"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.
[Verse 1]
So i had like one song
At this party in New york or maybe it was in LA
You know that she had done some
No pencil but it was written all over her face
Where she really come from
I don’t really care I just know that she not for here
Lookin' mollied up like a college girl
Upside down tubes chuggin' some beer
Where you buy your drugs at
I know you got some percocet, you sound like you on xanax
You can’t even walk straight
Your knees buckling I’m surprised you ain’t fall yet
You tell me why your ass fat
And why you so cool in letting me grab that
And why you telling me you want me to have that
Everything about you utmost is abstract
[Chorus]
She’s with the shit
She’s with the shit
She’s with the shit
So much shit she on so much shit she on yea
She’s with the shit
So much shit she on so much shit she on yea
She’s with the shit
[Verse 2]
I can see it in your eyes because your pupil's swollen
And i don’t got to have a watch to know that you have a moment
I need a moment too I’m on as much as you
That was round about two there was nothing much to do
I could barely understand you cause you slurring bad
Use to swiping back for that glass shout out to your dad
I got to have that flat I know you into that
And I got a bachelor pad I know you into that
I know you into sex girl we should intersect
After this send the text or even call collect
You might say I’m the best but it’s all finesse
And plus I got some tricks you haven't seen yet
We are both grown and we are both strong
She so with her shit
She insists I take her home so I took her home
[Chorus]
She’s with the shit
She’s with the shit
So much shit she on so much shit she on yea
She’s with the shit
So much shit she on so much shit she on yea
She’s with the shit
So much shit she on so much shit she on yea
She’s with the shit
She’s with the shit
She’s with the shit
So i had like one song
At this party in New york or maybe it was in LA
You know that she had done some
No pencil but it was written all over her face
Where she really come from
I don’t really care I just know that she not for here
Lookin' mollied up like a college girl
Upside down tubes chuggin' some beer
Where you buy your drugs at
I know you got some percocet, you sound like you on xanax
You can’t even walk straight
Your knees buckling I’m surprised you ain’t fall yet
You tell me why your ass fat
And why you so cool in letting me grab that
And why you telling me you want me to have that
Everything about you utmost is abstract
[Chorus]
She’s with the shit
She’s with the shit
She’s with the shit
So much shit she on so much shit she on yea
She’s with the shit
So much shit she on so much shit she on yea
She’s with the shit
[Verse 2]
I can see it in your eyes because your pupil's swollen
And i don’t got to have a watch to know that you have a moment
I need a moment too I’m on as much as you
That was round about two there was nothing much to do
I could barely understand you cause you slurring bad
Use to swiping back for that glass shout out to your dad
I got to have that flat I know you into that
And I got a bachelor pad I know you into that
I know you into sex girl we should intersect
After this send the text or even call collect
You might say I’m the best but it’s all finesse
And plus I got some tricks you haven't seen yet
We are both grown and we are both strong
She so with her shit
She insists I take her home so I took her home
[Chorus]
She’s with the shit
She’s with the shit
So much shit she on so much shit she on yea
She’s with the shit
So much shit she on so much shit she on yea
She’s with the shit
So much shit she on so much shit she on yea
She’s with the shit
She’s with the shit
She’s with the shit
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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