"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.
Remember when we used to? We can do that again
I know I said it was over but if you ever wanna come over
I think I got what it takes to make you feel nice
Because you gave yourself to another
But I suppose you haven't forgotten what my love tastes like
And she won't fuck you like I do and you know that it's true cause
I have what she hasn't got and I remember all your spots so
If tha mood should hit ya and ya wanna, baby I don't mind
A little taste may relieve the tension I feel inside
Curl up in my cozy web this unbelievably delicious bed
Oh, don't say no, that's not how this should go
I've thought about you often, this feeling hasn't gone rotten
Let's take a spin 'round that old block again you say
She won't fuck you like I did, she's not into that wild shit and
I have what she hasn't got really? Well then
So if tha mood should hit ya and ya wanna, baby I don't mind
A little taste may relieve the tension I feel inside
You always know what things to do to keep me wanting you,
And also all the things to say to keep me comin your way
Due to the beauty preferred, its hard for me to be true to my girl
Can't be trust wit you in my world (I'm glued to the kush, ya heard?)
No gas, my tanks empty, I'm stuck in your town
The plan's to gently buckle you down and fuck you now, I wanna fuck you now
Only the truth is wit me, now I'm phenen to screw you swiftly
Now I don't mean to be rude with tha lips b
I'm guessin' the mood just hit me
If tha mood should hit ya and ya wanna, baby I don't mind
A little taste may relieve the tension I feel inside
A little taste may relieve the tension I feel inside
A little taste may relieve the tension I feel inside
I know I said it was over but if you ever wanna come over
I think I got what it takes to make you feel nice
Because you gave yourself to another
But I suppose you haven't forgotten what my love tastes like
And she won't fuck you like I do and you know that it's true cause
I have what she hasn't got and I remember all your spots so
If tha mood should hit ya and ya wanna, baby I don't mind
A little taste may relieve the tension I feel inside
Curl up in my cozy web this unbelievably delicious bed
Oh, don't say no, that's not how this should go
I've thought about you often, this feeling hasn't gone rotten
Let's take a spin 'round that old block again you say
She won't fuck you like I did, she's not into that wild shit and
I have what she hasn't got really? Well then
So if tha mood should hit ya and ya wanna, baby I don't mind
A little taste may relieve the tension I feel inside
You always know what things to do to keep me wanting you,
And also all the things to say to keep me comin your way
Due to the beauty preferred, its hard for me to be true to my girl
Can't be trust wit you in my world (I'm glued to the kush, ya heard?)
No gas, my tanks empty, I'm stuck in your town
The plan's to gently buckle you down and fuck you now, I wanna fuck you now
Only the truth is wit me, now I'm phenen to screw you swiftly
Now I don't mean to be rude with tha lips b
I'm guessin' the mood just hit me
If tha mood should hit ya and ya wanna, baby I don't mind
A little taste may relieve the tension I feel inside
A little taste may relieve the tension I feel inside
A little taste may relieve the tension I feel inside
Lyrics submitted by geekthegirl
If Tha Mood Lyrics as written by Esthero Kobe Eshun
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Anthem Entertainment
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