"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.
kaboom
Get it right
Get it right now
Get it right
Do it good
Get it right now (kaboom)
Get it right
Get it right now
Get it right
Oh let's bomb the factory
That makes all the wannabes
Let's burst all the bubbles
That brainwash the masses
As far as I can tell
It doesn't matter who you are
If you can believe there's something worth fighting for
The color of an eye
The glory of a sudden view
Baby in your arms
The smile he always shoots at you
Believing in nothing
Makes life so boring
So let's pray for something
To feel good in the morning
As far as I can tell
It doesn't matter who you are
If you can believe there's something worth fighting for
The color of an eye
The glory of a sudden view
Baby in your arms
The smile he always shoots at you
Kaboom
Get it right
Get it right now
Get it right
Do it good
Get it right now
Kaboom
Get it right
Get it right now
Do it good
Get it right now
Kaboom
Kaboom
Kaboom
Kaboom
Oh doctor
We're dying
There's no use in crying
So live for tomorrow
And do what you have to
As far as I can tell
It doesn't matter who you are
If you can believe there's something worth fighting for
The color of an eye
The glory of a sudden view
Baby in your arms
The smile he always shoots at you
Oh, let's pray (oh, let's pray)
For something (for something)
To fell good (to feel good)
In the morning
In the morning
In the morning (hang it up, do it good, get it right now)
In the morning (take a life, do it good, get it right now)
In the morning (hang it up, do it good, get it right now)
In the morning (take a life, do it good, get it right now)
In the morning (hang it up, do it good, get it right now)
In the morning (take a life, do it good, get it right now)
In the morning (hang it up, do it good, get it right now)
Get it right
Get it right now
Get it right
Do it good
Get it right now (kaboom)
Get it right
Get it right now
Get it right
Oh let's bomb the factory
That makes all the wannabes
Let's burst all the bubbles
That brainwash the masses
As far as I can tell
It doesn't matter who you are
If you can believe there's something worth fighting for
The color of an eye
The glory of a sudden view
Baby in your arms
The smile he always shoots at you
Believing in nothing
Makes life so boring
So let's pray for something
To feel good in the morning
As far as I can tell
It doesn't matter who you are
If you can believe there's something worth fighting for
The color of an eye
The glory of a sudden view
Baby in your arms
The smile he always shoots at you
Kaboom
Get it right
Get it right now
Get it right
Do it good
Get it right now
Kaboom
Get it right
Get it right now
Do it good
Get it right now
Kaboom
Kaboom
Kaboom
Kaboom
Oh doctor
We're dying
There's no use in crying
So live for tomorrow
And do what you have to
As far as I can tell
It doesn't matter who you are
If you can believe there's something worth fighting for
The color of an eye
The glory of a sudden view
Baby in your arms
The smile he always shoots at you
Oh, let's pray (oh, let's pray)
For something (for something)
To fell good (to feel good)
In the morning
In the morning
In the morning (hang it up, do it good, get it right now)
In the morning (take a life, do it good, get it right now)
In the morning (hang it up, do it good, get it right now)
In the morning (take a life, do it good, get it right now)
In the morning (hang it up, do it good, get it right now)
In the morning (take a life, do it good, get it right now)
In the morning (hang it up, do it good, get it right now)
Lyrics submitted by Metal6Hell6Maker6
Parade Lyrics as written by Steve W. Marker Bryan David Vig
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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