"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.
(Uh-huh, uh-huh)
Stupid girl
(Woo)
Stupid girls
Stupid girls
Maybe if I act like that
That guy will call me back
Porno paparazzi girls (yeah)
I don't wanna be a stupid girl (uh-huh)
Go to Fred Segal, you'll find them there
Laughing loud so all the little people stare
Looking for a daddy to pay for the champagne
(Droppin' names)
What happened to the dream of a girl president?
She's dancing in the video next to 50 Cent
They travel in packs of two or three
With their itsy-bitsy doggies and their teeny-weeny tees
Where, oh where, have the smart people gone?
Oh where, oh where could they be?
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Maybe if I act like that
That guy will call me back
Porno paparazzi girls (yeah)
I don't wanna be a stupid girl (uh-huh)
Maybe if I act like that
Flippin' my blond hair back (yeah)
Push up my bra like that
I don't wanna be a stupid girl
(Break it down now)
The disease is growing, it's epidemic
I'm scared that there ain't a cure
The world believes it, and I'm going crazy
I cannot take any more
I'm so glad that I'll never fit in
That will never be me
Outcasts and girls with ambition
That's what I wanna see (c'mon)
Disasters all around
(Disasters all around)
A world of despair
(A world of despair)
Your only concern
"Will it fuck up my hair?"
Maybe if I act like that
That guy will call me back
Porno paparazzi girls (yeah)
I don't wanna be a stupid girl (uh-huh)
Maybe if I act like that (uh-huh, uh-huh, do ya thing)
Flippin' my blond hair back (do ya thing)
Push up my bra like that
I don't wanna be a stupid girl (yeah, yeah, uh)
(Do ya thing, do ya thing, do ya thing, do ya thing, do ya, huh)
(I like this, like this, like this)
Pretty "will-you-fuck-me" girl
Silly "I'm-so-lucky" girl
"Pull-my-hair-I'll-suck-it" girl
Stupid girl
Pretty "will-you-fuck-me" girl
Silly "I'm-so-lucky" girl
"Pull-my-hair-I'll-suck-it" girl
Stupid girl
(Maybe if I act)
Maybe if I act like that
Flipping my blond hair back
(Maybe if I act)
Push up my bra like that
Stupid girl
(Girl, girl, girl)
Maybe if I act like that
That guy will call me back
Porno paparazzi girls (yeah)
I don't wanna be a stupid girl (uh-huh)
(Stupid girl)
Maybe if I act like that
(Maybe if I act like that)
Flippin' my blond hair back
(Flipping my blond hair back)
Push up my bra like that
(Push up my bra like that)
I don't wanna be a stupid girl
(Stupid girl)
Maybe if I act like that
(Stupid girl)
Flipping my blond hair back
(Stupid girl)
Push up my bra like that
(Stupid girl)
Stupid girl
Stupid girl
(Stupid girl)
Stupid girl
(Stupid girl)
Stupid girl
(Stupid girl)
Stupid girl
(Woo)
Stupid girls
Stupid girls
Maybe if I act like that
That guy will call me back
Porno paparazzi girls (yeah)
I don't wanna be a stupid girl (uh-huh)
Go to Fred Segal, you'll find them there
Laughing loud so all the little people stare
Looking for a daddy to pay for the champagne
(Droppin' names)
What happened to the dream of a girl president?
She's dancing in the video next to 50 Cent
They travel in packs of two or three
With their itsy-bitsy doggies and their teeny-weeny tees
Where, oh where, have the smart people gone?
Oh where, oh where could they be?
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Maybe if I act like that
That guy will call me back
Porno paparazzi girls (yeah)
I don't wanna be a stupid girl (uh-huh)
Maybe if I act like that
Flippin' my blond hair back (yeah)
Push up my bra like that
I don't wanna be a stupid girl
(Break it down now)
The disease is growing, it's epidemic
I'm scared that there ain't a cure
The world believes it, and I'm going crazy
I cannot take any more
I'm so glad that I'll never fit in
That will never be me
Outcasts and girls with ambition
That's what I wanna see (c'mon)
Disasters all around
(Disasters all around)
A world of despair
(A world of despair)
Your only concern
"Will it fuck up my hair?"
Maybe if I act like that
That guy will call me back
Porno paparazzi girls (yeah)
I don't wanna be a stupid girl (uh-huh)
Maybe if I act like that (uh-huh, uh-huh, do ya thing)
Flippin' my blond hair back (do ya thing)
Push up my bra like that
I don't wanna be a stupid girl (yeah, yeah, uh)
(Do ya thing, do ya thing, do ya thing, do ya thing, do ya, huh)
(I like this, like this, like this)
Pretty "will-you-fuck-me" girl
Silly "I'm-so-lucky" girl
"Pull-my-hair-I'll-suck-it" girl
Stupid girl
Pretty "will-you-fuck-me" girl
Silly "I'm-so-lucky" girl
"Pull-my-hair-I'll-suck-it" girl
Stupid girl
(Maybe if I act)
Maybe if I act like that
Flipping my blond hair back
(Maybe if I act)
Push up my bra like that
Stupid girl
(Girl, girl, girl)
Maybe if I act like that
That guy will call me back
Porno paparazzi girls (yeah)
I don't wanna be a stupid girl (uh-huh)
(Stupid girl)
Maybe if I act like that
(Maybe if I act like that)
Flippin' my blond hair back
(Flipping my blond hair back)
Push up my bra like that
(Push up my bra like that)
I don't wanna be a stupid girl
(Stupid girl)
Maybe if I act like that
(Stupid girl)
Flipping my blond hair back
(Stupid girl)
Push up my bra like that
(Stupid girl)
Stupid girl
Stupid girl
(Stupid girl)
Stupid girl
(Stupid girl)
Stupid girl
(Stupid girl)
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Stupid Girls Lyrics as written by Billy Mann Alecia Moore
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Nameless123, Pink isn't a hipocrite for this song when did the Lady Marmalade video. She was playing a role. The other three weren't. She's nothing like those other girls in that video, she actually has some self respect.
Anyways. This song is great. A coworker told me to listen to it, and I just got around to it now. The chorus is a bit annoying, but aside from that, I loved it. Outcasts and girls with ambition That's what I wanna see So true. There needs to be more girls in the music industry that aren't little pop tarts, and there needs to be better female role models for the younger generation.
lol, "playing a role", can anyone say delusional fan... They were ALL playing a role; NONE of them are showgirls or prostitutes in real life, genius. The point is, all of them chose that role to play for their fans, Pink was no exception. She could have passed up that role, but chose not to; the money and popularity was more important to her than setting a good example. Now she wants to have her cake and eat it too, pretending that it is just other people who are stupid girls. Give me a break. <br /> <br /> If Christinia's songs consisted of her repeating "I'm comin' up so you better get this party started" dozens of times, would she be as smart as Pink? (sarcasm)