"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.
I call you every hour on the telephone
I work my fingers right down to the bone
I even got you a chihuahua so you wouldn't be alone
Got you you a trailer 'bout the size of Maine
Bought a mile of interstate in your name
I've given you everything
Baby, what do you want from me!
[Chorus:]
I burned all my porno...'cause you were PMS'n
You say it offends you...all that talking it never ends
Disconnected my Xbox and ditched all my friends
So you can go to the opera
Dumped all my girlfriends...even the dirty ones
You think they annoy you...they want to destroy you
I'm givin' you everything
Baby, what do you want from me!
Got you a picture you can put in a frame
Wearing a suit all check and lame
I even signed it at the bottom so you'd 'member my name
Took you to Target for your birthday meal
Got you an autographed Buns Of Steel
So what a deal!
I'm givin' you everything
Baby, what do you want from me!
[Chorus:]
I give you everything
Zirconium diamond rings
I gotcha LoJack for your Pontiac
And some decals on your finger nails
And a Bass Master, a Singing Trout
And a TV and a CD
And a DVD from QVC
And baby, what ya think of me!
Burned all my porno
You say it offends you
Disconnected my Xbox
Baby, what do you want from me!
What do you want from me!
What do
I work my fingers right down to the bone
I even got you a chihuahua so you wouldn't be alone
Got you you a trailer 'bout the size of Maine
Bought a mile of interstate in your name
I've given you everything
Baby, what do you want from me!
[Chorus:]
I burned all my porno...'cause you were PMS'n
You say it offends you...all that talking it never ends
Disconnected my Xbox and ditched all my friends
So you can go to the opera
Dumped all my girlfriends...even the dirty ones
You think they annoy you...they want to destroy you
I'm givin' you everything
Baby, what do you want from me!
Got you a picture you can put in a frame
Wearing a suit all check and lame
I even signed it at the bottom so you'd 'member my name
Took you to Target for your birthday meal
Got you an autographed Buns Of Steel
So what a deal!
I'm givin' you everything
Baby, what do you want from me!
[Chorus:]
I give you everything
Zirconium diamond rings
I gotcha LoJack for your Pontiac
And some decals on your finger nails
And a Bass Master, a Singing Trout
And a TV and a CD
And a DVD from QVC
And baby, what ya think of me!
Burned all my porno
You say it offends you
Disconnected my Xbox
Baby, what do you want from me!
What do you want from me!
What do
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