"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 see ya, I see ya
Girl, I wanna love you long like Eva
I know you want that pita
Girl, I say I know you want that pita
That banana like Chiquita
I'ma hit it like Derek Jeter
The neighbor's gon' think I beat her
I'll throw that dick much deeper
Come be my wide receiver
I'll give that girl a seizure
She forget her boyfriend, amnesia
She wanna ride it, I let her have it
She better ride it like Danica Patrick
I get behind it, and move her
Like the Heimlich maneuver (ow)
I don't know about you (chyeah)
But I'm really, really fucked up (chyeah)
No more liquor in my cup (chyeah)
I think it's time for us to, time for us to, time for us to fuck (let's go)
I think it's time for us to fuck (let's go)
I think it's time for us to fuck (let's go)
I think it's time for us to, time for us to
Bounce that booty like a basketball
See, I'm a ball-hog, I don't pass at all (ha-ha)
And now she wanna put her sister on
Now I got twins like "The Whisper Song"
So you could call her Mrs. Me Too
I say I'm on a strict diet, I can only eat you
Lick it lick it, lick it, lick it, I like to
Lick it lick it, lick it lick it (ha-ha)
I got that Goose in my system
Somebody gon' be my victim
I got patrone in my system
Somebody gon' be my victim (ow)
I don't know about you (chyeah)
But I'm really, really fucked up (chyeah)
No more liquor in my cup (chyeah)
I think it's time for us to, time for us to, time for us to fuck (let's go)
I think it's time for us to fuck (let's go)
I think it's time for us to fuck (let's go)
I think it's time for us to, time for us to
Come free yo' mind, on this dick that I have
You ain't gotta be my wife, but you need dick in yo' life
We gon' fuck all night long, I got kush in my bag
We can blaze one, and when we done
Go back to your man
I think I'm in love (love)
Oh, love (oh love)
I think I'm in love (love)
Oh, love (oh love)
I think I'm in love (love)
Oh, love (oh love)
Girl, I wanna love you long like Eva
I know you want that pita
Girl, I say I know you want that pita
That banana like Chiquita
I'ma hit it like Derek Jeter
The neighbor's gon' think I beat her
I'll throw that dick much deeper
Come be my wide receiver
I'll give that girl a seizure
She forget her boyfriend, amnesia
She wanna ride it, I let her have it
She better ride it like Danica Patrick
I get behind it, and move her
Like the Heimlich maneuver (ow)
I don't know about you (chyeah)
But I'm really, really fucked up (chyeah)
No more liquor in my cup (chyeah)
I think it's time for us to, time for us to, time for us to fuck (let's go)
I think it's time for us to fuck (let's go)
I think it's time for us to fuck (let's go)
I think it's time for us to, time for us to
Bounce that booty like a basketball
See, I'm a ball-hog, I don't pass at all (ha-ha)
And now she wanna put her sister on
Now I got twins like "The Whisper Song"
So you could call her Mrs. Me Too
I say I'm on a strict diet, I can only eat you
Lick it lick it, lick it, lick it, I like to
Lick it lick it, lick it lick it (ha-ha)
I got that Goose in my system
Somebody gon' be my victim
I got patrone in my system
Somebody gon' be my victim (ow)
I don't know about you (chyeah)
But I'm really, really fucked up (chyeah)
No more liquor in my cup (chyeah)
I think it's time for us to, time for us to, time for us to fuck (let's go)
I think it's time for us to fuck (let's go)
I think it's time for us to fuck (let's go)
I think it's time for us to, time for us to
Come free yo' mind, on this dick that I have
You ain't gotta be my wife, but you need dick in yo' life
We gon' fuck all night long, I got kush in my bag
We can blaze one, and when we done
Go back to your man
I think I'm in love (love)
Oh, love (oh love)
I think I'm in love (love)
Oh, love (oh love)
I think I'm in love (love)
Oh, love (oh love)
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