"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.
E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G
E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G
When I'm out on the road
Going from show to show
Told my homey, Romeo
How much I miss you so
I don't know how much longer it will be
I'm missing you, wanting you
And I really want to talk to you
Oh no I left my 2-way at home
Still sitting on the charger
Oh no my battery is dead on my cell phone
And I really want to call ya
J-Boog let me use your phone
Gotta call my baby girl back home
Let her know what she means to me
Cause we gotta be
[Chorus: x2]
Your my (your my) angel (angel)
Your my (your my) heart girl
Cause your my everything (your everything I want in a woman)
Girl your my everything (your everything I need in a woman)
I got you on the phone
You're sayin' you wish I was home
But then you flip the script
To put me in the wrong
And you think I'm lying when I been trying all day to talk to you
Juggling videos and photo shoots
Baby girl don't think that one minute goes by and I don't really want to call ya
Don't think that I'm screenin' my calls
Or checkin' my caller ID tryin' to dodge you girl
I'm tryin' be all I can be
A young man in this industry
You mean the world to me
You are my everything, my
[Chorus: x2]
Your my (your my) angel (angel)
Your my (your my) heart girl
'Cause your my everything
(your everything I want in a woman)
Girl your my everything
(your everything I need in a woman)
Girl
I want you to know
Nothing will come between you and me
Girl I want you to know
That you will always be
My everything
Baby girl I'm missing you
Can't wait to get home so I can hold you
Pain is love when it comes to you
Faithful and true is what I stay to you
Your my homey when I chill with you
Throw on some sweats with some Nike shoes
Or get sididdy for me
Louie skirt with a mini tee
See times has been hard for me
Being on the road without my wifey
Lookin' at my watch the time goes by
Lookin' at the skies the days goes by
Wishing on these days you could fly
Til the next time to be by my side
For you I ride
For you I lie
Me and you girl Bonnie and Clyde
[Chorus: x2]
E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G
When I'm out on the road
Going from show to show
Told my homey, Romeo
How much I miss you so
I don't know how much longer it will be
I'm missing you, wanting you
And I really want to talk to you
Oh no I left my 2-way at home
Still sitting on the charger
Oh no my battery is dead on my cell phone
And I really want to call ya
J-Boog let me use your phone
Gotta call my baby girl back home
Let her know what she means to me
Cause we gotta be
[Chorus: x2]
Your my (your my) angel (angel)
Your my (your my) heart girl
Cause your my everything (your everything I want in a woman)
Girl your my everything (your everything I need in a woman)
I got you on the phone
You're sayin' you wish I was home
But then you flip the script
To put me in the wrong
And you think I'm lying when I been trying all day to talk to you
Juggling videos and photo shoots
Baby girl don't think that one minute goes by and I don't really want to call ya
Don't think that I'm screenin' my calls
Or checkin' my caller ID tryin' to dodge you girl
I'm tryin' be all I can be
A young man in this industry
You mean the world to me
You are my everything, my
[Chorus: x2]
Your my (your my) angel (angel)
Your my (your my) heart girl
'Cause your my everything
(your everything I want in a woman)
Girl your my everything
(your everything I need in a woman)
Girl
I want you to know
Nothing will come between you and me
Girl I want you to know
That you will always be
My everything
Baby girl I'm missing you
Can't wait to get home so I can hold you
Pain is love when it comes to you
Faithful and true is what I stay to you
Your my homey when I chill with you
Throw on some sweats with some Nike shoes
Or get sididdy for me
Louie skirt with a mini tee
See times has been hard for me
Being on the road without my wifey
Lookin' at my watch the time goes by
Lookin' at the skies the days goes by
Wishing on these days you could fly
Til the next time to be by my side
For you I ride
For you I lie
Me and you girl Bonnie and Clyde
[Chorus: x2]
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Everthing Lyrics as written by D. Thornton D. Frederic
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