"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.
Spiderman! Spiderman! Does whatever a spider can! Is he strong, Listen bud, he's got the radioactive blood! Hey there, there goes the Spiderman! Is he strong, Listen bud, he's got the radioactive blood! Can he scream, o yeah! Take a look over there! Hey there, here comes the Spiderman! David Dark coming at him, he's got fuckin ultimate fighter championship moves! Here comes Spidey, he's not fuckin really Spidey, his moves didn't work because he's fuckin Spidey. Spiderman doesn't look right, he looks like a cheap ass. Spidey, wearing the Nike shoes! I can see in the fuckin BVDs. Outline... oh fuck, stay totally still. Stay totally still. Its fuckin Sassaphrasquatch! I've been searching for him for 10 years and now's my chance to capture him! I'm not movin, oh fuck! He's usin the web! He's usin the web! Look at Spidey! He screams at the audience! He's using the fuckin Spidey...ahh couldn't hold him. He fuckin holds almost everybody, but it didn't work on Sass! He fuckin used a matrix move, he fuckin used a matrix move! Douche! Ha! One fuckin ball! What the fuck is going down? Somebody help us! He's got a tranquilizer gun! David Dark's got a tranquil gun! he shot him in the ass with a tranquilizer gun! Why does he have his cock out? That's not right! Here comes Sassafras, he's fuckin really pissed off. Now what the fuck is happening tonight? Is he gonna fight? He should have fuckin known not to pull out your dick in front of Sass. He'll rip that shit right off! Now you're fuckin bummed! What are you doing? No, no no! Don't make him suck your chode! oh Jesus, suckin on his fuckin chode! He's gonna shoot a fuckin load! Fine old Sassafras, he's gonna shoot a load. Ahh, yes, that's nondairy creamer! What the fuck? That's bad news bears! That's a lot of cum! That's way too much Sass cum! Sassafras, he hasn't fucking done enough. He's dragging him by the foot, he's gettin him in position. I don't know what for, but I think it's finger lickin! Oh no, oh no! The ultimate fighter championship! Piss flamin shit! And he's taking it to him! Oh Jesus! Wait a second, he's got him tricked! The old stick for the fuckin Sassafras trick, works every time! See if you can keep him alive. Battle this, life is a great big hang up! Whenever there's a bang up, you'll see Sassafras and Spiderman taking a shit on David Dark!
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Yea i saw the video of this on youtube and it was so funny. There were two guys running around in a spiderman and sasquatch outfit. lmao!!!