"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.
I don't want your sugar and spice, sugar and spice
I don't want your sugar and spice, sugar and spice
Whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh
Sometimes I say really dumb things 'cause it's hard to talk and at the same
Time think
At the same time, I feel like I should have that down, I should have
Figured out the conversation by now
There's a lot of time wasted hating the way I act, social skills I'm not
Sure I have
The list of what's wrong runs way too long and I had no idea 'til you came
Along
Over and over
Track on repeat (track on repeat)
There's something wrong with me
There's something wrong with me
Got me, they got me, they got me hooked so good
High fructose Hollywood
I don't want you sugar and spice, sugar and spice
Sugar and spice and everything nice I poured down the drain of my life last
Night
I don't want you sugar and spice, sugar and spice
Sugar and spice and everything nice I poured down the drain of my life last
Night
I'm not stressing, obsessing over who I'm not impressing
I know perfection's infectious or is it more like infection
It gets under your skin because you know I'm ignoring you
Wouldn't you rather be broken than boring too?
Over and over
Track on repeat (track on repeat)
There's something wrong with me
There's something wrong with me
They got me, they got me, they got me hooked so good
High fructose Hollywood
I don't want you sugar and spice, sugar and spice
Sugar and spice and everything nice I poured down the drain of my life last
Night
I don't want you sugar and spice, sugar and spice
Sugar and spice and everything nice I poured down the drain of my life last
Night
Whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh
Over and over
Track on repeat
There's something wrong with me
There's something wrong with me
Whoa oh oh
I don't want you sugar and spice, sugar and spice
Sugar and spice and everything nice I poured down the drain of my life last
Night
I don't want you sugar and spice, sugar and spice
Sugar and spice and everything nice I poured down the drain of my life last
Night
Whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh
Over and over
Track on repeat
There's something wrong with me
There's something wrong with me
Over and over (over and over)
Track on repeat (track on repeat)
There's something wrong with me (there's something wrong with me)
There's something wrong with me (there's something wrong with me)
Over and over
Track on repeat (track on repeat)
There's something wrong with me
There's something wrong with me (there's something wrong)
I don't want your sugar and spice, sugar and spice
Whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh
Sometimes I say really dumb things 'cause it's hard to talk and at the same
Time think
At the same time, I feel like I should have that down, I should have
Figured out the conversation by now
There's a lot of time wasted hating the way I act, social skills I'm not
Sure I have
The list of what's wrong runs way too long and I had no idea 'til you came
Along
Over and over
Track on repeat (track on repeat)
There's something wrong with me
There's something wrong with me
Got me, they got me, they got me hooked so good
High fructose Hollywood
I don't want you sugar and spice, sugar and spice
Sugar and spice and everything nice I poured down the drain of my life last
Night
I don't want you sugar and spice, sugar and spice
Sugar and spice and everything nice I poured down the drain of my life last
Night
I'm not stressing, obsessing over who I'm not impressing
I know perfection's infectious or is it more like infection
It gets under your skin because you know I'm ignoring you
Wouldn't you rather be broken than boring too?
Over and over
Track on repeat (track on repeat)
There's something wrong with me
There's something wrong with me
They got me, they got me, they got me hooked so good
High fructose Hollywood
I don't want you sugar and spice, sugar and spice
Sugar and spice and everything nice I poured down the drain of my life last
Night
I don't want you sugar and spice, sugar and spice
Sugar and spice and everything nice I poured down the drain of my life last
Night
Whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh
Over and over
Track on repeat
There's something wrong with me
There's something wrong with me
Whoa oh oh
I don't want you sugar and spice, sugar and spice
Sugar and spice and everything nice I poured down the drain of my life last
Night
I don't want you sugar and spice, sugar and spice
Sugar and spice and everything nice I poured down the drain of my life last
Night
Whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh, whoa oh oh
Over and over
Track on repeat
There's something wrong with me
There's something wrong with me
Over and over (over and over)
Track on repeat (track on repeat)
There's something wrong with me (there's something wrong with me)
There's something wrong with me (there's something wrong with me)
Over and over
Track on repeat (track on repeat)
There's something wrong with me
There's something wrong with me (there's something wrong)
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Sugar & Spice Lyrics as written by Amy V Ariel Jump Adam Michael Kronshagen
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