"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.
Somebody told me that someone told them
That you was hanging with a girl named Kim say uh uh
Tell me this ain't true
Why you laughing?
Do I look like I am playing?
Wipe that smurk or start confessing
Is it true what I've been hearing? (is it true?)
Have you heard of that girl Lorena Bobbitt?
Well, you're gonna meet her oh oh
Have you heard of that girl Lorena Bobbitt? oh
Well, you're gonna meet her oh oh
You told me that your love was deeper than the sea
But I'm standing here looking really crazy
Said uh uh (uh uh)
I'm feeling like a fool
I get a good loving, but you are still messing
Around with a hepper that's 5 foot 7
Miss Love E got nothing on me
You had a 10, now you're hanging with a 3
Have you heard of that girl Lorena Bobbitt?
Well, you're gonna meet her oh oh
Have you heard of that girl Lorena Bobbitt? oh
Well, you're gonna meet her oh oh
Paps said I should leave it alone
But I'm too hurt to let it go
My friends screaming at me 'shit girl, what you doin? '
You gonna end up doing time
Saying 'baby girl, this isn't you'
You're life is not, Miss Lorena Bobbitt
Uh uh...
Have you heard of that girl Lorena Bobbitt?
Well, you're gonna meet her oh oh
Have you heard of that girl Lorena Bobbitt? oh
Well, you're gonna meet her oh oh
L O R E N A B O B B I T T
B O B B I T T
L O R E N A B O B B I T T
B O B B I T T
That you was hanging with a girl named Kim say uh uh
Tell me this ain't true
Why you laughing?
Do I look like I am playing?
Wipe that smurk or start confessing
Is it true what I've been hearing? (is it true?)
Have you heard of that girl Lorena Bobbitt?
Well, you're gonna meet her oh oh
Have you heard of that girl Lorena Bobbitt? oh
Well, you're gonna meet her oh oh
You told me that your love was deeper than the sea
But I'm standing here looking really crazy
Said uh uh (uh uh)
I'm feeling like a fool
I get a good loving, but you are still messing
Around with a hepper that's 5 foot 7
Miss Love E got nothing on me
You had a 10, now you're hanging with a 3
Have you heard of that girl Lorena Bobbitt?
Well, you're gonna meet her oh oh
Have you heard of that girl Lorena Bobbitt? oh
Well, you're gonna meet her oh oh
Paps said I should leave it alone
But I'm too hurt to let it go
My friends screaming at me 'shit girl, what you doin? '
You gonna end up doing time
Saying 'baby girl, this isn't you'
You're life is not, Miss Lorena Bobbitt
Uh uh...
Have you heard of that girl Lorena Bobbitt?
Well, you're gonna meet her oh oh
Have you heard of that girl Lorena Bobbitt? oh
Well, you're gonna meet her oh oh
L O R E N A B O B B I T T
B O B B I T T
L O R E N A B O B B I T T
B O B B I T T
Lyrics submitted by Jessica Buckner
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