"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.
Eres como una mariposa
Vuelas y te posas, vas de boca en boca
Fácil y ligera de quien te provoca
Yo soy ratón de tu ratonera
Trampa que no mata pero no libera
Vivo muriendo prisionero
Mariposa traicionera
Todo se lo lleva el viento
Mariposa, no regreso
Ay, mariposa de amor, mi mariposa de amor
Ya no regreso contigo
Ay, mariposa de amor, mi mariposa de amor
Nunca jamás junto a ti
Vuela amor, vuela dolor
Y no regreses a un lado
Ya vete de flor en flor
Seduciendo a los pistilos
Y vuela cerca del sol
Pa' que sientas lo que es dolor
Ay, mujer, cómo haces daño
Pasan los minutos cual si fueran años
Mira estos celos, me están matando
Ay, mujer qué fácil eres
Abres tus alitas, muslos de colores
Donde se posan tus amores
Mariposa traicionera
Todo se lo lleva el viento
Mariposa, no regreso
Ay, mariposa de amor, mi mariposa de amor
Ya no regreso contigo
Ay, mariposa de amor, mi mariposa de amor
Nunca jamás junto a ti
Vuela amor, vuela dolor
Que tengas suerte en tu vida
Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay dolor
Yo te lloré todo un río
Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, amor
Tú te me vas a volar
Vuelas y te posas, vas de boca en boca
Fácil y ligera de quien te provoca
Yo soy ratón de tu ratonera
Trampa que no mata pero no libera
Vivo muriendo prisionero
Mariposa traicionera
Todo se lo lleva el viento
Mariposa, no regreso
Ay, mariposa de amor, mi mariposa de amor
Ya no regreso contigo
Ay, mariposa de amor, mi mariposa de amor
Nunca jamás junto a ti
Vuela amor, vuela dolor
Y no regreses a un lado
Ya vete de flor en flor
Seduciendo a los pistilos
Y vuela cerca del sol
Pa' que sientas lo que es dolor
Ay, mujer, cómo haces daño
Pasan los minutos cual si fueran años
Mira estos celos, me están matando
Ay, mujer qué fácil eres
Abres tus alitas, muslos de colores
Donde se posan tus amores
Mariposa traicionera
Todo se lo lleva el viento
Mariposa, no regreso
Ay, mariposa de amor, mi mariposa de amor
Ya no regreso contigo
Ay, mariposa de amor, mi mariposa de amor
Nunca jamás junto a ti
Vuela amor, vuela dolor
Que tengas suerte en tu vida
Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay dolor
Yo te lloré todo un río
Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, amor
Tú te me vas a volar
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Mariposa Traicionera Lyrics as written by Jose Fernando Emilio Olvera Sierra
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Es curioso. Muchos dirán que esta canción trata sobre los celos. Yo siempre he pensado que trata sobre alguien que se enamora de una prostituta. Hubo un época, precisamente cuando salió esta canción, en que yo frecuentaba locales de alterne y me sentía exactamente así (incluso alguna noche la canción sonaba en la jukebox). Ahora cuando la escucho no puedo evitar recordar con nostalgia alguna chica de entonces y los buenos ratos que me hicieron pasar. Que me perdonen algunos pero siempre tendré en alta estima a esas mujeres que tanto bien pueden hacerle al cuerpo y al alma de un hombre solitario.
excelente!
this song is not about hookers, but about a love that came and went, I felt like this once, felt in love, it didn't last she move on, so did I, but I always remember, I guess some of the prints of our first love will always be with us. Mana los mas chidos.
This song is so about hookers
or at least bitches
Esta Cancion es sobre una putia del barrio q engano al un hombre
y ahora la trata de holbidar
^^^^^DAMN darkone06 that was funny when i read your comment i busted out laughing Hell naw!!!!. silly goose....im into more EL TRI you know Alex Lora Y Chela>>
But i like this song no douth
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I agree that this song may be about a guy who falls for a hooker. To me this song is the equivalent of Phil Collin's "Easy Lover" song.
It's a song about a guy who falls for a woman who's a player/easy lover and knows that he can't have her.
Ay, mujer que facil eres abres tu alitas, muslos de colores donde se posan tus amores Mariposa traicionera todo se lo lleva el viento mariposa no regreso
He's letting her know he's moving on.