"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.
Yo, yo, yo, girl.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yo, yo,
Yo oh.
Yo, yo, well.
Cause I need you an you need me (yo, yo, yo)
Together girl is how it must be (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Well, I need you an u need me (yo, yo well)
Becah you're ever inna up in my thoughts
An' you're always in my dreams,
Got to have yuh in my life,
Girl, you're gonna be my queen
Girl, I wanna be your man,
Baby, can you understand?
Never was it in my plan
Girl, dat's just the way I am,
But when meh met it an' meh just start fe set it
Seh meh neva did expec' it
Dat di lovin' whe mi get
Mi wuddah just cyaah forget it
Now meh jus a stress it, fret it,
An' meh doh waah fi loose or regret it
Cah I'm
Runnin' out o' time,
When ah sometimes true love it is suh hard to find
Meh tell yuh girl,
From yuh show meh de sign
Girl is like you always deh pon meh mind
Becah, your love is one of a kind
Girl, meh seh meh love how yuh deh pon de grind
Gyal, yuh got a perfect design
Shape an' yuh figure yuh nah lef it behind
Gyal, cah life is it suh very short
Gyal, meh waah yuh lissen keen
When yuh find de one yuh waah
Den yuh betta rope dem een
You've been runnin' through my mind
Suh meh nah guh waste nuh time
Haffi get tings aligned
Girl, cah when me go check up on de way tings ah set up
Ah de right move whe mi really waah mek
Suh doh eva wreck up all de vybz whe meh set up
Got to be de man whe yuh elec' up
Wey meh tell yuh girl
I'm
Runnin' out o' time,
When ah sometimes true love it is suh hard to find
Meh tell yuh girl,
From yuh show meh de sign
Girl is like you always deh pon meh mind
Becah, your love is one of a kind
Girl, an meh love fuh see yuh deh pon de grind
Gyal, yuh got a perfect design
Shape an' yuh figure yuh nah lef it behind
Wey me tell yuh
I need yuh girl, I need yuh baby
Yuh are my world, you're my lady
I need yuh bad girl, suh doh forsake meh
Man ah nuh punk girl, don't mistake me
I need yuh girl, I need yuh baby
Yuh are my world, you're my lady
I need yuh bad girl, suh don't forsake meh
Man ah nuh punk girl
From mi sing
Runnin' out o' time,
When ah sometimes true love it is suh hard to find
Meh tell yuh girl,
From yuh show meh de sign
Girl is like you always deh pon meh mind
Becah, love is one of a kind
Girl, meh seh meh love fuh see yuh deh pon de grind
Gyal, yuh got a perfect design
Shape an' yuh figure yuh nah lef it behind
Because I'm
Runnin' out o' time,
When ah sometimes true love it is suh hard to find
Meh tell yuh girl,
From yuh show meh de sign
Girl is like you always deh pon meh mind
Becah, your love is one of a kind
An' meh seh meh love fuh see yuh deh pon de grind
Gyal, yuh got a perfect design
Shape an' yuh figure yuh nah lef it behind
S Peezle
Dedicated to di ladies
Whe always is deh pon mi,
Deh pon mi, deh pon mi,
Deh pon mi, deh pon mi mind
Deh pon my mind
A wha mi sing seh
Mi love di gyal dem whe deh pon di grind
A Dutty yo, yo!
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yo, yo,
Yo oh.
Yo, yo, well.
Cause I need you an you need me (yo, yo, yo)
Together girl is how it must be (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Well, I need you an u need me (yo, yo well)
Becah you're ever inna up in my thoughts
An' you're always in my dreams,
Got to have yuh in my life,
Girl, you're gonna be my queen
Girl, I wanna be your man,
Baby, can you understand?
Never was it in my plan
Girl, dat's just the way I am,
But when meh met it an' meh just start fe set it
Seh meh neva did expec' it
Dat di lovin' whe mi get
Mi wuddah just cyaah forget it
Now meh jus a stress it, fret it,
An' meh doh waah fi loose or regret it
Cah I'm
Runnin' out o' time,
When ah sometimes true love it is suh hard to find
Meh tell yuh girl,
From yuh show meh de sign
Girl is like you always deh pon meh mind
Becah, your love is one of a kind
Girl, meh seh meh love how yuh deh pon de grind
Gyal, yuh got a perfect design
Shape an' yuh figure yuh nah lef it behind
Gyal, cah life is it suh very short
Gyal, meh waah yuh lissen keen
When yuh find de one yuh waah
Den yuh betta rope dem een
You've been runnin' through my mind
Suh meh nah guh waste nuh time
Haffi get tings aligned
Girl, cah when me go check up on de way tings ah set up
Ah de right move whe mi really waah mek
Suh doh eva wreck up all de vybz whe meh set up
Got to be de man whe yuh elec' up
Wey meh tell yuh girl
I'm
Runnin' out o' time,
When ah sometimes true love it is suh hard to find
Meh tell yuh girl,
From yuh show meh de sign
Girl is like you always deh pon meh mind
Becah, your love is one of a kind
Girl, an meh love fuh see yuh deh pon de grind
Gyal, yuh got a perfect design
Shape an' yuh figure yuh nah lef it behind
Wey me tell yuh
I need yuh girl, I need yuh baby
Yuh are my world, you're my lady
I need yuh bad girl, suh doh forsake meh
Man ah nuh punk girl, don't mistake me
I need yuh girl, I need yuh baby
Yuh are my world, you're my lady
I need yuh bad girl, suh don't forsake meh
Man ah nuh punk girl
From mi sing
Runnin' out o' time,
When ah sometimes true love it is suh hard to find
Meh tell yuh girl,
From yuh show meh de sign
Girl is like you always deh pon meh mind
Becah, love is one of a kind
Girl, meh seh meh love fuh see yuh deh pon de grind
Gyal, yuh got a perfect design
Shape an' yuh figure yuh nah lef it behind
Because I'm
Runnin' out o' time,
When ah sometimes true love it is suh hard to find
Meh tell yuh girl,
From yuh show meh de sign
Girl is like you always deh pon meh mind
Becah, your love is one of a kind
An' meh seh meh love fuh see yuh deh pon de grind
Gyal, yuh got a perfect design
Shape an' yuh figure yuh nah lef it behind
S Peezle
Dedicated to di ladies
Whe always is deh pon mi,
Deh pon mi, deh pon mi,
Deh pon mi, deh pon mi mind
Deh pon my mind
A wha mi sing seh
Mi love di gyal dem whe deh pon di grind
A Dutty yo, yo!
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