"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.
Ain't got nobody that I can depend on
Ain't got nobody that I can depend on
Ain't got nobody that I can depend on
Ain't got nobody that I can depend on
Ain't got no one, no tengo a nadie
That I know of, no tengo a nadie
That I can depend on, no tengo a nadie
Ain't got no one, no tengo a nadie
That I know of, no tengo a nadie
That I can depend on, no tengo a nadie
Ain't got nobody that I can depend on
No tengo a nadie
Ain't got nobody that I can depend on
No tengo a nadie
Ain't got nobody that I can depend on
Ain't got nobody that I can depend on
Ain't got nobody that I can depend on
Ain't got no one, no tengo a nadie
That I know of, no tengo a nadie
That I can depend on, no tengo a nadie
Ain't got no one, no tengo a nadie
That I know of, no tengo a nadie
That I can depend on, no tengo a nadie
Ain't got nobody that I can depend on
No tengo a nadie
Ain't got nobody that I can depend on
No tengo a nadie
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No One to Depend On Lyrics as written by Michael John Carabello Thomas Coke Escovedo
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This is one of my favorite Santana songs. It simply rocks! The transitions and solos are really well done. Lyrics are almost nonexistent, but somehow they fit the music just perfectly; the music does the talking. It starts with in idea - I've got no one to depend one - and proceeds to express more and more intensively with sound. As the song builds, it goes back to the lyrics to reinforce the idea, then back to the music again.
There seems to be a strong undertone of frustration in this song. I get the feeling that the subject of the song desperately wants someone to depend on, and someone to depend on him. He has a lot to give, but cannot find an outlet for his emotions, thus they grow and grow, and it is starting to drive him crazy.
Story of my life.
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per the babblefish translator - spanish to english; no tengo a nadie = do not have to anybody. that kind of adds a little twist to the lyrics i think. it might be a mantra of sorts. it's what you might say when you are very lonely and need to convince yourself that it is all as it should be.
what i have been wondering for years is what the opening lyrics are. it's just two words that i can't quite make out. it sounds like - satika teakyla. a reference to tequilla maybe? anyone know what that actually is or mean?