"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.
It's just a stupid little love song
It's just a stupid little
It's just a stupid little love song
Here we go
Put em' up
Put em' up, put em' up
Your grandpa fought in world war two
Your cousin landed on the moon
Your mother is a diplomat, the senator of Connecticut
Your sister's got 4 point O
Your father's got his own talk show
Your brother aced the science test, he found the cure for morning breath
I came here by taxi
You came by limousine
And all I have to offer you is this
Just a stupid little love song
(3 chords and a microphone)
Just a stupid little love song
(hip hop and rock n' roll)
So sit right down I'll sing this song to you
Put em' up
Put em' up, put em' up
The captain of the football team
The cheerleader's recurring dream
You're on the road to Harvard Law
I'm on the bus to Arkansas
I stand in your doorway
Your world looks so enchanting
And all I have to offer you is this
Just a stupid little love song
(3 chords and a microphone)
Just a stupid little love song
(hip hop and rock n' roll)
So sit right down I'll sing this song to you
Put em' up
Put em' up, put em' up
And the moon comes in the window like a spotlight
(listen up cause this is real)
I sit you down and I being to gently rock the mic
('cause I'm trying to tell you what I feel)
And we're truly approaching a moment
And then you lean over, and say, what's my name?, what's my name?, what's my name?
Oh, go on
Here we go
(Hi is Brett home?)
(Well will you tell him I came by?)
I stand in your driveway
Your world looks so far away
And all I have to offer you is this
Just a stupid little love song
(3 chords and a microphone)
Just a stupid little love song
(Hip hop and rock and roll)
So sit right down I'll sing this song to you
Put em' up, put em' up
Just a stupid little love song
So sit right down I'll sing this song to you
It's just a stupid little
It's just a stupid little love song
Here we go
Put em' up
Put em' up, put em' up
Your grandpa fought in world war two
Your cousin landed on the moon
Your mother is a diplomat, the senator of Connecticut
Your sister's got 4 point O
Your father's got his own talk show
Your brother aced the science test, he found the cure for morning breath
I came here by taxi
You came by limousine
And all I have to offer you is this
Just a stupid little love song
(3 chords and a microphone)
Just a stupid little love song
(hip hop and rock n' roll)
So sit right down I'll sing this song to you
Put em' up
Put em' up, put em' up
The captain of the football team
The cheerleader's recurring dream
You're on the road to Harvard Law
I'm on the bus to Arkansas
I stand in your doorway
Your world looks so enchanting
And all I have to offer you is this
Just a stupid little love song
(3 chords and a microphone)
Just a stupid little love song
(hip hop and rock n' roll)
So sit right down I'll sing this song to you
Put em' up
Put em' up, put em' up
And the moon comes in the window like a spotlight
(listen up cause this is real)
I sit you down and I being to gently rock the mic
('cause I'm trying to tell you what I feel)
And we're truly approaching a moment
And then you lean over, and say, what's my name?, what's my name?, what's my name?
Oh, go on
Here we go
(Hi is Brett home?)
(Well will you tell him I came by?)
I stand in your driveway
Your world looks so far away
And all I have to offer you is this
Just a stupid little love song
(3 chords and a microphone)
Just a stupid little love song
(Hip hop and rock and roll)
So sit right down I'll sing this song to you
Put em' up, put em' up
Just a stupid little love song
So sit right down I'll sing this song to you
Lyrics submitted by manprettys_panties
Stupid Little Love Song Lyrics as written by Levine Dobson
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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