"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.
Come on baby
I get so confused,
But, my heart knows you're one of a kind
Leather an' lace, an angels face,
Riding on a one track mind
You're fully loaded with cruise control,
My four wheels rock with your back seat roll
You're cheap an' nasty,
All you want to do is give it up, give it up
Cheap an' nasty,
Come on an' do the dirty with me
I get so excited, babe, when I'm invited
To ride in your limousine,
You drive it every day, burn it every night,
I wonder how you keep it so clean
Smooth accelerator, you get me so loose,
You keep your motor running till I run out of juice
You're cheap an' nasty,
All you want to do is give it up, give it up
Cheap an' nasty,
Come on an' do the dirty with me
Cheap an' nasty
I never knew it could be this way
An' I never thought I'd ever complain,
But, gimme a second just to catch my breath
Babe, before you do it again
All the boys call your name
Down the wishing well,
Baby, when you go
You're like a cat out of hell
You're cheap an' nasty,
All you want to do is give it up, give it up
Cheap an' nasty,
All you want to do is give it up, give it up
Cheap an' nasty,
All you want to do is give it up, give it up
Cheap an' nasty,
Come on an' do the dirty with me
Come on an' do the dirty,
Come on an' do the dirty,
Come on an' do the dirty with me
Come on an' do the dirty with me
I get so confused,
But, my heart knows you're one of a kind
Leather an' lace, an angels face,
Riding on a one track mind
You're fully loaded with cruise control,
My four wheels rock with your back seat roll
You're cheap an' nasty,
All you want to do is give it up, give it up
Cheap an' nasty,
Come on an' do the dirty with me
I get so excited, babe, when I'm invited
To ride in your limousine,
You drive it every day, burn it every night,
I wonder how you keep it so clean
Smooth accelerator, you get me so loose,
You keep your motor running till I run out of juice
You're cheap an' nasty,
All you want to do is give it up, give it up
Cheap an' nasty,
Come on an' do the dirty with me
Cheap an' nasty
I never knew it could be this way
An' I never thought I'd ever complain,
But, gimme a second just to catch my breath
Babe, before you do it again
All the boys call your name
Down the wishing well,
Baby, when you go
You're like a cat out of hell
You're cheap an' nasty,
All you want to do is give it up, give it up
Cheap an' nasty,
All you want to do is give it up, give it up
Cheap an' nasty,
All you want to do is give it up, give it up
Cheap an' nasty,
Come on an' do the dirty with me
Come on an' do the dirty,
Come on an' do the dirty,
Come on an' do the dirty with me
Come on an' do the dirty with me
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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Just A Little Lovin'
Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield
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Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
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“I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.
Bit of class! "Cheap an' Nasty!"