyle. about how women with this sort of lifestyle could be such divas.
anyway, thanks for uploading the video! i hope that i made sense :D