"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.
Oh yeah
Do you love me just a little, honey?
Oh yeah (oh yeah, ooh, ooh)
My uncertain heart has to know, oh, oh (oh, oh)
Tell me now (tell me now, tell me now)
Before I let myself go, boy (let myself go)
Do you love me? (Do you, do you, do you love me?)
I've gotta know, oh
Honey, honey, honey
Honey, honey, honey, oh honey
Oh, do you care a little for me, sweetheart?
Uh-huh (oh yeah, ooh, ooh)
Or do you plan for us to part? Oh yeah
Tell me now (tell me now)
Baby, baby before it's too late, girl (before it's too late)
Oh, should I, should I go, mama?
Or should I stay? Oh
Honey, honey, honey
Honey, honey, honey, oh honey
Oh love, oh love can be a many splendid thing
Oh what joy, what joy true love can bring
Oh, and because I want, oh
I really want a love that's real (want a love that's real)
Oh honey, I just got to know, oh, just how you feel
Oh, tell me, baby
Tell me, tell me, tell me should I get ready for a heartbreak?
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Or tell me what I saw if I had to wait, yeah
Tell me now (tell me now, tell me now)
Oh, am I loving you in vain? (loving you in vain)
Oh, and if I love you too much more, honey
Well, I have nothing to gain
Oh, tell me now
Honey, honey, honey
Honey, honey, honey, honey
I declare I love you
I wanna know do you love me, too, honey
Hey, hey, hey
I declare I love you
I wanna know do you love me, too, honey
Ooh, hey, baby, baby
I declare I love you
I wanna know do you love me, too, honey
Do you love me just a little, honey?
Oh yeah (oh yeah, ooh, ooh)
My uncertain heart has to know, oh, oh (oh, oh)
Tell me now (tell me now, tell me now)
Before I let myself go, boy (let myself go)
Do you love me? (Do you, do you, do you love me?)
I've gotta know, oh
Honey, honey, honey
Honey, honey, honey, oh honey
Oh, do you care a little for me, sweetheart?
Uh-huh (oh yeah, ooh, ooh)
Or do you plan for us to part? Oh yeah
Tell me now (tell me now)
Baby, baby before it's too late, girl (before it's too late)
Oh, should I, should I go, mama?
Or should I stay? Oh
Honey, honey, honey
Honey, honey, honey, oh honey
Oh love, oh love can be a many splendid thing
Oh what joy, what joy true love can bring
Oh, and because I want, oh
I really want a love that's real (want a love that's real)
Oh honey, I just got to know, oh, just how you feel
Oh, tell me, baby
Tell me, tell me, tell me should I get ready for a heartbreak?
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Or tell me what I saw if I had to wait, yeah
Tell me now (tell me now, tell me now)
Oh, am I loving you in vain? (loving you in vain)
Oh, and if I love you too much more, honey
Well, I have nothing to gain
Oh, tell me now
Honey, honey, honey
Honey, honey, honey, honey
I declare I love you
I wanna know do you love me, too, honey
Hey, hey, hey
I declare I love you
I wanna know do you love me, too, honey
Ooh, hey, baby, baby
I declare I love you
I wanna know do you love me, too, honey
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Do You Love Me Just a Little, Honey Lyrics as written by Harvey Fuqua Gladys Knight
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