"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.
Honey bee, honey bee
Our hearts sing sympathy
Such a sweet melody
Honey bee, honey bee
How do I count all the ways that you understand
Multiply the stars in the sky by the grains of sand
Satisfy me
Your love's better than I ever planned
Tantalize me honey bee
I'm at your command
Planet keep on turnin'
Planet keep on goin' round
Illegal marijuana
Better give that man a cigar
Let's go hear him play the guitar
Come and take a ride in my car
Well, well I say, honey bee
I'm your main devotee
Let's establish a colony
Honey bee
Walk beside me
I'm in heaven when I hold your hand
Hypnotize me just Alice in a Wonderland
Well, I say, honey bee
You're my great fantasy
I love your company
Be with me in this tree
Planet keep on turnin'
Planet keep on goin' round
Our hearts sing sympathy
Such a sweet melody
Honey bee, honey bee
How do I count all the ways that you understand
Multiply the stars in the sky by the grains of sand
Satisfy me
Your love's better than I ever planned
Tantalize me honey bee
I'm at your command
Planet keep on turnin'
Planet keep on goin' round
Illegal marijuana
Better give that man a cigar
Let's go hear him play the guitar
Come and take a ride in my car
Well, well I say, honey bee
I'm your main devotee
Let's establish a colony
Honey bee
Walk beside me
I'm in heaven when I hold your hand
Hypnotize me just Alice in a Wonderland
Well, I say, honey bee
You're my great fantasy
I love your company
Be with me in this tree
Planet keep on turnin'
Planet keep on goin' round
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Honey Bee Lyrics as written by Robert Palmer Alan Mansfield
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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