"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.
Damn right that slut's my bitch
She fuckin' sucked my God damn dick
First time is never enough and
Second time you're 'bout to bust and
Third time and you're beggin' for more and more and more and...
Everybody now take your places
And all the ladies with the pretty faces
I'll be waiting for you backstage to give you what you need
We got, all that you're wantin'
We got, all that you're needin'
We got, all that you desire
I'm feelin' fine and lookin' twice as good
The things we're doin', man, I know you wish you could
The only thing that matters my friend is we'll be here in the end
You can't explain it, and you'll never contain it
'Cause what we are is something that you'll never ever be
There's no need to run and hide
When everything that you need's inside
So come along and join the ride
FP's in the place tonight
Grip it, rip it, rock it, roll it, and trip it
Everybody watchin' knows that we're bitchin'
Eyes wide and the drawers are droppin' for what we've got
Line 'em up and we'll knock 'em down
And tonight we're getting kicked outta this town
And all we're leaving behind is a pile of broken hearts and tears
We got, everything that you're wantin'
We got, everything that you're needin'
We got, everything that you desire
Once onstage they start to scream our name
Once onstage they start to go insane
Offstage I'll take one back and fuck oh, what's her name?
You can't explain it, and you'll never contain it
'Cause what we are is something that you'll never ever be
There's no need to run and hide
When everything that you need's inside
Come along and join the ride
FP's in the place tonight
Listen up and listen good, 'cause I'll only say this once
Forget everything that you've seen and heard and just keep your eyes on us
No disrespect intended, and I hate to boast and brag
But it's hard to keep my mouth shut when I know that this shit's in the bag
And we've come too far and we've worked too hard to just roll over and play dead
And at the end of the day there's only one things that's still in my head
Rock n' roll, rock n' roll
Sex, drugs, and rock n' roll
And if you've got a problem with that you should just hit the fuckin' door
She fuckin' sucked my God damn dick
First time is never enough and
Second time you're 'bout to bust and
Third time and you're beggin' for more and more and more and...
Everybody now take your places
And all the ladies with the pretty faces
I'll be waiting for you backstage to give you what you need
We got, all that you're wantin'
We got, all that you're needin'
We got, all that you desire
I'm feelin' fine and lookin' twice as good
The things we're doin', man, I know you wish you could
The only thing that matters my friend is we'll be here in the end
You can't explain it, and you'll never contain it
'Cause what we are is something that you'll never ever be
There's no need to run and hide
When everything that you need's inside
So come along and join the ride
FP's in the place tonight
Grip it, rip it, rock it, roll it, and trip it
Everybody watchin' knows that we're bitchin'
Eyes wide and the drawers are droppin' for what we've got
Line 'em up and we'll knock 'em down
And tonight we're getting kicked outta this town
And all we're leaving behind is a pile of broken hearts and tears
We got, everything that you're wantin'
We got, everything that you're needin'
We got, everything that you desire
Once onstage they start to scream our name
Once onstage they start to go insane
Offstage I'll take one back and fuck oh, what's her name?
You can't explain it, and you'll never contain it
'Cause what we are is something that you'll never ever be
There's no need to run and hide
When everything that you need's inside
Come along and join the ride
FP's in the place tonight
Listen up and listen good, 'cause I'll only say this once
Forget everything that you've seen and heard and just keep your eyes on us
No disrespect intended, and I hate to boast and brag
But it's hard to keep my mouth shut when I know that this shit's in the bag
And we've come too far and we've worked too hard to just roll over and play dead
And at the end of the day there's only one things that's still in my head
Rock n' roll, rock n' roll
Sex, drugs, and rock n' roll
And if you've got a problem with that you should just hit the fuckin' door
Lyrics submitted by Eli
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i love christian bands like this...
jesus christ, amen.
'bout time somebody added Fight Paris lyrics. No matter where I look, I can't seem to find any.
haha, I love this so much
I'm pretty sure the song is about groupies.
yup. sad.
I just love that starting. It makes me laugh every time.
the start is funny as. listen 2 the way he says fuckin. LOOOL!
Stupid song. And any guy who speaks to women that way woudln't be getting laid. However, I'd be happy to lay his sorry ass out flat (or get some big guy to do it for me). I'm guessing the singer has a very small penis and therefore must make up for it with his big mouth. And I'm guessing he wouldn't even know how to satisfy a woman if his life depended upon it. Man, these types of songs are my pet peeves! Much like porn where it's the guy getting all the good action and the woman is treated like a piece of crap. Ugh.
While we're on the subject, where is the 'erotica' we were promised in the 1980's when Heff's daughter was taking over one part of the business and women were going to be well represented (and diddled:) in porn flicks. I demand equal rights for women in porn! It's my newest endeavor. Where's my big sign? Rap/hip hop and porn really are sexist. It's just wrong.
What you do 24/7. It's a UK expression and from the 80's...it means to play with...but you already knew that :) It obviously is slag and has a sexual connotation
i think this song conveys a very deep meaning..
get drunk and have sex with hoes. word.