"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.
Black girl, black Girl, dont lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night?
In the pines, In the pines, Where the sun never shine
I shivered the whole night through.
Black girl, black girl, where will you go
Im going where the cold wind blows
In the pines, In the pines, Where the sun never shine
I will shiver the whole night through.
Black girl, black Girl, dont lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night?
In the pines, In the pines, Where the sun never shine
I shivered the whole night through.
My Husband was a Railroad man
Killed a mile and a half from here
His head, was found, In a drivers wheel
And his body hasn't never been found.
Black girl, black girl, where will you go
Im going where the cold wind blows
You called me to weep and you called me to moan
You called me to leave my home
Tell me where did you sleep last night?
In the pines, In the pines, Where the sun never shine
I shivered the whole night through.
Black girl, black girl, where will you go
Im going where the cold wind blows
In the pines, In the pines, Where the sun never shine
I will shiver the whole night through.
Black girl, black Girl, dont lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night?
In the pines, In the pines, Where the sun never shine
I shivered the whole night through.
My Husband was a Railroad man
Killed a mile and a half from here
His head, was found, In a drivers wheel
And his body hasn't never been found.
Black girl, black girl, where will you go
Im going where the cold wind blows
You called me to weep and you called me to moan
You called me to leave my home
Lyrics submitted by FackingHell
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This song is about a black slave girl in America in the 1950s who has run away from her master and spent the night sleeping under a pine tree. Her master finds her (supposedly dehydrated and weak) and tells her to give up running because she will not make it more than a mile and a half before dying.
@hazoid246 - That seems unlikely, since the song dates back to the late 1800's. From what I've read, It's original version seems to have only included four lines. Although, it's gone through hundreds of variations with differing story lines. I think your interpretation of the song can easily be related to the original meaning, since the song originated in southern Appalachia, and in the earliest versions that reference a "Black Girl", definitely have a sympathetic feel to me. I think what's really cool about this song is how you can change the lyrics to play with the meaning while keeping some of the traditional symbolism that's developed over time. Great song!
@hazoid246 1850 maybe. No slaves in USA 1950. Amendment abolishing slavery passed in 1865.