"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.
Um, excuse me but uh, is thing on?
I've got a boyfriend
He likes to fight a lot
He got a lot of common and he thinks fucking rock
We like to break rules
Both got tattoos
We tend to smash things
And we like to scream things
Ah
You don't want no problems
You ain't got no beef
Ah
You don't want no problems
You ain't got no beef
[Chorus]
I don't wanna fight, tonight
Hey hey
But I ain't going home for no one
I don't wanna fight, tonight
Hey hey
But I ain't going home for no one
I just wanna color outside the lines
I've been reprimanded about a thousand times
I'm a, rule breaker
You know that I'm a, rule breaker
Some say I'm a black sheep
Cause I like to sleep late
Wake Up round 3 o'clock
Drinking till my tummy ache
You think I'm a rebel
Cause I keep making trouble
Get here on the double for I break a little something down
Ah
You you you you don't want no problems
You ain't got no beef, no
Ah
You better keep quiet if you want your teeth
[Chorus]
I just wanna color outside the lines
I've been reprimanded about a thousand times
I'm a, rule breaker
You know that I'm a, rule breaker
I know you are but what am i
I'm daddy's, little girl
But when you kiss this
I'm just a princess
Little miss perfect
And everyone knows it
But that's another day
There's rules to break, yeah
[Chorus]
I don't wanna fight, tonight
Hey hey
But I ain't going home for one
I ain't going home for you
I don't wanna fight, tonight
Hey hey
But I ain't going home for no one
No one
I know the grass is greener on the other side
You you you you don't want no problems
You ain't got no beef
I know they tell you that you've got this pretty face
You you you you don't want no problems
You ain't got no beef
I've got a boyfriend
He likes to fight a lot
He got a lot of common and he thinks fucking rock
We like to break rules
Both got tattoos
We tend to smash things
And we like to scream things
Ah
You don't want no problems
You ain't got no beef
Ah
You don't want no problems
You ain't got no beef
[Chorus]
I don't wanna fight, tonight
Hey hey
But I ain't going home for no one
I don't wanna fight, tonight
Hey hey
But I ain't going home for no one
I just wanna color outside the lines
I've been reprimanded about a thousand times
I'm a, rule breaker
You know that I'm a, rule breaker
Some say I'm a black sheep
Cause I like to sleep late
Wake Up round 3 o'clock
Drinking till my tummy ache
You think I'm a rebel
Cause I keep making trouble
Get here on the double for I break a little something down
Ah
You you you you don't want no problems
You ain't got no beef, no
Ah
You better keep quiet if you want your teeth
[Chorus]
I just wanna color outside the lines
I've been reprimanded about a thousand times
I'm a, rule breaker
You know that I'm a, rule breaker
I know you are but what am i
I'm daddy's, little girl
But when you kiss this
I'm just a princess
Little miss perfect
And everyone knows it
But that's another day
There's rules to break, yeah
[Chorus]
I don't wanna fight, tonight
Hey hey
But I ain't going home for one
I ain't going home for you
I don't wanna fight, tonight
Hey hey
But I ain't going home for no one
No one
I know the grass is greener on the other side
You you you you don't want no problems
You ain't got no beef
I know they tell you that you've got this pretty face
You you you you don't want no problems
You ain't got no beef
Lyrics submitted by thrwmyhrtawy.
Rule Breaker Lyrics as written by Timothy Mosley James David Washington
Lyrics © Anthem Entertainment, Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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i love thiz song sooo much itz really good i cant wait 4 the explict version her new album iz gonna be the best one out of all of em i jus kno it :]]]
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