"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.
Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short
Wear shirts and boots 'cause it's okay to be a boy
But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading
'Cause you think that being a girl is degrading
But secretly you'd love to know what it's like wouldn't you?
What it feels like for a girl
Silky smooth lips as sweet as candy
Baby, tight blue jeans
Skin that shows in patches
Strong inside but you don't know it
Good little girls, they never show it
When you open up your mouth to speak could you be a little weak?
Do you know what it feels like for a girl?
Do you know what it feels like in this world for a girl?
Hair that twirls on finger tips so gently
Baby, hands that rest on jutting hips repenting
Hurt that's not supposed to show and tears that fall when no one knows
When you're trying hard to be your best could you be a little less?
Do you know what it feels like for a girl?
Do you know what it feels like in this world for a girl?
Do you know what it feels like for a girl?
Do you know what it feels like in this world
What it feels like for a girl?
Strong inside but you don't know it
Good little girls, they never show it
When you open up your mouth to speak could you be a little weak?
Do you know what it feels like for a girl?
Do you know what it feels like in this world for a girl?
Do you know what it feels like for a girl?
Do you know what it feels like in this world for a girl in this world?
Do you know?
Do you know?
Do you know what it feels like for a girl?
What it feels like in this world
Wear shirts and boots 'cause it's okay to be a boy
But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading
'Cause you think that being a girl is degrading
But secretly you'd love to know what it's like wouldn't you?
What it feels like for a girl
Silky smooth lips as sweet as candy
Baby, tight blue jeans
Skin that shows in patches
Strong inside but you don't know it
Good little girls, they never show it
When you open up your mouth to speak could you be a little weak?
Do you know what it feels like for a girl?
Do you know what it feels like in this world for a girl?
Hair that twirls on finger tips so gently
Baby, hands that rest on jutting hips repenting
Hurt that's not supposed to show and tears that fall when no one knows
When you're trying hard to be your best could you be a little less?
Do you know what it feels like for a girl?
Do you know what it feels like in this world for a girl?
Do you know what it feels like for a girl?
Do you know what it feels like in this world
What it feels like for a girl?
Strong inside but you don't know it
Good little girls, they never show it
When you open up your mouth to speak could you be a little weak?
Do you know what it feels like for a girl?
Do you know what it feels like in this world for a girl?
Do you know what it feels like for a girl?
Do you know what it feels like in this world for a girl in this world?
Do you know?
Do you know?
Do you know what it feels like for a girl?
What it feels like in this world
Lyrics submitted by kevin
What It Feels Like for a Girl Lyrics as written by Guy Sigsworth David Mitchell Torn
Lyrics © WARP MUSIC LIMITED, Universal Music Publishing Group, O/B/O DistroKid, Downtown Music Publishing, REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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