"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.
Way to go
We'll live by the ocean
Way to go
You'll live there with me
Half an hour
Of pure devotion
Can really fuck
With a man's sanity
Its time to wake up and go for sure
Two down in the time it took to call
For cold yakisoba
More brings the balance that I adore
Time time going going gone
Not like its over
Way to go
Who'd believe it
Look at us now
Now its the best
Another hour
Of your devotion
Stick around
Now I'm a mess
Its time to wake up and go for sure
Two down in the time it took to call
For cold yakisoba
More brings the balance that I adore
Time time going going gone
Not like its over
Over you
Over nothing
Over you
Over nothing
Way to go
We'll live by the ocean
Way to go
You'll live there with me
Half an hour
Of pure devotion
Can really fuck
With a man's sanity
Way to go
We'll live by the ocean
Way to go
You'll live there with me
Half an hour
Of pure devotion
Can really fuck
With a man's sanity
Its time to wake up and go for sure
Two down in the time it took to call
For cold yakisoba
More brings the balance that I adore
Time time going going gone
Not like its over
Way to go
Who'd believe it
Look at us now
Now its the best
Another hour
Of your devotion
Stick around
Now I'm a mess
Its time to wake up and go for sure
Two down in the time it took to call
For cold yakisoba
More brings the balance that I adore
Time time going going gone
Not like its over
Over you
Over nothing
Over you
Over nothing
Way to go
We'll live by the ocean
Way to go
You'll live there with me
Half an hour
Of pure devotion
Can really fuck
With a man's sanity
Way to go
Lyrics submitted by BrandNew1208
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I love this song, and I think Avoid One Thing is a great sideproject by Joe, the Bosstones bassist. I think this song is about two people being so in love with each other, that they are ready to just forget about everything and run off and live alone with each other by the ocean.
yea this song is so awesome, and so is the band. i wish i could find lyrics to every second of every day. that song is awesome too