"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.
No!
I'm going down to Alphabet Street
I'm gonna crown the first girl that I meet
I'm gonna talk so sexy
She'll want me from my head to my feet
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yes she will
Yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm gonna drive my daddy's Thunderbird (my daddy's Thunderbird)
A white rad ride, '66 ('67) so glam it's absurd
I'm gonna put her in the back seat
And drive her to Tennessee
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Tennessee
Yeah, yeah, yeah, drive her
Excuse me, baby
I don't mean to be rude
But I guess tonight I'm just not, I'm just not in the mood
So if you don't mind (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I would like to watch
Yeah, yeah, yeah can I?
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah (can I, can I, can I, can I)
We're going down, down, down, if that's the only way
To make this cruel, cruel world hear what we've got to say
Put the right letters together and make a better day
Yeah, yeah, yeah, better days
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's O-O-K
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Maybe it's the only way
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Cat, we need you to rap (no)
Cat, we need you to rap
Don't give to us slow
'Cause we know you know
New power soul
Gotta gotta gotta go
Talk to me lover
Come on tell me what you taste
Didn't your mama tell you
Life is to good to waste? (put your love down)
Didn't she tell you
That Lovesexy was the glam of them all?
If you can hang, you can trip on it
You surely won't fall (put your love down)
No side effects and
The feeling last for-ever
Straight up it tastes good
It makes you feel clever (put your love down)
You kiss your enemies
Like you know you should
Then you jerk your body like a horny pony would (put your love down)
You jerk your body like a horny pony would
Now run and tell your mama about that
And while you're at it tell your papa about this
Yeah-yeah
Put your love down there when you want to get shot
No (yeah, yeah)
Put your love down there when you want to get shot
Put your love down there when you want to get shot
Put your love down there when you want to get shot
Put your love down there
(Yeah)
Get home, Alphabet Street
No
L-L-L-L-Lovesexy
Yea, oh, Alphabet Street
Yea, oh, Alphabet Street
A B C D E F H I love you
I'm going down to Alphabet Street
I'm gonna crown the first girl that I meet
I'm gonna talk so sexy
She'll want me from my head to my feet
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yes she will
Yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm gonna drive my daddy's Thunderbird (my daddy's Thunderbird)
A white rad ride, '66 ('67) so glam it's absurd
I'm gonna put her in the back seat
And drive her to Tennessee
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Tennessee
Yeah, yeah, yeah, drive her
Excuse me, baby
I don't mean to be rude
But I guess tonight I'm just not, I'm just not in the mood
So if you don't mind (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I would like to watch
Yeah, yeah, yeah can I?
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah (can I, can I, can I, can I)
We're going down, down, down, if that's the only way
To make this cruel, cruel world hear what we've got to say
Put the right letters together and make a better day
Yeah, yeah, yeah, better days
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's O-O-K
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Maybe it's the only way
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Cat, we need you to rap (no)
Cat, we need you to rap
Don't give to us slow
'Cause we know you know
New power soul
Gotta gotta gotta go
Talk to me lover
Come on tell me what you taste
Didn't your mama tell you
Life is to good to waste? (put your love down)
Didn't she tell you
That Lovesexy was the glam of them all?
If you can hang, you can trip on it
You surely won't fall (put your love down)
No side effects and
The feeling last for-ever
Straight up it tastes good
It makes you feel clever (put your love down)
You kiss your enemies
Like you know you should
Then you jerk your body like a horny pony would (put your love down)
You jerk your body like a horny pony would
Now run and tell your mama about that
And while you're at it tell your papa about this
Yeah-yeah
Put your love down there when you want to get shot
No (yeah, yeah)
Put your love down there when you want to get shot
Put your love down there when you want to get shot
Put your love down there when you want to get shot
Put your love down there
(Yeah)
Get home, Alphabet Street
No
L-L-L-L-Lovesexy
Yea, oh, Alphabet Street
Yea, oh, Alphabet Street
A B C D E F H I love you
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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only prince could put out a song thats very explictly about oral sex that a) doesnt get at all censored and b) manages to assume a marvin-esque "change the world" spiritual stance as well. this song distills the philosophies of prince's entire career into 5 and a half minutes: god is love is sex is music. bring on the better day.
The lyrics are missing the "G" because that's the key the song is written in. So it's already there! :)
A great song all about cunnilingus, borrowed from a comedy routine by the late comedian Sam Kinison in which he uses his tongue to trace the letters of the alphabet on his lady's genitals,even spelling out certain words (Tennessee).
This song means a whole lotta fun to me!
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does anyone know why at the end, he skips G? when the girl is saying the alphabet? jw..uh-mazing song to have fun to..prince at just about his best
I agree with you, Little lover403; I never understood why it was written like that. However, I noticed the part where Prince says, "To Tennessee" was sampled at the end of the song, "Tennessee" by Arrested Development.
@littlelover403 Because that is a tough spot to hit with your tongue. It usually requires "extra" effort.
@littlelover403 He doesn't skip the G, because it doesn't actually say H. It actually says "F IT I Love U"
This song is so much, most of his songs are so upbeat and crazy!
I heard somewhere that the video contained hidden messages to his fans about not buying the 'Black Album'. Can anyone confirm this and also tell me where in the clip - I've watched it countless times and can't find it!!
regarding the ommission of the letter "G" towards the end of the song..have you ever tried to make the shape of the letter "G" using your tongue? I certainly can't manage it.