"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.
Dirty dog (uh)
I'm a dirty dog (uh)
I'm a dirty dog
I'm a, I'm a dirty dog
Dirty dog
I'm a dirty dog
Dirty dog
I'm an outlaw (I'm an outlaw)
Quick on the draw (quick on the draw)
Somethin' you've never seen before (you've never seen)
And I dare a motherfucker to come in my face
I got somethin' chrome (I got somethin' chrome)
And I got it from home (and I got it from home)
And it ain't a microphone (it ain't a mic)
And I dare a motherfucker to come in my face
It's so real (real)
How I feel (feel)
'Cause this society
That makes a nigga want to kill
I'm just straight ill
Ridin' my motorcycle down the streets
While politicians is soundin' like strippers to me
They sayin' but I don't wanna hear it
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
It's a raw night (it's a raw night)
Who wants to bar fight? (Who wants to bar fight?)
Well, come on alright (well, come on)
And I dare a motherfucker to come in my face
Baseball bats (baseball bats)
I got somethin' for that (I got somethin' for that)
It goes bla-ka-ka-kat (you know what that is)
So I dare a motherfucker to come in my face
It's so real (real)
How I feel (feel)
'Cause this society
That makes a nigga want to kill (kill)
I'm just straight ill
Ridin' my motorcycle down the streets
While the government is soundin' like strippers to me
They keep sayin' but I don't wanna hear it
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Well, you can get this lap dance (Lee Harvey) here for free
When you think of Harvey, think of a Harley
Blue denim, spiked wrists and 'Crombie
Slap screws and tattoos that's all me
Two blondes, both arms, feelin' like Fonzie
You can find me drunk, whippin' it might crash
Or find me chillin' with crackers who like Thrash
Find me in court smokin' that nice grass
Burnin' the flag, all in the name of white trash
It's Harvey, baby, Christ on the arm, I'm gnarly, baby
Fuck with me? Not hardly, baby
And you know the flow ungodly, baby
So let's party, baby
Chicks nickname me Pilot, they get high off my dick
I take 'em to my home, they call it the cockpit
Time for take-off, their panties they drop quick
Now that's first-class fuckin', ain't that some fly shit?
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
Well, you can get this lap dance
They keep sayin' (here for free), but I don't wanna hear it
I'm a dirty dog (uh)
I'm a dirty dog
I'm a, I'm a dirty dog
Dirty dog
I'm a dirty dog
Dirty dog
I'm an outlaw (I'm an outlaw)
Quick on the draw (quick on the draw)
Somethin' you've never seen before (you've never seen)
And I dare a motherfucker to come in my face
I got somethin' chrome (I got somethin' chrome)
And I got it from home (and I got it from home)
And it ain't a microphone (it ain't a mic)
And I dare a motherfucker to come in my face
It's so real (real)
How I feel (feel)
'Cause this society
That makes a nigga want to kill
I'm just straight ill
Ridin' my motorcycle down the streets
While politicians is soundin' like strippers to me
They sayin' but I don't wanna hear it
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
It's a raw night (it's a raw night)
Who wants to bar fight? (Who wants to bar fight?)
Well, come on alright (well, come on)
And I dare a motherfucker to come in my face
Baseball bats (baseball bats)
I got somethin' for that (I got somethin' for that)
It goes bla-ka-ka-kat (you know what that is)
So I dare a motherfucker to come in my face
It's so real (real)
How I feel (feel)
'Cause this society
That makes a nigga want to kill (kill)
I'm just straight ill
Ridin' my motorcycle down the streets
While the government is soundin' like strippers to me
They keep sayin' but I don't wanna hear it
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Well, you can get this lap dance (Lee Harvey) here for free
When you think of Harvey, think of a Harley
Blue denim, spiked wrists and 'Crombie
Slap screws and tattoos that's all me
Two blondes, both arms, feelin' like Fonzie
You can find me drunk, whippin' it might crash
Or find me chillin' with crackers who like Thrash
Find me in court smokin' that nice grass
Burnin' the flag, all in the name of white trash
It's Harvey, baby, Christ on the arm, I'm gnarly, baby
Fuck with me? Not hardly, baby
And you know the flow ungodly, baby
So let's party, baby
Chicks nickname me Pilot, they get high off my dick
I take 'em to my home, they call it the cockpit
Time for take-off, their panties they drop quick
Now that's first-class fuckin', ain't that some fly shit?
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
Ooh, baby, you want me?
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
Well, you can get this lap dance here for free
Well, you can get this lap dance
They keep sayin' (here for free), but I don't wanna hear it
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
Lapdance Lyrics as written by Gene Thornton Jr Chad Hugo
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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does anyone know who's the girl singing?...im thinkin vita....but im really not sure
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everyone loves this song.
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ringtone on my phone...haha this song is awesome.