"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.
Don't be scared
I've done this before
Show me your teeth
Show me your teeth
Show me your teeth
Don't want no money (want your money)
That shit's ugly
Just want your sex (want your sex)
Take a bite of my bad girl meat (bad girl meat)
Take a bite of me
Show me your teeth (let me see your mean)
Got no direction (no direction)
I need direction
Just got my vamp (got my vamp)
Take a bite of my bad girl meat (bad girl meat)
Take a bite of me, boy
Show me your teeth (the truth is sexy)
Tell me something that'll save me
I need a man who makes me alright (man who makes me alright)
Just tell me when it's alright
Tell me something that'll change me
I'm gonna love you with my hands tied
Show me your teeth (just tell me when)
Show me your teeth (open your mouth boy)
Show me your teeth (show me whatcha got)
Show me your teeth, teeth, teeth, teeth
Got no salvation (no salvation)
Got no salvation
Got no religion (no religion)
My religion is you
Take a bite of my bad girl meat (bad girl meat)
Take a bite of me, boy
Show me your teeth (I'm a tough bitch)
Got my addictions (my addictions)
And I love to fix 'em (and I love to fix 'em)
No one's perfect
Take a bite of my bad girl meat (bad girl meat)
(And I'm not a bad woman) show me your teeth
I just need a little guidance
Tell me something that'll save me
I need a man who makes me alright (man who makes me alright)
Just tell me when it's alright
Tell me something that'll change me
I'm gonna love you with my hands tied
Show me your teeth (just tell me when)
Show me your teeth (open your mouth boy)
Show me your teeth (show me whatcha got)
Show me your teeth, teeth, teeth, teeth
Show me your teeth
How (my religion is you)
How (my religion is you)
Help, need a man
Now show me your fangs
Help, need a man
Now show me your fangs (my religion is you)
Help, need a man
Now show me your fangs
Help, need a man
Now show me your fangs
Help, need a man (my religion is you)
Now show me your fangs
Help, need a man
Now show me your fangs
Help, need a man
Now show me your fangs
Help, need a man
Now show me your fangs
Tell me something that'll save me
I need a man who makes me alright (man who makes me alright)
Just tell me it's alright
Tell me something that'll change me
I'm gonna love you with my hands tied
Show me your teeth (just tell me when)
Show me your teeth (open your mouth, boy)
Show me your teeth (show me whatcha got)
Show me your teeth teeth, teeth, teeth
Show me your teeth
It's not how big, it's how mean
It's not how big, it's how mean
Show me your teeth, show me your teeth
Show me your teeth, show me your teeth
Show me your teeth, open your mouth boy
Show me your teeth, show me your teeth
My religion is you
Show me your teeth, teeth, teeth, teeth
Show me your teeth, show me your teeth
I just need a little guidance
Show me your teeth, show me your teeth
Show me your teeth, show me your teeth
Show me your teeth, teeth, teeth, teeth
I've done this before
Show me your teeth
Show me your teeth
Show me your teeth
Don't want no money (want your money)
That shit's ugly
Just want your sex (want your sex)
Take a bite of my bad girl meat (bad girl meat)
Take a bite of me
Show me your teeth (let me see your mean)
Got no direction (no direction)
I need direction
Just got my vamp (got my vamp)
Take a bite of my bad girl meat (bad girl meat)
Take a bite of me, boy
Show me your teeth (the truth is sexy)
Tell me something that'll save me
I need a man who makes me alright (man who makes me alright)
Just tell me when it's alright
Tell me something that'll change me
I'm gonna love you with my hands tied
Show me your teeth (just tell me when)
Show me your teeth (open your mouth boy)
Show me your teeth (show me whatcha got)
Show me your teeth, teeth, teeth, teeth
Got no salvation (no salvation)
Got no salvation
Got no religion (no religion)
My religion is you
Take a bite of my bad girl meat (bad girl meat)
Take a bite of me, boy
Show me your teeth (I'm a tough bitch)
Got my addictions (my addictions)
And I love to fix 'em (and I love to fix 'em)
No one's perfect
Take a bite of my bad girl meat (bad girl meat)
(And I'm not a bad woman) show me your teeth
I just need a little guidance
Tell me something that'll save me
I need a man who makes me alright (man who makes me alright)
Just tell me when it's alright
Tell me something that'll change me
I'm gonna love you with my hands tied
Show me your teeth (just tell me when)
Show me your teeth (open your mouth boy)
Show me your teeth (show me whatcha got)
Show me your teeth, teeth, teeth, teeth
Show me your teeth
How (my religion is you)
How (my religion is you)
Help, need a man
Now show me your fangs
Help, need a man
Now show me your fangs (my religion is you)
Help, need a man
Now show me your fangs
Help, need a man
Now show me your fangs
Help, need a man (my religion is you)
Now show me your fangs
Help, need a man
Now show me your fangs
Help, need a man
Now show me your fangs
Help, need a man
Now show me your fangs
Tell me something that'll save me
I need a man who makes me alright (man who makes me alright)
Just tell me it's alright
Tell me something that'll change me
I'm gonna love you with my hands tied
Show me your teeth (just tell me when)
Show me your teeth (open your mouth, boy)
Show me your teeth (show me whatcha got)
Show me your teeth teeth, teeth, teeth
Show me your teeth
It's not how big, it's how mean
It's not how big, it's how mean
Show me your teeth, show me your teeth
Show me your teeth, show me your teeth
Show me your teeth, open your mouth boy
Show me your teeth, show me your teeth
My religion is you
Show me your teeth, teeth, teeth, teeth
Show me your teeth, show me your teeth
I just need a little guidance
Show me your teeth, show me your teeth
Show me your teeth, show me your teeth
Show me your teeth, teeth, teeth, teeth
Lyrics submitted by thrwmyhrtawy.
Teeth Lyrics as written by Peter W. Bender Edward Theodore Riley
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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