"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.
No more bluffing it's
I'm a feel it in my belly button
I'm a gluttin for your blushing
Your sweet little nothing
Your discussion and your fussing and
Your face when your cussing
Even when your wrong and no
One can tell you nothing
I'm addressing to the fact that
I can put my trust in
Man sexy but it's more than disgusting
My rushing, my gushing and when we
Push each others buttons love you
So what's love time even when we Fucking
Glutting for your stuffing n
I want another clubbing
Feenin' for your loving your
Hugging and back rubbing
But, every so often I feel like I'm stuck in
We don't give each other space
Push each others buttons
One can't speak shit without
The other one buttin we talk a lot of shit
But it don't mean nothing
I say that I'm fucking but
You know that I'm bluffing
Listen for a minute baby let
Me tell you something
Let's take it slowly bit by bit
Just get to know me bit by bit
I know we're not perfect but bit by bit
I know that we're worth it bit by bit by bit
Take it slowly bit by bit
Just get to know me bit by bit
I know we're not perfect but bit by bit
I know that we're worth it bit by bit by bit
Let's take it slowly bit by bit
Just get to know me bit by bit
I know we're not perfect but bit by bit
I know that we're worth it bit by bit by bit
Take it slowly bit by bit
Just get to know me bit by bit
I know we're not perfect but bit by bit
I know that we're worth it bit by bit by bit
Every time that we sinning I
Feel that I'm really winning
When we finished and I'm grinning
And I'm bringing another innings
We just fulfilling the mission we're reliving
I feel that I'm giving back
Myself that was missing
I'm more like I'm drilling to
Myself that was hidden
I'm a villain and I'm wicked
But I'm also really timid
I'm rigid and I pivot but
I'm careful not to fidget stick with it
I'm tryna get close to your spirit
It's kinda like a riddle
I'll figure your just a little
A wolves turned pit and throw me
In the middle the shirt comes down by your
Neck just a little it ain't even hot but u
Sweating just a little
I feel like I might've found
My wife just a little
Kinda like I understand life just a little
We can spend time, together
More than a little
You wanna stay forever do my
Thing just a little
Let's take it slowly bit by bit
Just get to know me bit by bit
I know we're not perfect but bit by bit
I know that we're worth it bit by bit by bit
Take it slowly bit by bit
Just get to know me bit by bit
I know we're not perfect but bit by bit
I know that we're worth it bit by bit by bit
Be my lady bit by bit
We can make babies bit by bit
Drive each other crazy bit by bit by bit
By bit by bit by bit by bit
Be my lady bit by bit
We can make babies bit by bit
Drive each other crazy bit by bit by bit
By bit by bit by bit by bit
Let's take it slowly bit by bit
Just get to know me bit by bit
I know we're not perfect but bit by bit
I know that we're worth it bit by bit by bit
Take it slowly bit by bit
Just get to know me bit by bit
I know we're not perfect but bit by bit
I know that we're worth it bit by bit by bit
Let's take it slowly bit by bit
Just get to know me bit by bit
I know we're not perfect but bit by bit
I know that we're worth it bit by bit by bit
Take it slowly bit by bit
Just get to know me bit by bit
I know we're not perfect but bit by bit
I know that we're worth it bit by bit by bit
I'm a feel it in my belly button
I'm a gluttin for your blushing
Your sweet little nothing
Your discussion and your fussing and
Your face when your cussing
Even when your wrong and no
One can tell you nothing
I'm addressing to the fact that
I can put my trust in
Man sexy but it's more than disgusting
My rushing, my gushing and when we
Push each others buttons love you
So what's love time even when we Fucking
Glutting for your stuffing n
I want another clubbing
Feenin' for your loving your
Hugging and back rubbing
But, every so often I feel like I'm stuck in
We don't give each other space
Push each others buttons
One can't speak shit without
The other one buttin we talk a lot of shit
But it don't mean nothing
I say that I'm fucking but
You know that I'm bluffing
Listen for a minute baby let
Me tell you something
Let's take it slowly bit by bit
Just get to know me bit by bit
I know we're not perfect but bit by bit
I know that we're worth it bit by bit by bit
Take it slowly bit by bit
Just get to know me bit by bit
I know we're not perfect but bit by bit
I know that we're worth it bit by bit by bit
Let's take it slowly bit by bit
Just get to know me bit by bit
I know we're not perfect but bit by bit
I know that we're worth it bit by bit by bit
Take it slowly bit by bit
Just get to know me bit by bit
I know we're not perfect but bit by bit
I know that we're worth it bit by bit by bit
Every time that we sinning I
Feel that I'm really winning
When we finished and I'm grinning
And I'm bringing another innings
We just fulfilling the mission we're reliving
I feel that I'm giving back
Myself that was missing
I'm more like I'm drilling to
Myself that was hidden
I'm a villain and I'm wicked
But I'm also really timid
I'm rigid and I pivot but
I'm careful not to fidget stick with it
I'm tryna get close to your spirit
It's kinda like a riddle
I'll figure your just a little
A wolves turned pit and throw me
In the middle the shirt comes down by your
Neck just a little it ain't even hot but u
Sweating just a little
I feel like I might've found
My wife just a little
Kinda like I understand life just a little
We can spend time, together
More than a little
You wanna stay forever do my
Thing just a little
Let's take it slowly bit by bit
Just get to know me bit by bit
I know we're not perfect but bit by bit
I know that we're worth it bit by bit by bit
Take it slowly bit by bit
Just get to know me bit by bit
I know we're not perfect but bit by bit
I know that we're worth it bit by bit by bit
Be my lady bit by bit
We can make babies bit by bit
Drive each other crazy bit by bit by bit
By bit by bit by bit by bit
Be my lady bit by bit
We can make babies bit by bit
Drive each other crazy bit by bit by bit
By bit by bit by bit by bit
Let's take it slowly bit by bit
Just get to know me bit by bit
I know we're not perfect but bit by bit
I know that we're worth it bit by bit by bit
Take it slowly bit by bit
Just get to know me bit by bit
I know we're not perfect but bit by bit
I know that we're worth it bit by bit by bit
Let's take it slowly bit by bit
Just get to know me bit by bit
I know we're not perfect but bit by bit
I know that we're worth it bit by bit by bit
Take it slowly bit by bit
Just get to know me bit by bit
I know we're not perfect but bit by bit
I know that we're worth it bit by bit by bit
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