"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 am mommy's naughty boy
Her misbehavin' pride and joy
I'll sin, then she'll punish me for my wicked ways
I've disobeyed and now I've got to pay
[Chorus:]
(She gets down) My girl gets me down on my knees
(Low down) Won't stop 'til I beg and I plead
(She gets down) I need to walk on the wilder side
So my girl gets down on me
Out of sight but not of mind
Lurking in my darker side
Fantasies torture me, strange perversities
My love is like Pandora's box
And my mistress holds the key
[Chorus]
(She gets down) My girl tames the monster in me
(Low down) She knows how to give what I need
(She gets down) She controls my sexual greed
So I let my girl get down on me
I get my pleasure from the pain
But if nasty habit gossip spreads
What would the neighbors say?
(Hurts so good)
"Are you ready for me senator?"
"Yes Mistress."
(Like it should)
"Have you been nice, or have you been naughty?"
"I`ve been a bad boy Mistress."
(Hurts so good)
"You know I'm going to have to punish you, don't you?"
"Oh, do what you must."
[Chorus]
(She gets down) My girl, she don't do it for free
(Low down) I pray that she keeps it discreet
(She gets down) 'Cause no one knows
The life that I lead at night
When my girl gets down on me
Her misbehavin' pride and joy
I'll sin, then she'll punish me for my wicked ways
I've disobeyed and now I've got to pay
[Chorus:]
(She gets down) My girl gets me down on my knees
(Low down) Won't stop 'til I beg and I plead
(She gets down) I need to walk on the wilder side
So my girl gets down on me
Out of sight but not of mind
Lurking in my darker side
Fantasies torture me, strange perversities
My love is like Pandora's box
And my mistress holds the key
[Chorus]
(She gets down) My girl tames the monster in me
(Low down) She knows how to give what I need
(She gets down) She controls my sexual greed
So I let my girl get down on me
I get my pleasure from the pain
But if nasty habit gossip spreads
What would the neighbors say?
(Hurts so good)
"Are you ready for me senator?"
"Yes Mistress."
(Like it should)
"Have you been nice, or have you been naughty?"
"I`ve been a bad boy Mistress."
(Hurts so good)
"You know I'm going to have to punish you, don't you?"
"Oh, do what you must."
[Chorus]
(She gets down) My girl, she don't do it for free
(Low down) I pray that she keeps it discreet
(She gets down) 'Cause no one knows
The life that I lead at night
When my girl gets down on me
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She Gets Down Lyrics as written by Gunnar Nelson Gregory Rybarski
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