"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.
Disneyland is the place to be,
C'mon baby, just you and me
Hand in hand, to Disneyland,
We go ! Not slow
Happiest place, in the world until a madman grabs a girl;
Hand in hand, with the madman she goes ! Oh oh !
Knife gleamin' no feelin's, axe wieldin', child stealin'
Madman is loose... in Disneyland. (in Disneyland)
Come here little girl if you want to see, Peter Pan's Magic
Flight on L.S.D.
Up and down, all around, we go ! Whoa oh !
Knife gleamin' no feelin's, axe wieldin', child stealin'
Madman is loose, in Disneyland. (in Disneyland)
Madman is loose in Disneyland, he's back here by popular demand
Madman is loose in Disneyland, he'll take no shit but he'll take your head!
Surprise, surprise, I'm comin' at ya' live
I sure as hell ain't Mickey Mouse, I'm a killer in disguise
You can run and you can hide
But you ain't gettin' away 'cause I got you in my sight
Axe wieldin', child stealin'
I'm a mad motherfuckin' man and I'm loose in Disneyland!
Have you heard the news, madman sure is loose
Got you by the noose, have his way with you
Nothin' you can do, headlines in the news
Madman sure is loose, in Disneyland
Disneyland is the place to be, in California, by the sea
Sunny day, well A.O.K., for now, and how
Knife gleamin' no feelin's, axe wieldin', child stealin'
Madman is loose, in Disneyland (in Disneyland)
C'mon baby, just you and me
Hand in hand, to Disneyland,
We go ! Not slow
Happiest place, in the world until a madman grabs a girl;
Hand in hand, with the madman she goes ! Oh oh !
Knife gleamin' no feelin's, axe wieldin', child stealin'
Madman is loose... in Disneyland. (in Disneyland)
Come here little girl if you want to see, Peter Pan's Magic
Flight on L.S.D.
Up and down, all around, we go ! Whoa oh !
Knife gleamin' no feelin's, axe wieldin', child stealin'
Madman is loose, in Disneyland. (in Disneyland)
Madman is loose in Disneyland, he's back here by popular demand
Madman is loose in Disneyland, he'll take no shit but he'll take your head!
Surprise, surprise, I'm comin' at ya' live
I sure as hell ain't Mickey Mouse, I'm a killer in disguise
You can run and you can hide
But you ain't gettin' away 'cause I got you in my sight
Axe wieldin', child stealin'
I'm a mad motherfuckin' man and I'm loose in Disneyland!
Have you heard the news, madman sure is loose
Got you by the noose, have his way with you
Nothin' you can do, headlines in the news
Madman sure is loose, in Disneyland
Disneyland is the place to be, in California, by the sea
Sunny day, well A.O.K., for now, and how
Knife gleamin' no feelin's, axe wieldin', child stealin'
Madman is loose, in Disneyland (in Disneyland)
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