"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.
Get psycho, I wanna get psycho
Get psycho, I wanna wanna wanna wanna, I wanna get psycho
Run you little bitch
I want your power glowing, juicy flowing, red hot, meaning of life
It's not enough to have a little taste
I want the whole damn thing now
Can you dig it?
Need to get psycho
Wanna hear you say it
Say, you want it, need it
Don't wanna wait until we finish the show
It's not enough, you hunger for more
You're one twisted little fuck
And now you wanna get psycho with me
Give in, give in, decide
Give in, give in, give in, decide
(Give in) give in, give in, decide
Give in, give in, give in, decide
Give in
Get psycho, I wanna get psycho
Get psycho, I wanna wanna wanna wanna, I wanna get psycho
Scratch my itch
Give me your power glowing, juicy flowing red hot, meaning of life
It's not enough to have a little piece
I want the whole damn thing now
Can you dig it?
Need to get psycho
Wanna hear you scream
Tell me to take you, scare you, fuck you
After we finish the show
It's not enough, you listening whore?
You're one twisted little fuck
And now you wanna get psycho with me
Give in, give in, decide
Give in, give in, give in, decide
(Give in) give in, give in, decide
Give in, give in, give in, decide
Give in
I can feel the blood, flowing through my veins
Spilling on my soul
And now the hunger's getting bigger
Come a little closer now pretentious whore and pull my trigger
Free the violence that is building in me
I say now end of the ride, murder suicide
Is how I've been feelin' lately
Come a little closer my pretentious whore I'm living with a feeling that I can't ignore
Come a little closer my pretentious whore I'm living with a feeling that I can't ignore
Come a little closer my pretentious whore I'm living with a feeling that i can't ignore
And the need to get psycho is not a question to me
Get, get, get, get, get psycho
Get, get, get, get, I wanna get psycho
Get, get, get, get, get psycho
Get, get, get, get, I wanna, wanna, wanna
Get psycho
Get, get, get, get, I wanna get psycho
Get, get, get, get, get psycho
Get, get, get, get, I wanna get psycho
I wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna
Get psycho, I wanna wanna wanna wanna, I wanna get psycho
Run you little bitch
I want your power glowing, juicy flowing, red hot, meaning of life
It's not enough to have a little taste
I want the whole damn thing now
Can you dig it?
Need to get psycho
Wanna hear you say it
Say, you want it, need it
Don't wanna wait until we finish the show
It's not enough, you hunger for more
You're one twisted little fuck
And now you wanna get psycho with me
Give in, give in, decide
Give in, give in, give in, decide
(Give in) give in, give in, decide
Give in, give in, give in, decide
Give in
Get psycho, I wanna get psycho
Get psycho, I wanna wanna wanna wanna, I wanna get psycho
Scratch my itch
Give me your power glowing, juicy flowing red hot, meaning of life
It's not enough to have a little piece
I want the whole damn thing now
Can you dig it?
Need to get psycho
Wanna hear you scream
Tell me to take you, scare you, fuck you
After we finish the show
It's not enough, you listening whore?
You're one twisted little fuck
And now you wanna get psycho with me
Give in, give in, decide
Give in, give in, give in, decide
(Give in) give in, give in, decide
Give in, give in, give in, decide
Give in
I can feel the blood, flowing through my veins
Spilling on my soul
And now the hunger's getting bigger
Come a little closer now pretentious whore and pull my trigger
Free the violence that is building in me
I say now end of the ride, murder suicide
Is how I've been feelin' lately
Come a little closer my pretentious whore I'm living with a feeling that I can't ignore
Come a little closer my pretentious whore I'm living with a feeling that I can't ignore
Come a little closer my pretentious whore I'm living with a feeling that i can't ignore
And the need to get psycho is not a question to me
Get, get, get, get, get psycho
Get, get, get, get, I wanna get psycho
Get, get, get, get, get psycho
Get, get, get, get, I wanna, wanna, wanna
Get psycho
Get, get, get, get, I wanna get psycho
Get, get, get, get, get psycho
Get, get, get, get, I wanna get psycho
I wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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Page
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In Europe it was named "Get Psycho", in the US it was "Meaning of Life"