"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.
[Milo]:
Pussy cat, pussy cat
I know where you're hiding at
Pussy cat, pussy cat
Why you gotta be like that?
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
[Simon]:
Tonight I walk the floor alone
A broken heart, a broken home
Can't live without my pussy cat
She ran away right out the back
So I put up a poster about you
Are you safe? Are you warm? Have you got food?
Were you chased by a hungry coyote?
I don't know what I'm gonna do.
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
[Milo]:
Pussy cat, pussy cat
I know where you're hiding at
Pussy cat, pussy cat
Why you got to be like that?
[Simon]:
Last night I had an awful dream
You were clawing at the screen
But I couldn't get to you in time
You were devoured by a mountain lion
Now the bed is too big and too lonely
'Cause the corner you sleep on is empty
Did I push you away in the morning?
I don't know what I'm gonna do
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
[Guitar solo from Milo]
[Milo]:
Why you gotta be like that?
Why you gotta be like that?
Why you gotta, why you gotta, why you gotta be like that?
Why you gotta be like that?
Why you gotta be like that?
Why you gotta, why you gotta- (Hey!)
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
Pussy cat, pussy cat
I know where you're hiding at
Pussy cat, pussy cat
Why you gotta be like that?
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
[Simon]:
Tonight I walk the floor alone
A broken heart, a broken home
Can't live without my pussy cat
She ran away right out the back
So I put up a poster about you
Are you safe? Are you warm? Have you got food?
Were you chased by a hungry coyote?
I don't know what I'm gonna do.
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
[Milo]:
Pussy cat, pussy cat
I know where you're hiding at
Pussy cat, pussy cat
Why you got to be like that?
[Simon]:
Last night I had an awful dream
You were clawing at the screen
But I couldn't get to you in time
You were devoured by a mountain lion
Now the bed is too big and too lonely
'Cause the corner you sleep on is empty
Did I push you away in the morning?
I don't know what I'm gonna do
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
[Guitar solo from Milo]
[Milo]:
Why you gotta be like that?
Why you gotta be like that?
Why you gotta, why you gotta, why you gotta be like that?
Why you gotta be like that?
Why you gotta be like that?
Why you gotta, why you gotta- (Hey!)
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
I gotta have it
Baby, I need your love
Lyrics submitted by Xorvenom
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