"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.
Now, now, now, honey (why)
You better sit down and look around (why, why)
'Cause you must've bumped yo' head (don't)
And I love you enough to talk some sense back into you, baby (you)
I'd hate to see you come home (love)
Me, the kids, and the dog is gone (me)
Check my credentials
I give you everything you want, everything you need
(Everything you need, why?)
Even your friends say I'm a good woman (why?)
All I need to know is why (why?)
Why don't you love me? (Love me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you love me? (Why don't you love me?)
When I make me so damn easy to love? (To-to-to love)
And why don't you need me? (Need me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you need me? (Why don't you need me?)
When I make me so damn easy to need? (To-to-to need)
(To need me)
Oh, I got beauty, I got class
I got style and I got ass
And you don't even care to care, looky here
I even put money in the bank account
Don't have to ask no one to help me out
You don't even notice that
Why don't you love me? (Love me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you love me? (Why don't you love me?)
When I make me so damn easy to love?
(Easy to-to love me, lo-lo-lo-love me, love me) hey, yeah
And why don't you need me? (Need me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you need me? (Need me, need me)
When I make me so damn easy to need?
I got beauty, I got heart
Keep my head in them books, I'm sharp
But you don't care to know I'm smart
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
I got moves in your bedroom
Keep you happy with the nasty things I do
But you don't seem to be in tune (ooh)
Why don't you love me? (Love me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you love me? (Why don't you love me?)
When I make me so damn easy to love?
(Easy to-to love me, lo-lo-lo-love me, love me) hey, yeah
And why don't you need me? (Need me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you need me? (Need me, need me)
When I make me so damn easy to need?
Nothing not to love about me
There's nothing not to love about me
No, no, there's nothing not to love about me
No, no, nothing not to love about me
I'm lovely
There's nothing not to need about me
(Nothing not to need about me, no)
No, no, there's nothing not to need about me
(Nothing not to need about me, me, me)
Baby, you're just not the one
Or maybe you're just plain
Dumb
You better sit down and look around (why, why)
'Cause you must've bumped yo' head (don't)
And I love you enough to talk some sense back into you, baby (you)
I'd hate to see you come home (love)
Me, the kids, and the dog is gone (me)
Check my credentials
I give you everything you want, everything you need
(Everything you need, why?)
Even your friends say I'm a good woman (why?)
All I need to know is why (why?)
Why don't you love me? (Love me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you love me? (Why don't you love me?)
When I make me so damn easy to love? (To-to-to love)
And why don't you need me? (Need me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you need me? (Why don't you need me?)
When I make me so damn easy to need? (To-to-to need)
(To need me)
Oh, I got beauty, I got class
I got style and I got ass
And you don't even care to care, looky here
I even put money in the bank account
Don't have to ask no one to help me out
You don't even notice that
Why don't you love me? (Love me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you love me? (Why don't you love me?)
When I make me so damn easy to love?
(Easy to-to love me, lo-lo-lo-love me, love me) hey, yeah
And why don't you need me? (Need me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you need me? (Need me, need me)
When I make me so damn easy to need?
I got beauty, I got heart
Keep my head in them books, I'm sharp
But you don't care to know I'm smart
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
I got moves in your bedroom
Keep you happy with the nasty things I do
But you don't seem to be in tune (ooh)
Why don't you love me? (Love me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you love me? (Why don't you love me?)
When I make me so damn easy to love?
(Easy to-to love me, lo-lo-lo-love me, love me) hey, yeah
And why don't you need me? (Need me)
Tell me, baby, why don't you need me? (Need me, need me)
When I make me so damn easy to need?
Nothing not to love about me
There's nothing not to love about me
No, no, there's nothing not to love about me
No, no, nothing not to love about me
I'm lovely
There's nothing not to need about me
(Nothing not to need about me, no)
No, no, there's nothing not to need about me
(Nothing not to need about me, me, me)
Baby, you're just not the one
Or maybe you're just plain
Dumb
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Now, now, n-now, honey, (why?) You better sit down and look around (Why? Why?), Cause you must've bumped yo' head! (Dumb...) And I love you enough to talk some sense back into you, baby. (You..) I'd hate to see you come home (love...), Me, the kids, and the dog is gone. (me...) Check my credentials: I give you everything you want, everything you need; (Everything you need - Why?) Even your friends say I'm a good woman! (Why?) Now, all I need to know is, why? (Why?)
Why don't you love me? (Love me...) Tell me, baby, why don't you love me, (Why don't you love me?) When I make me so damn easy to love? (To love...) Wh-wh-wh-why don't you need me? (Need me...) Tell me, baby, why don't you need me, (Why don't you need me?) When I make me so damn easy to need? (To need, to need me...)
I got beauty, I got class, I got style, and I got a... - huh! And you don't even care to care... Looka here. I even put money in the bank account, Don't have to ask no one to help me out; You don't even notice that....
Why don't you love me? (Love me...) Tell me, baby, why don't you love me, (Why don't you love me?) When I make me so damn easy to love? (Easy, to love me, l-l-love me, love me) And why don't you need me? (Need me...) Tell me, baby, why don't you need me, When I make me so damn easy to need?
I got beauty, I got heart; Keep my head in them books, I'm sharp! But you don't care to know I'm smart... Now, now, now, now, now, now, now, I got moves in your bedroom, Keep you happy with the nasty things I do, But you don't seem to be in tuned... (Ooh...)
Why don't you love me? (Love me...) Tell me, baby, why don't you love me, (Why don't you love me?) When I make me so damn easy to love? (Easy, to love me, l-l-love me, love me) Hey, yeah... why don't you need me? (Need me...) Tell me, baby, why don't you need me, When I make me so damn easy to need?
(Nothin' not to love about me...) There's nothing not to love about me; No, no, there's nothing not to love about me... (No, nothin' not to love about me...) I'm lovely... There's nothing not to need about me; No, no, there's nothing not to need about me... (Nothin' not to need about me!) Maybe you're just not the one, Or maybe you're just plain...
DUMB! (DUMB! DUMB!)