"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.
You're so sweet
You're so fine
I want you all and everything just to be mine
'Cause you're my babe
'Cause you're my love
Girl, I'm just a Jeepster for you love
You slide so good
With bones so fair
You've got the universe reclining in your hair
'Cause you're my babe
Yes, you're my love
Girl, I'm just a Jeepster for you love
Just like a car
You're pleasing to behold
I'll call you Jaguar if I may be so bold
'Cause you're my babe
Yes, you're my love
Girl, I'm just a Jeepster for you love
The wild winds blow
Upon your frozen cheeks
The way you flip your hip it always makes me weak
'Cause you're my babe
Yes, you're my love
Girl, I'm just a Jeepster for you love
Your motivation is so sweet
Your vibrations are burning up my feet
'Cause you're my babe
Yes, you're my love
Girl, I'm just a Jeepster for you love
I said, girl I'm just a vampire for your love
And I'm going to suck you
You're so fine
I want you all and everything just to be mine
'Cause you're my babe
'Cause you're my love
Girl, I'm just a Jeepster for you love
You slide so good
With bones so fair
You've got the universe reclining in your hair
'Cause you're my babe
Yes, you're my love
Girl, I'm just a Jeepster for you love
Just like a car
You're pleasing to behold
I'll call you Jaguar if I may be so bold
'Cause you're my babe
Yes, you're my love
Girl, I'm just a Jeepster for you love
The wild winds blow
Upon your frozen cheeks
The way you flip your hip it always makes me weak
'Cause you're my babe
Yes, you're my love
Girl, I'm just a Jeepster for you love
Your motivation is so sweet
Your vibrations are burning up my feet
'Cause you're my babe
Yes, you're my love
Girl, I'm just a Jeepster for you love
I said, girl I'm just a vampire for your love
And I'm going to suck you
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Its a metaphor, a Jeepster is a charming average guy, willing to go anywhere for the object of his affection--i.e. a "jaguar" (hot girl).
@FranknFurter : Precisely. She's got the sleek lines of a Jaguar, and he's nothing more than a dumpy little Jeepster...but he'll do anything for her, 'cause that's all he's got.<br /> <br /> Kinda like a glam-rock variation on Cole Porter's "You're the Top." Granted Porter's lyrics are also suffused with an idiosyncratic subtext. Some of them make this particular T.Rex song (by comparison) seem almost tame. But even though it's been a l-o-n-g time since 1934? Most folks still can't figure it what he was on about.
Dude, T-Rex is like the Howlin' Wolf of glam rock. xD
No one knows what a Jeepster is??!! Has anyone thought to Google it?
Bolan always had a thing for vehicles. Cadillacs, Mustangs, Jaguars, Jeepsters, etc. Metal Gurus, one and all. He even died in one!
he humbles himself for her... he calls her a jaguar and him a jeep.
I play guitar in a Hellbilly band.We do a raucous cover of Jeepster with a few slight variations. -Tractor- You're so sweat You're so fine I want you all and everything Just to be mine 'Cause you're my baby 'Cause you're my love Oh girl I'm just a Tractor For you love You slide so good With bones so fair You've got the universe Reclining in your hair Like my Tractor You're pleasing to behold I'll call you Ku-bo-ta If I may be so bold The wild winds blow Upon your frozen cheeks The way you flip your hip It always makes me weak Your motivation Is so sweet Your vibrations Are burning up my feet
Girl I'm just a Tractor For your love Girl I'm just a farmer For your love I'm gonna plow you
Hellbilly? A new one on me, but I love it! 4.5 ltr single cylinder, I hope - start it with a cigarette-butt rather than a 12 gauge cartridge
Anyone know what Jeepster means?
I suspect it refers to Sgt Bilko's Motor Pool - ie a contemporary version of the Light Brigade
@Zeratul A Jeepster was a phaeton (open touring car) created by Willys-Overland to tap the passenger car market
im not sure but its a sweet song i always thought it was a word he made up like so many others. marc bolan was a poetic genious. who agrees?
In response to Zeratul - It's just a part of the Bolanvocabulary. He made the word up and there's no definite description.
Great song.
@SophieSomething A Jeepster was a version of a jeep that they tried to turn into a sports can.
i always thought it meant vampire or something. throughout the song he keeps slurping lol and he says "im gonna suck you"
uhhh does that really deserve an exclamation mark I mean this guy was only in his 20's he also was a hell of a guitarist that didnt get the credit he deserved. But thats besides the point what I mean to say is that putting an exclamation mark after "he even died in one." is just wrong even though it was ironic since he was a huge car fanatic.