"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.
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
Everybody naked in the hot tub
Everybody want a baby oil back rub
Drinkin’ Champagne from your belly button
Lickin’ it up like wine
Everybody wanna make it with a playmate
Everybody wanna drive through the front gate
In a jet black Lamborghini
Leopard print fur lined
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
Everybody wearin’ edible bikinis
Everybody want a chocolate martini
Naomi Campbell on a polar bear rug
Afternoon delight
Hangin’ out with Hef down in the grotto
Heartbreaker farm fresh from Ohio
Prove it to me you’re a natural blonde
Caught a bunny in a lie
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
What the fuck d’you say?
Bitch, go get your clothes
Hell no, you can’t sleep here
Huh, me?
They call me Bobby, Bobby Shazam
They call me Bobby, Bobby Shazam
They call me Bobby, Bobby Shazam
Bitch, my name is Bobby Shazam
Pamela’s here hangin’ with a douchebag
I’m sippin’ on a full fifth of Red Stag
Short stories and a couple of vials
Detroit city style
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
Everybody naked in the hot tub
Everybody want a baby oil back rub
Drinkin’ Champagne from your belly button
Lickin’ it up like wine
Everybody wanna make it with a playmate
Everybody wanna drive through the front gate
In a jet black Lamborghini
Leopard print fur lined
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
Everybody wearin’ edible bikinis
Everybody want a chocolate martini
Naomi Campbell on a polar bear rug
Afternoon delight
Hangin’ out with Hef down in the grotto
Heartbreaker farm fresh from Ohio
Prove it to me you’re a natural blonde
Caught a bunny in a lie
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
What the fuck d’you say?
Bitch, go get your clothes
Hell no, you can’t sleep here
Huh, me?
They call me Bobby, Bobby Shazam
They call me Bobby, Bobby Shazam
They call me Bobby, Bobby Shazam
Bitch, my name is Bobby Shazam
Pamela’s here hangin’ with a douchebag
I’m sippin’ on a full fifth of Red Stag
Short stories and a couple of vials
Detroit city style
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
Don’t you wanna go down?
Come on, come on, come on
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
My name’s Cucci, Cucci Galore
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Cucci Galore Lyrics as written by R.j. Ritchie Chris Kennedy
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