"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.
She's got a dirty mouth, it tasted so clean with every taste of me.
You know that every single thing she does.
She does for me, because it's what I'm dreaming of.
(You and me, sitting in a tree.
F-U-C-K-I-N-G)
And she likes to take her time.
More then fortunate, form of torture.
And she likes to touch and tease.
It's always fun for me, it's always unbelievable.
She'll do every naughty thing I want
My baby, she's up for anything I wanna do.
She's a giver and it gets her off.
My baby, she's into everything I wanna do.
If it was on TV, or ever in a magazine.
She could take the fantasy and make it a reality.
She delivers every dirty thought.
My baby, she's into everything I wanna do.
And she knows every spot.
Exactly where it's at, and she could draw a map.
But until you have some, it's like a weapon.
And she's always threatening, to be the death of me.
(You and me, sitting in a tree.
F-U-C-K-I-N-G)
She'll do every naughty thing I want
My baby, she's up for anything I wanna do.
She's a giver and it gets her off.
My baby, she's into everything I wanna do.
If it was on TV, or ever in a magazine.
She could take the fantasy and make it a reality.
She delivers every dirty thought.
My baby, she's into everything I wanna do.
So, what you wanna do?
So, what you wanna do?
And me, I'll repay the favor with your favorite thing you love to do.
So, what you wanna do?
So, what you wanna do?
I'm about to take it up a notch, so watch what I'm about to do.
(You and me, sitting in a tree.
F-U-C-K-I-N-G)
She'll do every naughty thing I want
My baby, she's up for anything I wanna do.
She's a giver and it gets her off.
My baby, she's into everything I wanna do.
If it was on TV, or ever in a magazine.
She could take your fantasy and make it a reality.
She delivers every dirty thought.
My baby, she's into everything I wanna do.
Everything you want, anything at all, everything you want.
Everything I wanna do.
Everything you want, anything at all, everything you want.
Everything I wanna do.
You know that every single thing she does.
She does for me, because it's what I'm dreaming of.
(You and me, sitting in a tree.
F-U-C-K-I-N-G)
And she likes to take her time.
More then fortunate, form of torture.
And she likes to touch and tease.
It's always fun for me, it's always unbelievable.
She'll do every naughty thing I want
My baby, she's up for anything I wanna do.
She's a giver and it gets her off.
My baby, she's into everything I wanna do.
If it was on TV, or ever in a magazine.
She could take the fantasy and make it a reality.
She delivers every dirty thought.
My baby, she's into everything I wanna do.
And she knows every spot.
Exactly where it's at, and she could draw a map.
But until you have some, it's like a weapon.
And she's always threatening, to be the death of me.
(You and me, sitting in a tree.
F-U-C-K-I-N-G)
She'll do every naughty thing I want
My baby, she's up for anything I wanna do.
She's a giver and it gets her off.
My baby, she's into everything I wanna do.
If it was on TV, or ever in a magazine.
She could take the fantasy and make it a reality.
She delivers every dirty thought.
My baby, she's into everything I wanna do.
So, what you wanna do?
So, what you wanna do?
And me, I'll repay the favor with your favorite thing you love to do.
So, what you wanna do?
So, what you wanna do?
I'm about to take it up a notch, so watch what I'm about to do.
(You and me, sitting in a tree.
F-U-C-K-I-N-G)
She'll do every naughty thing I want
My baby, she's up for anything I wanna do.
She's a giver and it gets her off.
My baby, she's into everything I wanna do.
If it was on TV, or ever in a magazine.
She could take your fantasy and make it a reality.
She delivers every dirty thought.
My baby, she's into everything I wanna do.
Everything you want, anything at all, everything you want.
Everything I wanna do.
Everything you want, anything at all, everything you want.
Everything I wanna do.
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It's about a teenage girl who will do any sex act with a middle aged man who needs her to feel youthful and alive and free. Hey, she beats going to a prostitute or to the gay bar so more power to him. Reminds me of those old men in their sports cars with young beautiful women in the passenger seat and you know they're with the aging guys for their fame or money or power. Then they dump them eventually and move on to younger guys. But gotta give the old geezers credit; they don't care how stupid they look or how everyone knows they've sacraficed their intelligence and wisdom and self-respect for a pretty piece of ass who swallows one guy after the next ;) Yeah, that's amore!
@interpretationdechanson what a stupid fucking comment. Nowhere in the song does it mention anything about a teenaged girl and an older man. It’s nothing more than a song about how a girl will do whatever it takes to please her man!!