"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.
Joanne, Joanne
Stop trying to be my friend
Joanne, Joanne
Stop trying to freak my man
Joanne, Joanne
How you gon' try to clown
Joanne
I know you got another plan
When I'm not around
For most of our lives
It's been you and me
And I always thought
Nothing could come between
Obviously our friendship doesn't mean nothing to you
All this time I though I knew you, oh
[Trina & Tamera]
Half shirts, mini skirts
All of that ain't gon' work
So stop trying to flirt with my man
Before someone gets hurt
Joanne, Joanne
Stop trying to be my friend
Joanne, Joanne
Stop trying to freak my man
Joanne, Joanne
How you gon' try to clown
Joanne
I know you got another plan
When I'm not around
We were so close
How could you hurt me
You were my best friend
Where's your honesty
Thought you had my back
But that ain't where you at
See right through you
All this time I thought I knew you
For most of our lives
It's been you and me
And I always thought
Nothing could come between
Obviously our friendship doesn't mean nothing to you
All this time I though I knew you, oh
Joanne, Joanne
Stop trying to be my friend
Joanne, Joanne
Stop trying to freak my man
Joanne, Joanne
How you gon' try to clown
Joanne
I know you got another plan
When I'm not around
No way you could fool me
When he loves me truly
I can't believe I once called you a friend
Jo-Jo-Anne
[Eve]
I'm not the bitch to be tried
No remind, I'm makin' 'em cry
Cross the line with my property I'm walkin' up out
Treated you like a sister and you played games
Had to pull out the gangster showing you I'm running things
And I'm naming names
Practically raised you and made you
Classier than most know now I should have caved you
You thought he paged you, SURPRISE!
Heard me on the line
He told me everything about how you wasted his time and
How I cheated when I didn't
If it was given couldn't handle my position
Use your woman's intuition
Pick of the litter
Never compared, never could make me bitter
Compared to you I'll always be the bigger picture
Trying to be Eve, can never have it, act right
Four search parties be looking for you with a flashlight
[Trina]
No, Jo-Jo
Joanne, Joanne
Stop trying to be my friend
Joanne, Joanne
Stop trying to freak my man
Joanne, Joanne
How you gon' try to clown
Joanne
I know you got another plan
When I'm not around
Stop trying to be my friend
Joanne, Joanne
Stop trying to freak my man
Joanne, Joanne
How you gon' try to clown
Joanne
I know you got another plan
When I'm not around
For most of our lives
It's been you and me
And I always thought
Nothing could come between
Obviously our friendship doesn't mean nothing to you
All this time I though I knew you, oh
[Trina & Tamera]
Half shirts, mini skirts
All of that ain't gon' work
So stop trying to flirt with my man
Before someone gets hurt
Joanne, Joanne
Stop trying to be my friend
Joanne, Joanne
Stop trying to freak my man
Joanne, Joanne
How you gon' try to clown
Joanne
I know you got another plan
When I'm not around
We were so close
How could you hurt me
You were my best friend
Where's your honesty
Thought you had my back
But that ain't where you at
See right through you
All this time I thought I knew you
For most of our lives
It's been you and me
And I always thought
Nothing could come between
Obviously our friendship doesn't mean nothing to you
All this time I though I knew you, oh
Joanne, Joanne
Stop trying to be my friend
Joanne, Joanne
Stop trying to freak my man
Joanne, Joanne
How you gon' try to clown
Joanne
I know you got another plan
When I'm not around
No way you could fool me
When he loves me truly
I can't believe I once called you a friend
Jo-Jo-Anne
[Eve]
I'm not the bitch to be tried
No remind, I'm makin' 'em cry
Cross the line with my property I'm walkin' up out
Treated you like a sister and you played games
Had to pull out the gangster showing you I'm running things
And I'm naming names
Practically raised you and made you
Classier than most know now I should have caved you
You thought he paged you, SURPRISE!
Heard me on the line
He told me everything about how you wasted his time and
How I cheated when I didn't
If it was given couldn't handle my position
Use your woman's intuition
Pick of the litter
Never compared, never could make me bitter
Compared to you I'll always be the bigger picture
Trying to be Eve, can never have it, act right
Four search parties be looking for you with a flashlight
[Trina]
No, Jo-Jo
Joanne, Joanne
Stop trying to be my friend
Joanne, Joanne
Stop trying to freak my man
Joanne, Joanne
How you gon' try to clown
Joanne
I know you got another plan
When I'm not around
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Joanne Lyrics as written by Michelle Gilliam Phillips John Edmund Andrew Phillips
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