"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.
Everybody gotta work it out
Bad boys in the front just open your mouth
Everybody gotta work it
Everybody gotta work it
L I licky C K licky Y
L licky I C licky K Y
L I licky C K licky Y
L licky I C licky K Y
L I licky C K licky Y
L I licky C K licky Y
Licky like a lollipop
Licky like poppycock
Licky like lemonade
Licky like Grand Marnier
Licky like a credit card
Licky like a rock star
Licky like a sexy ear
Lick here
L I licky L
L I licky
L I licky L
L I licky
L I licky L
L I licky
L I licky L
L I licky
Lick here
Lick here
Lick here
Lick here
Now let me see your tongue
That's right all night long
God damn that tongue's long
Stick it out let me see what you do with that
Like the way you looking at it
Watch me I'm sticking it out
Everyone in the crowd is sticking around
Get in there low on the ground
Too fast I'll slow down
Everybody gotta work it out
Bad boys in the front just open your mouth
Everybody gotta work it
Everybody gotta work it
L I licky C K licky Y
L licky I C licky K Y
L I licky C K licky Y
L licky I C licky K Y
L I licky C K licky Y
L I licky C K licky Y
Licky like an ice cream cone
Licky like a mobile phone
Licky like an inner thigh
Licky like a sexy guy
Licky like a postage stamp
Licky like a steadicam
Licky like a tangerine
Lick me
L I licky C K licky Y
L licky I C licky K Y
L I licky C K licky Y
L I licky C K licky Y
Bad boys in the front just open your mouth
Everybody gotta work it
Everybody gotta work it
L I licky C K licky Y
L licky I C licky K Y
L I licky C K licky Y
L licky I C licky K Y
L I licky C K licky Y
L I licky C K licky Y
Licky like a lollipop
Licky like poppycock
Licky like lemonade
Licky like Grand Marnier
Licky like a credit card
Licky like a rock star
Licky like a sexy ear
Lick here
L I licky L
L I licky
L I licky L
L I licky
L I licky L
L I licky
L I licky L
L I licky
Lick here
Lick here
Lick here
Lick here
Now let me see your tongue
That's right all night long
God damn that tongue's long
Stick it out let me see what you do with that
Like the way you looking at it
Watch me I'm sticking it out
Everyone in the crowd is sticking around
Get in there low on the ground
Too fast I'll slow down
Everybody gotta work it out
Bad boys in the front just open your mouth
Everybody gotta work it
Everybody gotta work it
L I licky C K licky Y
L licky I C licky K Y
L I licky C K licky Y
L licky I C licky K Y
L I licky C K licky Y
L I licky C K licky Y
Licky like an ice cream cone
Licky like a mobile phone
Licky like an inner thigh
Licky like a sexy guy
Licky like a postage stamp
Licky like a steadicam
Licky like a tangerine
Lick me
L I licky C K licky Y
L licky I C licky K Y
L I licky C K licky Y
L I licky C K licky Y
Lyrics submitted by nakkisormi
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prime song, although i do prefer the vandalism remix] no licky, no sticky