"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.
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
Where you goin' boy, I see your legs twitchin'
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
My daddy says you just need a good lickin'
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
You say you gonna be the king of Las Vegas
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
You're just a boy who comes from bad places
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
Why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why
Do fools fall in love with fools like you
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
Why did you go and crash up your new car
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
Is it because it didn't take you too far
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
Why do you always have such a sad face
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
Is it because you want to get out of this place
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
Why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why
Do fools fall in love with fools like you
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
You're much too wild for this town
There's not much here that's gonna hold you down
You gotta lotta style it should take you far
Take you further than my back yard
Oop shoo boop oop oop sha la la la
Oop shoo boop oop oop sha la la la
Oop shoo boop oop oop sha la la la
Oop shoo boop oop oop sha la la la
Took my advice and got out of this place
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
This old town ain't never gonna be the same
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
I really love you, I just couldn't tell you so
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
I should've said it then, now you'll never know
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
Why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why
Do fools fall in love
You're much too wild for this town
There's not much here that's gonna hold you down
You gotta lotta style it should take you far
Take you further than my back yard
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
Why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why
Do fools fall in love with fools like you
Oop shoo boop oop oop sha la la la
Oop shoo boop oop oop sha la la la
Oop shoo boop oop oop sha la la la
Oop shoo boop oop oop sha la la la
Hey! I really love you Jimmy
Hey! I really love you Jimmy
Hey! I really love you Jimmy
Hey! I really love you, love you Jimmy
Sha la la la
Sha la la la
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
Where you goin' boy, I see your legs twitchin'
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
My daddy says you just need a good lickin'
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
You say you gonna be the king of Las Vegas
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
You're just a boy who comes from bad places
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
Why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why
Do fools fall in love with fools like you
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
Why did you go and crash up your new car
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
Is it because it didn't take you too far
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
Why do you always have such a sad face
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
Is it because you want to get out of this place
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
Why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why
Do fools fall in love with fools like you
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
You're much too wild for this town
There's not much here that's gonna hold you down
You gotta lotta style it should take you far
Take you further than my back yard
Oop shoo boop oop oop sha la la la
Oop shoo boop oop oop sha la la la
Oop shoo boop oop oop sha la la la
Oop shoo boop oop oop sha la la la
Took my advice and got out of this place
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
This old town ain't never gonna be the same
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
I really love you, I just couldn't tell you so
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
I should've said it then, now you'll never know
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
Why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why
Do fools fall in love
You're much too wild for this town
There's not much here that's gonna hold you down
You gotta lotta style it should take you far
Take you further than my back yard
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
(Jimmy Jimmy, oh Jimmy Jimmy)
Why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why
Do fools fall in love with fools like you
Oop shoo boop oop oop sha la la la
Oop shoo boop oop oop sha la la la
Oop shoo boop oop oop sha la la la
Oop shoo boop oop oop sha la la la
Hey! I really love you Jimmy
Hey! I really love you Jimmy
Hey! I really love you Jimmy
Hey! I really love you, love you Jimmy
Sha la la la
Sha la la la
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
Jimmy, Jimmy Lyrics as written by Stephen Bray . Madonna
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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