"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.
The man is gone
And mama says
She can't live without him
The man is gone
And mama says
There is no life without him
She has no one to stop her tears
A man who heals and calms down her fears
She needs to wake up in her man's arms
And to be loved just like a child
Ooh ooh
Ooh ooh
The man is gone
And mama says
That she can't live without him
The man is gone
And mama says
There is no life without him
How can I tell her the way I feel?
I'm afraid she'd be hurt and sink
It pisses me off, it drives me mad
That she lets herself feel so bad
Ooh ooh
Ooh ooh
The man is gone
And mama says
That she can't live without him
The man is gone
And mama says
There is no life without him
And mama says
She can't live without him
The man is gone
And mama says
There is no life without him
She has no one to stop her tears
A man who heals and calms down her fears
She needs to wake up in her man's arms
And to be loved just like a child
Ooh ooh
Ooh ooh
The man is gone
And mama says
That she can't live without him
The man is gone
And mama says
There is no life without him
How can I tell her the way I feel?
I'm afraid she'd be hurt and sink
It pisses me off, it drives me mad
That she lets herself feel so bad
Ooh ooh
Ooh ooh
The man is gone
And mama says
That she can't live without him
The man is gone
And mama says
There is no life without him
Lyrics submitted by dianaluvsnyc
Mama Says Lyrics as written by Naomi Diaz Lisa Kainde Diaz
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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