"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.
Go! Go! Black and gold!
Old-time hockey, bar the door
Clear the track it's all-out war
Light the lamp, throw a hit
Black and gold never quit
The barn is full, our team's in town
So put 'em up boys, knock 'em out (knock 'em down)
Drop the puck, it's time to go (time to go)
Bust outta work, it's quarter-past five
Time to round up the gang
and take the Red to the Orange line
Head for the street and the Causeway crowd
You can feel it in the air, when the team's in town
Rancourt's ready, it's time to take to the ice
So tie down the jersey 'cause it could get ugly tonight
Top corner, five hole, off the post and in
On a quest for the cup, and we're ready to win
Go! Go! Black and gold!
Drop the puck, it's time to go
Old-time hockey, bar the door
Clear the track it's all-out war
Light the lamp, throw a hit
Black and gold never quit
The barn is full, our team's in town
So put 'em up boys, knock 'em out (knock 'em down)
Drop the puck, it's time to go (time to go)
Bust outta work, it's quarter-past five
Time to round up the gang
and take the Red to the Orange line
Head for the street and the Causeway crowd
You can feel it in the air, when the team's in town
Rancourt's ready, it's time to take to the ice
So tie down the jersey 'cause it could get ugly tonight
Top corner, five hole, off the post and in
On a quest for the cup, and we're ready to win
Go! Go! Black and gold!
Drop the puck, it's time to go
Lyrics submitted by rjbucs28, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Time to Go Lyrics as written by James P. Lynch Alexander Barr
Lyrics © SPIRIT TWO SMA
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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oh man i love the bruins. i have faith for the cup playoffs this year. we are 2 for 2 in round one so far. go go balck and gold!
this could be a hooligan theme song GREAT!
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I wish Bobby Orr could play again
the bruins werent contenders even when they had ray borque, forget it. but this song kicks ass, and I am a Bruis fan even thoughi dont have faith
This song is fuckin awesome, awesome to hear when they play it at games, every now and then you see a player doinf air guitar, it is pretty awesome.
I dont know why, but i would always listen to this song during the lcokout, it is a really awesome song though
This is the first DKM song I ever heard. I heard it on a Tony Hawk video game. And I am glad I did. Because it made me a DKM fan for life.
everyone here who knows what the red and orange line are, ill buy you a beer. oh and if you dont pronounce it "paaahk street" then you might as well be a fucking tourist.
fuck yeah, love this song and the bruins. hey rubberband how about that beer bro? i'm from salem so i'll have to take the purple to the orange haha