"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.
put your hair up
i can't take it when you let it down
i can't stand it
can't keep my hands off of it
my eyes are like spiders on you
i'm creepin out of my skin
and into yours again
have mercy, have mercy
there's already somebody
sleepin in my bed
i know you, i know you
you want me for yourself
but i am free
i know you, i know you
you want me on your shelf
but i am free
you bath me
you know how to torture me
you keep me in my corner
like a boxer who's finger are crushed
from the touch of your lust
i know you, i know you
you want me for yourself
but i am free
i know you, i know you
you want me on your shelf
but i am free
i am free!
if i call, don't waste my time
if i call, don't waste my time
don't waste my time...
don't waste my time...
yeah
i know you, i know you
you want me for yourself
but i am free
i know you, i know you
you want me on your shelf
but i am free
i know you, i know you
you want me on my knees
but i am free
i know you, i know you
you want to take your piece
but i am free
i'm free, i'm free
i'm free, i'm free
i can't take it when you let it down
i can't stand it
can't keep my hands off of it
my eyes are like spiders on you
i'm creepin out of my skin
and into yours again
have mercy, have mercy
there's already somebody
sleepin in my bed
i know you, i know you
you want me for yourself
but i am free
i know you, i know you
you want me on your shelf
but i am free
you bath me
you know how to torture me
you keep me in my corner
like a boxer who's finger are crushed
from the touch of your lust
i know you, i know you
you want me for yourself
but i am free
i know you, i know you
you want me on your shelf
but i am free
i am free!
if i call, don't waste my time
if i call, don't waste my time
don't waste my time...
don't waste my time...
yeah
i know you, i know you
you want me for yourself
but i am free
i know you, i know you
you want me on your shelf
but i am free
i know you, i know you
you want me on my knees
but i am free
i know you, i know you
you want to take your piece
but i am free
i'm free, i'm free
i'm free, i'm free
Lyrics submitted by v@caman
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