"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
Lyrics submitted by SevenTwentyNine
Mariposa Traicionera Lyrics as written by Jose Fernando Emilio Olvera Sierra
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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