"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.
Small town cherry pickin' around the town
You were the one I was thinking about
You're the one I used to look around
And now I'm driving you around the bench
Small town cherry pickin' around the town
You were the one I was thinking about
You're the one I used to look around
And now I'm driving you around the bench
You better cut cut cut that cut that collar
Got got got got gotta ride it
You better cut cut cut that cut that collar
Got got got got gotta ride it
Oh my west side now
They way I was kicking it and how it gone
Ye we are all the time
And a while we don't have to run
The way you told me now the day it fell bad
The way you look at me doesn't make you mad
The way I used to be as long as I'm a girl
You better cut cut cut that cut that collar
Got got got got gotta ride it
You better cut cut cut that cut that collar
Got got got got gotta ride it
Why you trippin' what's the deal
And there I was just fine got a bag appeal
Pretend that we're there trying to feel at home
Welcome to my heart and my devices
Oh you don't think I had my hold your horses
With all that cope I got this now
You better cut cut cut that cut that collar
Got got got got gotta ride it
You better cut cut cut that cut that collar
Got got got got gotta ride it
Small town cherry pickin' around the town
You were the one I was thinking about
You're the one I used to look around
And now I'm driving you around the bench
Small town cherry pickin' around the town
You were the one I was thinking about
You're the one I used to look around
And now I'm driving you around the bench
You better cut cut cut that cut that collar
Got got got got gotta ride it
You better cut cut cut that cut that collar
Got got got got gotta ride it
You were the one I was thinking about
You're the one I used to look around
And now I'm driving you around the bench
Small town cherry pickin' around the town
You were the one I was thinking about
You're the one I used to look around
And now I'm driving you around the bench
You better cut cut cut that cut that collar
Got got got got gotta ride it
You better cut cut cut that cut that collar
Got got got got gotta ride it
Oh my west side now
They way I was kicking it and how it gone
Ye we are all the time
And a while we don't have to run
The way you told me now the day it fell bad
The way you look at me doesn't make you mad
The way I used to be as long as I'm a girl
You better cut cut cut that cut that collar
Got got got got gotta ride it
You better cut cut cut that cut that collar
Got got got got gotta ride it
Why you trippin' what's the deal
And there I was just fine got a bag appeal
Pretend that we're there trying to feel at home
Welcome to my heart and my devices
Oh you don't think I had my hold your horses
With all that cope I got this now
You better cut cut cut that cut that collar
Got got got got gotta ride it
You better cut cut cut that cut that collar
Got got got got gotta ride it
Small town cherry pickin' around the town
You were the one I was thinking about
You're the one I used to look around
And now I'm driving you around the bench
Small town cherry pickin' around the town
You were the one I was thinking about
You're the one I used to look around
And now I'm driving you around the bench
You better cut cut cut that cut that collar
Got got got got gotta ride it
You better cut cut cut that cut that collar
Got got got got gotta ride it
Lyrics submitted by eloisekate
Cherry Pickin Lyrics as written by Kate Marie Nash
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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