"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 ain't gonna give nobody none of my jellyroll
How `bout your short'nin' bread
Oh, I wouldn't give you a piece a pie to save your soul
I guess that's what you said
My Ma told me today, when she went away
To buy groceries
To be a good boy, she'd give me a toy
'Cause I'm my Mama's pride and joy
There ain't no use of anyone to keep a hangin' `round
Maybe I'm waitin' on your Ma
You don't know my Ma, she'd really put you down
Put me down
Ma's bakin' up a storm, and her oven is still warm
I know you want it, but you can't have it
And I ain't gonna give you none
You dirty boy!
I ain't gonna give nobody none of my jellyroll
Oh, such a stingy chap!
I wouldn't give you a piece a pie to save your soul
How `bout a zuzu snap
Her cherry pie is fine, her layer cake divine
But I'm tellin' you twice, you can't get a slice
Unless you're extra special nice
Now, there ain't no use of you to just keep a hangin' `round
Oh, pretty please
I love you but I hate to put you down
Yeah, my jellyroll is sweet
That it is!
It sure is hard to beat
Well, I know they want it
But, they can't have it
Yeah, ho-ho Miss Nelly, I mean my jellyroll
Dibs on the dishpan
I got seconds
How `bout your short'nin' bread
Oh, I wouldn't give you a piece a pie to save your soul
I guess that's what you said
My Ma told me today, when she went away
To buy groceries
To be a good boy, she'd give me a toy
'Cause I'm my Mama's pride and joy
There ain't no use of anyone to keep a hangin' `round
Maybe I'm waitin' on your Ma
You don't know my Ma, she'd really put you down
Put me down
Ma's bakin' up a storm, and her oven is still warm
I know you want it, but you can't have it
And I ain't gonna give you none
You dirty boy!
I ain't gonna give nobody none of my jellyroll
Oh, such a stingy chap!
I wouldn't give you a piece a pie to save your soul
How `bout a zuzu snap
Her cherry pie is fine, her layer cake divine
But I'm tellin' you twice, you can't get a slice
Unless you're extra special nice
Now, there ain't no use of you to just keep a hangin' `round
Oh, pretty please
I love you but I hate to put you down
Yeah, my jellyroll is sweet
That it is!
It sure is hard to beat
Well, I know they want it
But, they can't have it
Yeah, ho-ho Miss Nelly, I mean my jellyroll
Dibs on the dishpan
I got seconds
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