"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.
Just one more word and I'm gonna explode
I'm gonna self combust
I'm gonna blow up the word
With just one more look you're gonna
Cross the line
I mean over the edge
You're on thin black ice
Ooooh, there's a little bit of psycho in me
I confess
Why do you want to pick on me
And not the rest
Does it make you feel big
Does it make you feel clever
So tell me how's the weather
If I just had a littler more time
I'd get some duct tape and silverwear
Oh, if I just had a little more time
I'd show you
The world feels so much better when you
Find you don't fit
There's a ladder in your tights and
Who gives a fuck if whoops, you ain't shiny
And perfect
There's a ladder in my tights and
That's the way, uh huh, I like it
That's the way I feel about it
You'll be trying to hitch a ride with me
When it finally hits you
With just one more push trying to make me
Your clone
Marking me out of ten
For the label on my clothes
Just more more squack
And i'm gonna hit back
I'm gonna burn down your house
In a heated attack
Oooh, there's a little bit of devil in me
I confess
'cause you want to pick on me
And not the rest
If I just had a little more time
I'd get some C4 and dynamite
Oh, if I just had a little more time
I'd show you
The world feels so much better when you
Find you don't fit
There's a ladder in your tights and
Who gives a fuck if whoops, you ain't shiny
And perfect
There's a ladder in my tights and
That's the way, uh huh, I like it
That's the way I feel about it
You'll be trying to hitch a ride with me
When it finally hits you
Hey you will all be coming round
Give it time, let you find yourself
Hey free yourself from the crowd
The world feels so much better when you
Find you don't fit
There's a ladder in your tights and
Who gives a fuck if whoops, you ain't shiny
And perfect
There's a ladder in my tights and
That's the way, uh huh, I like it
That's the way I feel about it
The world feels so much better when you
Find you don't fit
There's a ladder in my tights and
Who gives a fuck if whoops, you ain't shiny
And perfect
There's a ladder in my tights and
That's the way, uh huh, I like it
That's the way I feel about it
You'll be trying to hitch a ride with me
When it finally hits you
I'm gonna self combust
I'm gonna blow up the word
With just one more look you're gonna
Cross the line
I mean over the edge
You're on thin black ice
Ooooh, there's a little bit of psycho in me
I confess
Why do you want to pick on me
And not the rest
Does it make you feel big
Does it make you feel clever
So tell me how's the weather
If I just had a littler more time
I'd get some duct tape and silverwear
Oh, if I just had a little more time
I'd show you
The world feels so much better when you
Find you don't fit
There's a ladder in your tights and
Who gives a fuck if whoops, you ain't shiny
And perfect
There's a ladder in my tights and
That's the way, uh huh, I like it
That's the way I feel about it
You'll be trying to hitch a ride with me
When it finally hits you
With just one more push trying to make me
Your clone
Marking me out of ten
For the label on my clothes
Just more more squack
And i'm gonna hit back
I'm gonna burn down your house
In a heated attack
Oooh, there's a little bit of devil in me
I confess
'cause you want to pick on me
And not the rest
If I just had a little more time
I'd get some C4 and dynamite
Oh, if I just had a little more time
I'd show you
The world feels so much better when you
Find you don't fit
There's a ladder in your tights and
Who gives a fuck if whoops, you ain't shiny
And perfect
There's a ladder in my tights and
That's the way, uh huh, I like it
That's the way I feel about it
You'll be trying to hitch a ride with me
When it finally hits you
Hey you will all be coming round
Give it time, let you find yourself
Hey free yourself from the crowd
The world feels so much better when you
Find you don't fit
There's a ladder in your tights and
Who gives a fuck if whoops, you ain't shiny
And perfect
There's a ladder in my tights and
That's the way, uh huh, I like it
That's the way I feel about it
The world feels so much better when you
Find you don't fit
There's a ladder in my tights and
Who gives a fuck if whoops, you ain't shiny
And perfect
There's a ladder in my tights and
That's the way, uh huh, I like it
That's the way I feel about it
You'll be trying to hitch a ride with me
When it finally hits you
Lyrics submitted by manprettys_panties
Ladder in My Tights Lyrics as written by David Eriksen Amy Studt
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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I can relate to this song 100%! I know exactly where she is coming from! Nothing else to add really cuz hyper_skittles was spot on :)