"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.
They say music is the food of love
Let's see if you are hungry enough
Take a bite, take another, just like a good boy would
Get a sweet thing on the side
Home cooking, homicide
Side order, could be your daughter
Finger-licking good
Come on baby, eat the rich
Put the bite on the son of a bitch
Don't mess around, don't give me no switch
C'mon baby eat the rich
C'mon baby eat the rich
Sittin' here in a restaurant
Tell the waiter just what you want
Is that the meat, you wanted to eat
How would you ever know?
Hash browns an' bacon strips
I love the way that you lick your lips
No fooling, I can see you drooling
Feel the hunger grow
Come on baby, eat the rich
Put the bite on the son of a bitch
Don't mess around, don't give me no switch
C'mon baby eat the rich
C'mon baby eat the rich
Eat up, eat you, eat me
Eat two, get one free
Shetland pony, extra pepperoni
Just pick up the phone
Eat Greek, or eat Chinese
Eat salad, or scarf up grease
You're on the shelf, maybe eat yourself
Come on, bite my bone
Come on baby, eat the rich
Put the bite on the son of a bitch
Don't mess around, don't give me no switch
C'mon baby eat the rich
C'mon baby eat the rich
Let's see if you are hungry enough
Take a bite, take another, just like a good boy would
Get a sweet thing on the side
Home cooking, homicide
Side order, could be your daughter
Finger-licking good
Come on baby, eat the rich
Put the bite on the son of a bitch
Don't mess around, don't give me no switch
C'mon baby eat the rich
C'mon baby eat the rich
Sittin' here in a restaurant
Tell the waiter just what you want
Is that the meat, you wanted to eat
How would you ever know?
Hash browns an' bacon strips
I love the way that you lick your lips
No fooling, I can see you drooling
Feel the hunger grow
Come on baby, eat the rich
Put the bite on the son of a bitch
Don't mess around, don't give me no switch
C'mon baby eat the rich
C'mon baby eat the rich
Eat up, eat you, eat me
Eat two, get one free
Shetland pony, extra pepperoni
Just pick up the phone
Eat Greek, or eat Chinese
Eat salad, or scarf up grease
You're on the shelf, maybe eat yourself
Come on, bite my bone
Come on baby, eat the rich
Put the bite on the son of a bitch
Don't mess around, don't give me no switch
C'mon baby eat the rich
C'mon baby eat the rich
Lyrics submitted by a scar in the sky
Eat the Rich Lyrics as written by Philip Campbell Michael Burston
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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