"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.
Miss Demeanor on the stage, a miss hap-oh i implore you
It's no miss tery I dont wanna know you
But Miss America I can't ignore you
You can't wipe out all our progress with your little cotton ball
Slice and dice your face to perfection
Slip up a word and down you fall
Teeth are capped, lipo-sucked
Hair is set and nose is contoured.
Tummy's tucked and boobs are lifted,
Uncross your legs and your pantyhose shifted
Am I smilin enough? Am I smilin too much?
Am I tucked in and buckled, do my tits touch?
Hi, how are you, how high are you
Less Teeth and More Tits
It's never enough
You'll never be good enough
You got Less Teeth & More Tits
What a bunch of hipocrits tryin to change the world
Bonded tooth smiles travel so many miles
How you gonna change the world?
I wanna see something else
I wanna see something else
You put the X-tra in ordinary
You add the minus to the plus size
You put the blues into my brown eye
You put the "turd" into saturday
You can't wipe out all our progress with your little cotton ball
Slice and dice your ass to perfection
Slip up a word and down you fall
Am I smilin enough? Am I smilin too much?
Am I tucked in and buckled, do my tits touch?
Hi, how are you, how high are you
Less Teeth and More Tits
Its never enough
You'll never be good enough
You got Less Teeth & More Tits
What a bunch of hipocrits tryin to change the world
Bonded tooth smiles travel so many miles
Whatcha gonna do now?
Something different and meaningful
That makes your smiles not seem so evil
When that crown falls off your head
Will you still feel better off dead?
I wanna see something else
Why won't you show me something else?
It's no miss tery I dont wanna know you
But Miss America I can't ignore you
You can't wipe out all our progress with your little cotton ball
Slice and dice your face to perfection
Slip up a word and down you fall
Teeth are capped, lipo-sucked
Hair is set and nose is contoured.
Tummy's tucked and boobs are lifted,
Uncross your legs and your pantyhose shifted
Am I smilin enough? Am I smilin too much?
Am I tucked in and buckled, do my tits touch?
Hi, how are you, how high are you
Less Teeth and More Tits
It's never enough
You'll never be good enough
You got Less Teeth & More Tits
What a bunch of hipocrits tryin to change the world
Bonded tooth smiles travel so many miles
How you gonna change the world?
I wanna see something else
I wanna see something else
You put the X-tra in ordinary
You add the minus to the plus size
You put the blues into my brown eye
You put the "turd" into saturday
You can't wipe out all our progress with your little cotton ball
Slice and dice your ass to perfection
Slip up a word and down you fall
Am I smilin enough? Am I smilin too much?
Am I tucked in and buckled, do my tits touch?
Hi, how are you, how high are you
Less Teeth and More Tits
Its never enough
You'll never be good enough
You got Less Teeth & More Tits
What a bunch of hipocrits tryin to change the world
Bonded tooth smiles travel so many miles
Whatcha gonna do now?
Something different and meaningful
That makes your smiles not seem so evil
When that crown falls off your head
Will you still feel better off dead?
I wanna see something else
Why won't you show me something else?
Lyrics submitted by kitty_kat_666
Less Teeth, More Tits Lyrics as written by Gina Volpe Donna M Mc Closkey
Lyrics © Songtrust Ave
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