"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.
Well the last thing I need, is a lazy housewife
If your gonna lay around and sleep all day
You better work third shift a night
In a carpet mill or a truck stop, even if it's for minimum wage
Oh you can get yourself some pasties
And get up there on that stage
Now the baptist look down on you
But don't listen to their lip
'Cause you can dance butt naked on a big brass poll
As long as you're making tips
'Cause I want a paycheck woman don't want no welfare broad
All the chicks I date are lazy I say hey y'all get a job
You better bring home the bacon and fry it up when you get home
You can't sit and watch soap operas while I work hard all day long
So here's to all my brothers out there pulling down O.T.
Let me get a big hell yeah, from the working men like me
Hell yeah, hell yeah
Employee discounts, well their real nice
I hear the head cashier at Wal-Mart can get fishing lures half price
Ain't that sexy, really sexy when a woman saves money
But what really turns me on is a two income family
So even if it's part time
Bagging groceries at the store
You better get out there and punch that clock
'Cause I'm sick of being poor
I want a paycheck woman don't want no welfare broad
All the chicks I date are lazy I say hey y'all get a job
You better bring home the bacon and fry it up when you get home
You can't lay there eating Bon Bons while I work hard all week long
So here's to all the woman who think money grows on trees
Ah let me get a big hell no, from the working mens like me
Hell no, hell no
I want a paycheck woman don't want no welfare broad
All the chicks I date are lazy I say hey y'all get a job
You better bring home the bacon and fry it up when you get home
You can't sit and watch soap operas while I work hard all day long
So here's to all my brothers out there putting in forty
Ah let me get a big hell yeah, from the working men like me
Hell yeah, hell yeah
Hell yeah, hell yeah
Hell yeah
If your gonna lay around and sleep all day
You better work third shift a night
In a carpet mill or a truck stop, even if it's for minimum wage
Oh you can get yourself some pasties
And get up there on that stage
Now the baptist look down on you
But don't listen to their lip
'Cause you can dance butt naked on a big brass poll
As long as you're making tips
'Cause I want a paycheck woman don't want no welfare broad
All the chicks I date are lazy I say hey y'all get a job
You better bring home the bacon and fry it up when you get home
You can't sit and watch soap operas while I work hard all day long
So here's to all my brothers out there pulling down O.T.
Let me get a big hell yeah, from the working men like me
Hell yeah, hell yeah
Employee discounts, well their real nice
I hear the head cashier at Wal-Mart can get fishing lures half price
Ain't that sexy, really sexy when a woman saves money
But what really turns me on is a two income family
So even if it's part time
Bagging groceries at the store
You better get out there and punch that clock
'Cause I'm sick of being poor
I want a paycheck woman don't want no welfare broad
All the chicks I date are lazy I say hey y'all get a job
You better bring home the bacon and fry it up when you get home
You can't lay there eating Bon Bons while I work hard all week long
So here's to all the woman who think money grows on trees
Ah let me get a big hell no, from the working mens like me
Hell no, hell no
I want a paycheck woman don't want no welfare broad
All the chicks I date are lazy I say hey y'all get a job
You better bring home the bacon and fry it up when you get home
You can't sit and watch soap operas while I work hard all day long
So here's to all my brothers out there putting in forty
Ah let me get a big hell yeah, from the working men like me
Hell yeah, hell yeah
Hell yeah, hell yeah
Hell yeah
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Paycheck Woman Lyrics as written by Gretchen Frances N Wilson John D. Rich
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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