"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.
MORENA MIA
Morena mía
Voy a contarte hasta diez
Uno es el sol que te alumbra
Dos tus piernas que mandan
Somos tres en tu cama, tres
Morena mía
El cuarto viene después
Cinco tus continentes
Seis mis medias farreas de mis medios calientes
Sigo contando ahorita
Bien, bien, bien, bien
Morena mía
Siete son los pecados cometidos
Suman ocho conmigo
Nueve los que te cobro
Mas de diez es sentido
Y por mi parte sobra darte lo que me das
Dámelo bien
Un poco aquí, un poco a quién
Cuando tu boca me toca
Me pone y me provoca
Me muerde y me destroza
Toda siempre es poca
Y muévete bien, que nadie como tu sabe hacer café
Morena agarra, ay me mata
Me mata y me remata
Y vamos al infierno
Porque no sea eterno, suavemente
Que nadie como tu me sabe hacer café
Pero cuando tu boca, me toca
Me pone y me provoca
Me muerde y me destroza toda siempre es poca
Y muévete bien, bien, bien
Que nadie como tu me sabe hacer, uh, café
Bien, bien, bien, bien
Bien, bien, bien, bien
Morena mía
Si esto no es felicidad
Que baje dios y lo vea
Y aunque no se lo crea
Esto es gloria
Y por mi parte pongo el arte
lo que me das
damelo
cuidalo bien
un poco asi, un poco a quien.
(Estribillo)
Morena mía
Voy a contarte hasta diez
Uno es el sol que te alumbra
Dos tus piernas que mandan
Somos tres en tu cama, tres
Morena mía
El cuarto viene después
Cinco tus continentes
Seis mis medias farreas de mis medios calientes
Sigo contando ahorita
Bien, bien, bien, bien
Morena mía
Siete son los pecados cometidos
Suman ocho conmigo
Nueve los que te cobro
Mas de diez es sentido
Y por mi parte sobra darte lo que me das
Dámelo bien
Un poco aquí, un poco a quién
Cuando tu boca me toca
Me pone y me provoca
Me muerde y me destroza
Toda siempre es poca
Y muévete bien, que nadie como tu sabe hacer café
Morena agarra, ay me mata
Me mata y me remata
Y vamos al infierno
Porque no sea eterno, suavemente
Que nadie como tu me sabe hacer café
Pero cuando tu boca, me toca
Me pone y me provoca
Me muerde y me destroza toda siempre es poca
Y muévete bien, bien, bien
Que nadie como tu me sabe hacer, uh, café
Bien, bien, bien, bien
Bien, bien, bien, bien
Morena mía
Si esto no es felicidad
Que baje dios y lo vea
Y aunque no se lo crea
Esto es gloria
Y por mi parte pongo el arte
lo que me das
damelo
cuidalo bien
un poco asi, un poco a quien.
(Estribillo)
Lyrics submitted by hwinter_26
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very cool song... does any1 who speaks spanish (spanish, right?) have an explanation of the lyrics?
its a cool song, not one of my favorites from him though... its about a relationship more like a threesome . . . she has a lover, thats him & another guy maybe fiance, husband or something... he knows its wrong but shes like an obsesion, he cant resist her ...
BRUNETTE OF MINE
Brunette of mine I will count to you to ten One is the sun that illuminates you Two is your legs which command We are three in bed, three Brunette of mine The fourth one comes later Five are your continents Six is my half parties of my half hot ones I keep on counting right now Good, good, good, good Brunette of mine Seven is the sins made The sum eight with me Nine the ones I collect you More than ten is sense
And from my part it exceeds what you give to me Give it to me good A little here, a little to who When you mouth touches me It sets me on and it provokes me It bites me and it destroys me All of it is always few And move it well; no one like you knows doing coffee Brunette: grab. Oh, it kills me It kills me and it ends me And we go to Hell For it no to be eternal, softly That no one like you knows doing coffee When you mouth touches me It sets me on and it provokes me It bites me and it destroys me All of it is always few
And move it well, well, well That no one like you knows doing me, uh, coffee
Well, well, well Well, well, well
Brunette of mine If this is happiness That may God descends and sees it And even He didn't believe it This is glory
And from my part I put art That which you give me Give it to me Take good care of it A little that way, a little to who
(Chorus)
Brunette of mine I'm gonna count ten One is the sun that illuminates you Two is your legs which command We are three in bed, three Brunette of mine The fourth one comes later Five are your continents Six is my half parties of my half hot ones I will keep on counting in a second Good, good, good, good Brunette of mine Seven are the sins committed They add up to eight with me Nine are the ones I collect from you/ Nine are the ones i charge you More than ten are felt
And from my part, remains what you gave to me Give it to me good A little here, a little to who When you mouth touches me It sets me on and it provokes me It bites me and it destroys me All of it, will always be few And move it well; no one like you knows how to make coffee/ no one knows how to make coffee like you
my Brunette touches me and it kills me It kills me and it ends me we are going to Hell even if its not eternal, softly no one like you knows how to make coffee/ no one knows how to make coffee like you
When you mouth touches me It sets me on and it provokes me It bites me and it destroys me All of it will always few
And move it well, well, well no one like you knows how to make coffee/ no one knows how to make coffee like you
Well, well, well Well, well, well
Brunette of mine If this ain't happiness May God descends and see it And even if he dont believe it This is glory
And from my part I put art That which you give me Give it to me Take good care of it A little that way, a little to who
(Chorus)
Its a gay/ lesbian song
describing their prohibited sex orgies and how good it is
this song is very firgutive but even so it still makes sense a lil even if not in figutive sense
what does coffe mean
im still not sure
somebody once told me this song was about a male and a female bi and even though they both(or the 3 of them) like to have sex together at the end of the day there are still lesbian and gay
either way its a good sex song
In the Velvetina tour, before playing this song, he said it was about the woman with whom he discovered every kind of sexual pleasure someone can feel, he said people would talk behind their backs saying they would go to hell for all eternity because of their relationship and stuff like that ,,, great song, though i agree its not my favorite from Miguel.
to those who translated this, though the common dictionary definition of morena is brunette, he uses morena to mean pretty or beautiful (usually the third or fourth definition down in a spanish only dictionary). he is saying "my beautiful".