"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.
MALE:
I got somethin’ to say! (what?)
I’m kinda gay! (yeah?)
I like to get paid and have sex for days! (no!)
So listen up ladies:
I like guys and hate babies,
If you get me real drunk
I’ll go for the junk in the trunk!
You want me bigtime, I want you minitime,
But then I see Matt Dillon and I want it huge time!
You open up your lips and try to seal my doom,
So I make a beeline straight to the men's room.
I thought you were cute,
I thought your ass was fine,
But then I took down your pants
And I said, “Never mind!”
FEMALE:
Don’t even try to play me bitch!
Don’t even try to front!
You think that you want dong,
But I know you want wet cunt!
MALE:
And there you go
Bein’ all sick!
Are you stupid, girl?
Of COURSE I want the dick!
FEMALE:
Stop lyin’, ho!
You know that you want it!
MALE:
No I don't!
FEMALE:
Yes you do! Just admit it! Admit it!
MALE:
You made me gay, girl, you made me gay, girl!!!!
FEMALE:
Are you gay?
MALE:
HAAAAY, you made me gay!
FEMALE:
I thought you liked it that way!
MALE:
Naw, bitch, I’m gay!
FEMALE:
I thought you liked it that way!
MALE:
No, ho, I’m fucking gay!
You made me gay, girl,
You made me gay, girl
FEMALE:
You ain’t gay!
MALE:
HAAAAY, you made me gay!
Stop jockin’ me girl,
Why can’t you see?
There’s a million guys
That are dyin’ to screw me!
FEMALE:
I see how it is, Hunx,
I don’t give you a bona.
When I’m through with your ass
It will be in a coma!
MALE:
You have the ass.
You have the titty.
But there’s somethin’ in my pants
That makes me wanna go to the shitty city.
FEMALE
But mens ain’t got no pussy
And they ain’t got no vagina,
I’m through with you gay boys,
Drop outta mankind-a!
MALE:
You got Willy Wonka up in your underwear,
And I like honey cuz I’m a little bear!
FEMALE:
Well I only pursued you 'cause I heard that you had girth,
But now I wish your silly momma had never given birth!
MALE:
Go gay, girl, it’s so much better!
I like the cheese, yeah, I like the cheddar!
FEMALE:
Your cock ain’t nuthin’ anyway,
I’d rather suck a dog off.
And I’ll just use a cucumber
To get my fucking rocks off!
MALE:
There’s so many girls, and
There’s so many guys, and
It’s hard to decide,
When I like chicken thighs!
FEMALE:
You’re missing out on hot ass humps,
'Cause I spread legs like anthrax,
And Kenny G type blowjobs,
'Cause I play a mean skin sax.
MALE:
That's okay,
Go 'head and do me that way,
But I made up my mind, silly ho,
I’m gay!
FEMALE:
Well maybe I should change my ways
And stick to only ladies,
'Cause I hate shitty mens,
And I don’t want shitty babies!
I got somethin’ to say! (what?)
I’m kinda gay! (yeah?)
I like to get paid and have sex for days! (no!)
So listen up ladies:
I like guys and hate babies,
If you get me real drunk
I’ll go for the junk in the trunk!
You want me bigtime, I want you minitime,
But then I see Matt Dillon and I want it huge time!
You open up your lips and try to seal my doom,
So I make a beeline straight to the men's room.
I thought you were cute,
I thought your ass was fine,
But then I took down your pants
And I said, “Never mind!”
FEMALE:
Don’t even try to play me bitch!
Don’t even try to front!
You think that you want dong,
But I know you want wet cunt!
MALE:
And there you go
Bein’ all sick!
Are you stupid, girl?
Of COURSE I want the dick!
FEMALE:
Stop lyin’, ho!
You know that you want it!
MALE:
No I don't!
FEMALE:
Yes you do! Just admit it! Admit it!
MALE:
You made me gay, girl, you made me gay, girl!!!!
FEMALE:
Are you gay?
MALE:
HAAAAY, you made me gay!
FEMALE:
I thought you liked it that way!
MALE:
Naw, bitch, I’m gay!
FEMALE:
I thought you liked it that way!
MALE:
No, ho, I’m fucking gay!
You made me gay, girl,
You made me gay, girl
FEMALE:
You ain’t gay!
MALE:
HAAAAY, you made me gay!
Stop jockin’ me girl,
Why can’t you see?
There’s a million guys
That are dyin’ to screw me!
FEMALE:
I see how it is, Hunx,
I don’t give you a bona.
When I’m through with your ass
It will be in a coma!
MALE:
You have the ass.
You have the titty.
But there’s somethin’ in my pants
That makes me wanna go to the shitty city.
FEMALE
But mens ain’t got no pussy
And they ain’t got no vagina,
I’m through with you gay boys,
Drop outta mankind-a!
MALE:
You got Willy Wonka up in your underwear,
And I like honey cuz I’m a little bear!
FEMALE:
Well I only pursued you 'cause I heard that you had girth,
But now I wish your silly momma had never given birth!
MALE:
Go gay, girl, it’s so much better!
I like the cheese, yeah, I like the cheddar!
FEMALE:
Your cock ain’t nuthin’ anyway,
I’d rather suck a dog off.
And I’ll just use a cucumber
To get my fucking rocks off!
MALE:
There’s so many girls, and
There’s so many guys, and
It’s hard to decide,
When I like chicken thighs!
FEMALE:
You’re missing out on hot ass humps,
'Cause I spread legs like anthrax,
And Kenny G type blowjobs,
'Cause I play a mean skin sax.
MALE:
That's okay,
Go 'head and do me that way,
But I made up my mind, silly ho,
I’m gay!
FEMALE:
Well maybe I should change my ways
And stick to only ladies,
'Cause I hate shitty mens,
And I don’t want shitty babies!
Lyrics submitted by LuckyMonkey
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ok but what is "i like the cheese, yeah, I like the cheddar!"