"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.
J-E y'all, J-E y'all, J-E y'all, J-E y'all
I'm trying to find the words that will keep her down
Man I swear I'll keep her down.
This girl, she's so amazing
She's everything I dreamed that a woman could be
She sends all of my senses into a whirlwind
'Cause it's her eyes and her smell that gets me.
And I think that I could be with her
If I could tell her how I feel
I'll let her know that this thang that I feel is real
If I could find the words that'll put her down
Man I swear I'll keep her down, down
Trying to find the words to express how I feeling
Trying to let you know that I'm through double dealing
Don't know what I'd do if I really lose your loving
I gotta get my act together, put my baby first in line.
Trying to find the words to express how I'm feeling
Trying to find the words, find the words, find the words
Don't know what I'd do if I really lose your loving
I gotta get my act together, put my baby first in line.
Girl, she keeps her faith in him
When I'm short on the sticky, she's always got me
Make me feel like a P.I.M.P.
Naw, that just ain't me, ain't even in my league
Girl, you know you got me crazy
Shady girls done left a bad mark on my heart
Scarred me up, ain't give a damn about my heart.
Gotte get it right with you
I need to find the words
Trying to find the words to express how I feeling
Trying to let you know that I'm through double dealing
Don't know what I'd do if I really lose your loving
I gotta get my act together, put my baby first in line.
Trying to find the words to express how I'm feeling
Trying to find the words, find the words, find the words
Don't know what I'd do if I really lose your loving
I gotta get my act together, put my baby first in line.
I don't know, why I can't find the words to say
Exactly how I feel about you
But all I know, if you leave me,
Girl don't leave me I don't know what I'll do
I don't know,
I don't know,
I don't know
I'm trying to find the words that will keep her down
Man I swear I'll keep her down.
This girl, she's so amazing
She's everything I dreamed that a woman could be
She sends all of my senses into a whirlwind
'Cause it's her eyes and her smell that gets me.
And I think that I could be with her
If I could tell her how I feel
I'll let her know that this thang that I feel is real
If I could find the words that'll put her down
Man I swear I'll keep her down, down
Trying to find the words to express how I feeling
Trying to let you know that I'm through double dealing
Don't know what I'd do if I really lose your loving
I gotta get my act together, put my baby first in line.
Trying to find the words to express how I'm feeling
Trying to find the words, find the words, find the words
Don't know what I'd do if I really lose your loving
I gotta get my act together, put my baby first in line.
Girl, she keeps her faith in him
When I'm short on the sticky, she's always got me
Make me feel like a P.I.M.P.
Naw, that just ain't me, ain't even in my league
Girl, you know you got me crazy
Shady girls done left a bad mark on my heart
Scarred me up, ain't give a damn about my heart.
Gotte get it right with you
I need to find the words
Trying to find the words to express how I feeling
Trying to let you know that I'm through double dealing
Don't know what I'd do if I really lose your loving
I gotta get my act together, put my baby first in line.
Trying to find the words to express how I'm feeling
Trying to find the words, find the words, find the words
Don't know what I'd do if I really lose your loving
I gotta get my act together, put my baby first in line.
I don't know, why I can't find the words to say
Exactly how I feel about you
But all I know, if you leave me,
Girl don't leave me I don't know what I'll do
I don't know,
I don't know,
I don't know
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