"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.
I can see you think that you're the one
I could fall for you but I wouldn't waste my time
I should be less cynical but I've heard it all before
I know exactly what's on your mind
All you want me to be is a little souvenir
Of a night that you won't even remember
It's not because I'm worth it
Not 'cause I deserve it
You just want to get your hands on a little piece of me
It's not because you feel it
Not because you really mean it
You just want to get your hands on a little piece of me
Don't think that I'm unapproachable
Playing games with you 'cause I wouldn't waste my time
I could be less cynical but I've heard it all before
Every single word of every line
All you want me to be is a little souvenir
Of a night that you won't even remember
It's not because I'm worth it
Not 'cause I deserve it
You just want to get your hands on a little piece of me
It's not because you feel it
Not because you really mean it
You just want to get your hands on a little piece of me
But I don't want to be
Something you can talk about
That's something I could do without
I'm not like you
I can't fake it the way you do
You say you want me, well if it's true
It's not because I'm worth it
Not 'cause I deserve it
You just want to get your hands on a little piece of me
It's not because you feel it
Not because you really mean it
You just want to get your hands on a little piece of me
It's not because I'm worth it
Not 'cause I deserve it
You just want to get your hands on a little piece of me
It's not because you feel it
Not because you really mean it
You just want to get your hands on a little piece of me
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
I could fall for you but I wouldn't waste my time
I should be less cynical but I've heard it all before
I know exactly what's on your mind
All you want me to be is a little souvenir
Of a night that you won't even remember
It's not because I'm worth it
Not 'cause I deserve it
You just want to get your hands on a little piece of me
It's not because you feel it
Not because you really mean it
You just want to get your hands on a little piece of me
Don't think that I'm unapproachable
Playing games with you 'cause I wouldn't waste my time
I could be less cynical but I've heard it all before
Every single word of every line
All you want me to be is a little souvenir
Of a night that you won't even remember
It's not because I'm worth it
Not 'cause I deserve it
You just want to get your hands on a little piece of me
It's not because you feel it
Not because you really mean it
You just want to get your hands on a little piece of me
But I don't want to be
Something you can talk about
That's something I could do without
I'm not like you
I can't fake it the way you do
You say you want me, well if it's true
It's not because I'm worth it
Not 'cause I deserve it
You just want to get your hands on a little piece of me
It's not because you feel it
Not because you really mean it
You just want to get your hands on a little piece of me
It's not because I'm worth it
Not 'cause I deserve it
You just want to get your hands on a little piece of me
It's not because you feel it
Not because you really mean it
You just want to get your hands on a little piece of me
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Lyrics submitted by sparklefairy
Little Piece of Me Lyrics as written by Mel Chisom Richard Buckton
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing
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OMG i agree with Blaqspice. a piece of me is like a piece of poontang pie. or else she is trying to be a Britney imitator of Britney's "Piece of Me". Nice try Mel C, but you aren't the British Britney