"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.
Was broken down, by the side of the road, yeah
Was crawling in the darkness like a king snake in the woods
Hiding in the tall grass
We were hiding in the tall grass
Just looking for a place to shed our skins
We're gonna summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
Summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
Won't be the same, Lord
Snapshot lightning, monumental expressions
Silhouette faces in the flesh of Cypress trees and killing vines
Naked in the mud, girl
Let's sling a little mud, girl
Just looking for a place to shed our skins
We're gonna summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
We're gonna summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
Won't be the same, Lord
I'm feeling weak in the Itta Bina hot sun
Crawling to the station we were foamin' at the mouth
Sippin' on a tall boy, sippin' on a tall boy
Just looking for a place to shed our skins
Oh, we're gonna summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
We're gonna summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
We're gonna summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
Show me the way, Lord!
Holy Ghost, now Holy Ghost
Summon the Holy Ghost
Holy Ghost, and in the morning, from the battlefield
Swing, swing
Summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
This old world won't be the same
Summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
Summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
Was crawling in the darkness like a king snake in the woods
Hiding in the tall grass
We were hiding in the tall grass
Just looking for a place to shed our skins
We're gonna summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
Summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
Won't be the same, Lord
Snapshot lightning, monumental expressions
Silhouette faces in the flesh of Cypress trees and killing vines
Naked in the mud, girl
Let's sling a little mud, girl
Just looking for a place to shed our skins
We're gonna summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
We're gonna summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
Won't be the same, Lord
I'm feeling weak in the Itta Bina hot sun
Crawling to the station we were foamin' at the mouth
Sippin' on a tall boy, sippin' on a tall boy
Just looking for a place to shed our skins
Oh, we're gonna summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
We're gonna summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
We're gonna summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
Show me the way, Lord!
Holy Ghost, now Holy Ghost
Summon the Holy Ghost
Holy Ghost, and in the morning, from the battlefield
Swing, swing
Summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
This old world won't be the same
Summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
Summon the Holy Ghost from the battlefield
And in the morning this old world won't be the same
Lyrics submitted by SuperKind311
Tall Boy [Live In Denver 02/11/12] Lyrics as written by Domingo Ortiz David A. Schools
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, O/B/O DistroKid
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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This song was actually writen when the band was traveling through mississippi and the bus broke down and had to wait for the bus to be fixed. so they walked to a gas station and purchased some tall boys and wrote a song about it...im guessing while they were waiting
It's got to be the only song ever to mention Itta Benna. Love it!
I think its pretty clearly about sex, but what does "sippin' on a tall boy" mean? It kinda sounds like a euphemism for a blow job, but i dunno.
"sippin on a tall boy" means drinking a 'tall boy', name of a beer.