"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.
You cut off all of your fingers
Trade them in for dollar bills
Cake up on some makeup to cover all those lines
Wake up and stop shaking, 'cause you're just wasting time
Don't you want some of this?
Don't you need some of this?
You take, but can't be given
You ride, but cannot be ridden
Pinch this tiny heart of mine, wrap it up in soiled twine
You never read what you've written
I'll be your lover, I'll be forever
I'll be tomorrow, I am anything when I'm high
I'll be your lover, I'll be forever
I'll be tomorrow, I am anything when I'm high
Don't you want some of this?
Don't you need some of this?
Don't you want some of this?
Don't you need some of this?
You shove your hair down my throat
I feel your fingers in me, me
Tear this bitter fruit to mess, wrap it in your soiled dress
Now, you must spit out the seeds
I'll be your lover, I'll be forever
I'll be tomorrow, I am anything when I'm high
I'll be your lover, I'll be forever
I'll be tomorrow, I am anything when I'm high
Anything, when I'm high
Anything, when I'm high
I'll be your lover, I'll be forever
I'll be tomorrow, I am anything when I'm high
I'll be your lover, I'll be forever
I'll be tomorrow, I am anything when I'm high
Anything, when I'm high
All dried up and tied up, forever
All fucked up and dead to the world
All dried up and tied up, forever
All fucked up and dead to the world
All dried up and tied up, forever
All fucked up and dead to the world
All dried up and tied up, forever
All fucked up and dead to the world
Trade them in for dollar bills
Cake up on some makeup to cover all those lines
Wake up and stop shaking, 'cause you're just wasting time
Don't you want some of this?
Don't you need some of this?
You take, but can't be given
You ride, but cannot be ridden
Pinch this tiny heart of mine, wrap it up in soiled twine
You never read what you've written
I'll be your lover, I'll be forever
I'll be tomorrow, I am anything when I'm high
I'll be your lover, I'll be forever
I'll be tomorrow, I am anything when I'm high
Don't you want some of this?
Don't you need some of this?
Don't you want some of this?
Don't you need some of this?
You shove your hair down my throat
I feel your fingers in me, me
Tear this bitter fruit to mess, wrap it in your soiled dress
Now, you must spit out the seeds
I'll be your lover, I'll be forever
I'll be tomorrow, I am anything when I'm high
I'll be your lover, I'll be forever
I'll be tomorrow, I am anything when I'm high
Anything, when I'm high
Anything, when I'm high
I'll be your lover, I'll be forever
I'll be tomorrow, I am anything when I'm high
I'll be your lover, I'll be forever
I'll be tomorrow, I am anything when I'm high
Anything, when I'm high
All dried up and tied up, forever
All fucked up and dead to the world
All dried up and tied up, forever
All fucked up and dead to the world
All dried up and tied up, forever
All fucked up and dead to the world
All dried up and tied up, forever
All fucked up and dead to the world
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Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World Lyrics as written by Joerdie Osbourne White Brian Hugh Warner
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acctully what you said is somewhat right the acctul reason why he wrote the song was his feelings towards new orleans he says from his book that the scum of new orleans all follow that kind of motto "ill be your lover (Ill love you if youve got drugs) Ill be forever (ill always be around as long as youve got drugs or want to buy drugs) Ill be tommorow i am anything when i am high (I can do anything when im high).<br /> <br /> And the ending Dont you want some of this, dont you need some of this. its because he says in his book he doesnt mind people who want drugs but he hates people who needs drugs.