"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.
I heard that you were home again
But you don't look like you're back to me
With your focuses changing
You gaze is transfixed on a point that I can't often see
You've got your new ties
I've got my old knots
You've got your inside line
But you're never happy with what you've got
Careful now, you're so beautiful
When you've convinced yourself
No one else is quite as beautiful
I heard that you were living well
But you don't look like you're living to me
Though the sparkle is gone
Your smile is in place so that everyone watching will see
You've got them all convinced
But I know so well
That you could list your friends
But you can't count on them
Hold it now, you've got everyone convinced
That you're all right
When no one else is quite as vulnerable
As soon as you've got it, you want something else
It's not the sale that you love it's the sell
It's not the price that's gonna cost you
It's just the weight that's gonna bring you down town
Down town, it's gonna bring you down town
Down town, down, it's gonna bring you down town
Down town, it's gonna bring you down town
Down town, down
Hold it now, you've got everyone convinced
That you're all right
No one else is quite as vulnerable
Careful now, you're so beautiful
When you've convinced yourself
No one else is quite as beautiful
As soon as you've got it, you want something else
It's not the sale that you love, it's the sell
It's not the price that's gonna cost you
It's just the weight that's gonna bring you down town
Down town, it's gonna bring you down town
Down town, down
As soon as you've got it, you want something else
It's not the sale that you love it's the sell
It's not the price that's gonna cost you
It's just the weight that's gonna bring you down
But you don't look like you're back to me
With your focuses changing
You gaze is transfixed on a point that I can't often see
You've got your new ties
I've got my old knots
You've got your inside line
But you're never happy with what you've got
Careful now, you're so beautiful
When you've convinced yourself
No one else is quite as beautiful
I heard that you were living well
But you don't look like you're living to me
Though the sparkle is gone
Your smile is in place so that everyone watching will see
You've got them all convinced
But I know so well
That you could list your friends
But you can't count on them
Hold it now, you've got everyone convinced
That you're all right
When no one else is quite as vulnerable
As soon as you've got it, you want something else
It's not the sale that you love it's the sell
It's not the price that's gonna cost you
It's just the weight that's gonna bring you down town
Down town, it's gonna bring you down town
Down town, down, it's gonna bring you down town
Down town, it's gonna bring you down town
Down town, down
Hold it now, you've got everyone convinced
That you're all right
No one else is quite as vulnerable
Careful now, you're so beautiful
When you've convinced yourself
No one else is quite as beautiful
As soon as you've got it, you want something else
It's not the sale that you love, it's the sell
It's not the price that's gonna cost you
It's just the weight that's gonna bring you down town
Down town, it's gonna bring you down town
Down town, down
As soon as you've got it, you want something else
It's not the sale that you love it's the sell
It's not the price that's gonna cost you
It's just the weight that's gonna bring you down
Lyrics submitted by ke2thousand, edited by drego5
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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hmm... never heard this... im gonna have to d/l it
scuse....never heard this either...
They played it at the August 9th Weezer concert.
Yes!!! I've been searching for this song everywhere... I heard him sing it at the July 26th Weezer concert (Weezer, Dashboard, and an extremely cool local band all in the same night... Heaven!) and I fell in love with it. Beautiful song.
this song was good. too bad he palyed the same set twice between the two weezer shows i saw (atlanta and nashville) i was really hoping for a different set. weezer played butterfly w00t w00t
he normally does play another set... I have to hear this song.. it looks really good
yeah, chris also played it July 21 in Mansfield. i don't know if it was played earlier than that. you can download it off of dbclive.com/shows.html and go to the IP address and then download that concert. it's a good song too.
He played several new songs in Philly on 7/26, and I'm pretty sure this is one of them.
Anyway i can get this song? Download it or something? My email is unwantedo@yahoo.com
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