"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.
[Hook]
(All day long)
Oil jones
Like dinosaur bones
Deep
Beneath your feet
[Verse 1]
Everything used to go to my head
Now go to my ass
My booty, my booty
I'm working on my booty
All them things used to go to my head
Now it all go to my ass
My booty, I'm working on my booty
Hiney in, hiney out
Hiney in, hiney out
Hiney up, hiney down
(Now let me see you work it all around)
Suck that gut in bitch
Suck that gut in bitch
1, 2, 3, 4
Suck that gut in bitch
Lazy hoes hit the door
Suck that gut in bitch
Unos, dos, tres, quatros
Suck that gut in bitch
Beyonce's figure is natural
[Hook]
Oil Jones
Deeper than dinosaur bones
[Verse 2]
Fracking
The world is cracking
Oil spill making a killing
Grilling in an oil field
Fighting [?]
1, 2, 3, 4
[Hook]
Lazy hoes hit the door
Oil Jones
Suck that gut in bitch
Like dinosaur bones
Everything used to go to my head now go to my ass
My booty, I'm working on my booty
All them things used to go to my head now go to my booty
I'm working on my booty
Your world is cracking (all day long)
Work on these, work on this
Work on these, work on this
Don't stop till you get it right
Work on these, work on this
Work on these, work on this
Don't stop till you get it right
Oil Jones
Deeper than dinosaur bones
You can bungee jump on Jacklyn lane
Even if you find a Jane
But remember, just refrain
No pain no gain
Bend down and give me fifty, bend down and give me fifty
Squat down and give me fourty, squat down and give me fourty
Stoop down and give me thirty, stoop down and give me thirty
Go down and give me twenty, Go down and give me twenty
Suck that guy in bitch
Lazy hoes at the door
Suck that guy in bitch
Uno, dos, tres, quatros
Suck that guy in bitch
Beyonce's figure is nachos
Beneath your feet
Vaseline victory
The squeaky wheel gets the grease
You can stand, and twist, sit and spin
But it won't get rid of that double chin
Everything used to go to my head
Now go to my ass
My booty, my booty
I'm working on my booty
All them things used to go to my head
Now it all go to my ass
My booty, I'm working on my booty
Hiney up, hiney down
Hiney up, hiney down
Hiney in, hiney out
Now let me see you work it all around
Suck that gut in bitch
1, 2, 3, 4
Suck that guy in bitch
Lazy hoes hit the door
Suck that guy in bitch
Unos, dos, tres, quatros
Suck that guy in bitch
Beyonce's figure is natural
Deep beneath your feet
You can stand and twist, sit and spin
But it would get rid of that double chin
U-uh, chin ups
Do some chin ups, chin ups
If you wanna fat ass you gotta sit up
(All day long)
Oil jones
Like dinosaur bones
Deep
Beneath your feet
[Verse 1]
Everything used to go to my head
Now go to my ass
My booty, my booty
I'm working on my booty
All them things used to go to my head
Now it all go to my ass
My booty, I'm working on my booty
Hiney in, hiney out
Hiney in, hiney out
Hiney up, hiney down
(Now let me see you work it all around)
Suck that gut in bitch
Suck that gut in bitch
1, 2, 3, 4
Suck that gut in bitch
Lazy hoes hit the door
Suck that gut in bitch
Unos, dos, tres, quatros
Suck that gut in bitch
Beyonce's figure is natural
[Hook]
Oil Jones
Deeper than dinosaur bones
[Verse 2]
Fracking
The world is cracking
Oil spill making a killing
Grilling in an oil field
Fighting [?]
1, 2, 3, 4
[Hook]
Lazy hoes hit the door
Oil Jones
Suck that gut in bitch
Like dinosaur bones
Everything used to go to my head now go to my ass
My booty, I'm working on my booty
All them things used to go to my head now go to my booty
I'm working on my booty
Your world is cracking (all day long)
Work on these, work on this
Work on these, work on this
Don't stop till you get it right
Work on these, work on this
Work on these, work on this
Don't stop till you get it right
Oil Jones
Deeper than dinosaur bones
You can bungee jump on Jacklyn lane
Even if you find a Jane
But remember, just refrain
No pain no gain
Bend down and give me fifty, bend down and give me fifty
Squat down and give me fourty, squat down and give me fourty
Stoop down and give me thirty, stoop down and give me thirty
Go down and give me twenty, Go down and give me twenty
Suck that guy in bitch
Lazy hoes at the door
Suck that guy in bitch
Uno, dos, tres, quatros
Suck that guy in bitch
Beyonce's figure is nachos
Beneath your feet
Vaseline victory
The squeaky wheel gets the grease
You can stand, and twist, sit and spin
But it won't get rid of that double chin
Everything used to go to my head
Now go to my ass
My booty, my booty
I'm working on my booty
All them things used to go to my head
Now it all go to my ass
My booty, I'm working on my booty
Hiney up, hiney down
Hiney up, hiney down
Hiney in, hiney out
Now let me see you work it all around
Suck that gut in bitch
1, 2, 3, 4
Suck that guy in bitch
Lazy hoes hit the door
Suck that guy in bitch
Unos, dos, tres, quatros
Suck that guy in bitch
Beyonce's figure is natural
Deep beneath your feet
You can stand and twist, sit and spin
But it would get rid of that double chin
U-uh, chin ups
Do some chin ups, chin ups
If you wanna fat ass you gotta sit up
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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