"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.
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Damn, girl
Where you learn to do all that?
Ayy, can I tell you something? Listen
Girl, the sex was crazy (crazy)
Better yet amazing (amazing)
Don't be sad (don't be sad)
I ain't going nowhere (going nowhere)
Let's just lay and talk (lay and talk)
Girl, I know you feel it (feel it)
This chemistry that we got (we got)
So don't be shy (don't be shy)
I ain't going nowhere (going nowhere)
I'm here for the night (for the night)
So move closer, bring your body to mine
Let me hold you right (hold you right)
Don't be mad (don't be mad)
I ain't going nowhere (going nowhere)
I'ma sleep here by your side (by your side)
You probably think I'm shady, girl, I know, but I
Ain't gon' fuckin' bounce (fuckin' bounce)
I'm feeling you, I wanna get to know you so
Let's have pillow talk (pillow talk)
You probably think I'm shady, girl, I know, but I
Ain't gon' fuckin' bounce (fuckin' bounce)
I'm feeling you, I wanna get to know you so
Let's have pillow talk (pillow talk)
When I saw you after my show (after my show)
Your friends were acting like hoes (acting like hoes)
But you were different (you were different)
You weren't impressed (you weren't impressed)
By all my money (all my money)
Or fancy shit (fancy shit)
Girl, you're skin is so smooth (skin is so smooth)
And you smell good just like some new shoes
(Just like my Bathing Apes)
I see you smiling (see you smiling)
Is that a sign (that a sign)
That you feeling me too? (me too)
Girl, I hope so
You probably think I'm shady, girl, I know, but I
Ain't gon' fuckin' bounce (fuckin' bounce)
I'm feeling you, I wanna get to know you so
Let's have pillow talk (pillow talk)
So move closer, bring your body to mine
Just like my Bathing Apes
Damn, girl
Where you learn to do all that?
Ayy, can I tell you something? Listen
Girl, the sex was crazy (crazy)
Better yet amazing (amazing)
Don't be sad (don't be sad)
I ain't going nowhere (going nowhere)
Let's just lay and talk (lay and talk)
Girl, I know you feel it (feel it)
This chemistry that we got (we got)
So don't be shy (don't be shy)
I ain't going nowhere (going nowhere)
I'm here for the night (for the night)
So move closer, bring your body to mine
Let me hold you right (hold you right)
Don't be mad (don't be mad)
I ain't going nowhere (going nowhere)
I'ma sleep here by your side (by your side)
You probably think I'm shady, girl, I know, but I
Ain't gon' fuckin' bounce (fuckin' bounce)
I'm feeling you, I wanna get to know you so
Let's have pillow talk (pillow talk)
You probably think I'm shady, girl, I know, but I
Ain't gon' fuckin' bounce (fuckin' bounce)
I'm feeling you, I wanna get to know you so
Let's have pillow talk (pillow talk)
When I saw you after my show (after my show)
Your friends were acting like hoes (acting like hoes)
But you were different (you were different)
You weren't impressed (you weren't impressed)
By all my money (all my money)
Or fancy shit (fancy shit)
Girl, you're skin is so smooth (skin is so smooth)
And you smell good just like some new shoes
(Just like my Bathing Apes)
I see you smiling (see you smiling)
Is that a sign (that a sign)
That you feeling me too? (me too)
Girl, I hope so
You probably think I'm shady, girl, I know, but I
Ain't gon' fuckin' bounce (fuckin' bounce)
I'm feeling you, I wanna get to know you so
Let's have pillow talk (pillow talk)
So move closer, bring your body to mine
Just like my Bathing Apes
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