"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.
All the pieces of the puzzle seem to fall into place
But the only thought that I could think was pissin in that fuckin face
The taste that you left in my mouth was rotten
And you think that all the shit you did to me could be forgotten
Well fuck no
you both got me last time
next time I see your punk ass its mine
from behind dawg I'm gonna crack that skull
then I'm gonna laugh when you fall cause you fucked me raw
comin home late at night when your sneakin in the door
with a bottle half empty and your tank is on full
you Hurt me
and I will never forget
how you Hurt me
and all the pain you caused
left my mind blank and my soul was lost
and now the thoughts are in my head and drifting side to side
you know I'm gonna get cause there is nowhere to hide
headlines will read on the night she died
trust me
I will get your ass back
If it kills me
for the rest of your life you will feel me
I'm gonna make you remember that you
Hurt me
you fuckin Hurt me
Hurt me; Hurt me; Hurt me; Hurt me
My head was fucked up; hurt me
When I was locked up: Hurt me
Made a phone call; Hurt Me
Bitch put a block up; HURT ME
on the phone letters to your home
but you never wrote me back
what the fucks up with that
one of these days I'm gonna get you bitch
find your body
in an valley
in the alley
in a ditch
with a 45 chrome to the back of your dome
havin everybody wonderin what the fuck is goin on
where the fuck did you go
never be back again
but I still keep thinkin about you now and then
Trust me
I will get your ass back
If it kills me
for the rest of your life you will feel me
gonna make you remember that you
Hurt me
you fuckin hurt me
I remember when I first said I love you
Got confused from the first time I fucked you
You got nervous when I opened up your legs Relax
cause I was raised on X-rated moves and porno mags
all day walk around with a full buzz
never fully understood what our love was
L-25 straight brought the light
same time had to dip outa town for a few nights
came back and my road dawgs waitin
tellin me some shit leavin me contemplaitin
murder
fuckin my best friend
unheard of
and I'm gonna get you in the end yeah
one of these days it'll be my time
and I'm gonna slit your throat make it look suicide
fuck you don't trust you
But the only thought that I could think was pissin in that fuckin face
The taste that you left in my mouth was rotten
And you think that all the shit you did to me could be forgotten
Well fuck no
you both got me last time
next time I see your punk ass its mine
from behind dawg I'm gonna crack that skull
then I'm gonna laugh when you fall cause you fucked me raw
comin home late at night when your sneakin in the door
with a bottle half empty and your tank is on full
you Hurt me
and I will never forget
how you Hurt me
and all the pain you caused
left my mind blank and my soul was lost
and now the thoughts are in my head and drifting side to side
you know I'm gonna get cause there is nowhere to hide
headlines will read on the night she died
trust me
I will get your ass back
If it kills me
for the rest of your life you will feel me
I'm gonna make you remember that you
Hurt me
you fuckin Hurt me
Hurt me; Hurt me; Hurt me; Hurt me
My head was fucked up; hurt me
When I was locked up: Hurt me
Made a phone call; Hurt Me
Bitch put a block up; HURT ME
on the phone letters to your home
but you never wrote me back
what the fucks up with that
one of these days I'm gonna get you bitch
find your body
in an valley
in the alley
in a ditch
with a 45 chrome to the back of your dome
havin everybody wonderin what the fuck is goin on
where the fuck did you go
never be back again
but I still keep thinkin about you now and then
Trust me
I will get your ass back
If it kills me
for the rest of your life you will feel me
gonna make you remember that you
Hurt me
you fuckin hurt me
I remember when I first said I love you
Got confused from the first time I fucked you
You got nervous when I opened up your legs Relax
cause I was raised on X-rated moves and porno mags
all day walk around with a full buzz
never fully understood what our love was
L-25 straight brought the light
same time had to dip outa town for a few nights
came back and my road dawgs waitin
tellin me some shit leavin me contemplaitin
murder
fuckin my best friend
unheard of
and I'm gonna get you in the end yeah
one of these days it'll be my time
and I'm gonna slit your throat make it look suicide
fuck you don't trust you
Lyrics submitted by md420
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