"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.
(verse 1)
i can't explain it
it is hard for me
but we should be the ones making out in the tree
you seem to not notice
the way you feel to me
how the fuck am i supposed to tell you if you ignore me completly
i hate how all girls
choose the wrong guy
why can't they see that we're not losers like they think
you need to open your eyes
you will be just fine
just take some time to realize that everything will be alright
(chorus)
what an ass, what an ass
hummer during class
what an ass, what an ass
hummer during class
(verse 2)
it might only take one time
for you to see that
i could be the one you've been looking for and be done
i have a great sense of humor
i have a personality
how can't you see you're looking right passes me?
they all do the same thing
and it pisses me off
how it makes you feel and how it makes you want them more
it's okay to take chances
you never know what can happen
try it out and maybe you will make the right decission
(chorus)
what an ass, what an ass
hummer during class
what an ass, what an ass
hummer during class
(bridge)
(chorus, guitar&vocals)
what an ass, what an ass
hummer during class
what an ass, what an ass
hummer during class
(chorus)
what an ass , what an ass
hummer during class
what an ass, what an ass
hummer during class
i can't explain it
it is hard for me
but we should be the ones making out in the tree
you seem to not notice
the way you feel to me
how the fuck am i supposed to tell you if you ignore me completly
i hate how all girls
choose the wrong guy
why can't they see that we're not losers like they think
you need to open your eyes
you will be just fine
just take some time to realize that everything will be alright
(chorus)
what an ass, what an ass
hummer during class
what an ass, what an ass
hummer during class
(verse 2)
it might only take one time
for you to see that
i could be the one you've been looking for and be done
i have a great sense of humor
i have a personality
how can't you see you're looking right passes me?
they all do the same thing
and it pisses me off
how it makes you feel and how it makes you want them more
it's okay to take chances
you never know what can happen
try it out and maybe you will make the right decission
(chorus)
what an ass, what an ass
hummer during class
what an ass, what an ass
hummer during class
(bridge)
(chorus, guitar&vocals)
what an ass, what an ass
hummer during class
what an ass, what an ass
hummer during class
(chorus)
what an ass , what an ass
hummer during class
what an ass, what an ass
hummer during class
Lyrics submitted by whoblowsthere
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