"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.
No attorneys to plead my case
No opiates to send me into outer space
And my fingers are bejeweled
With diamonds and gold
But that ain't gonna help me now
I'm trouble
Yeah, trouble now
I'm trouble y'all
I disturb my town
I'm trouble
Yeah, trouble now
I'm trouble y'all
I got trouble in my town
You think you're right
But you were wrong
You tried to take me
But I knew all along
You can take me
For a ride
I'm not a fool now
So you better run and hide
I'm trouble
Yeah, trouble now
I'm trouble y'all
I got trouble in my town
I'm trouble
Yeah, trouble now
I'm trouble y'all
I got trouble in my town
If you see me comin'
Down the street
Then you know it's time to
Go (and you know it's time to go 'cause here comes trouble)
No attorneys to plead my case
No opiates to send me into outer space
And my fingers are bejeweled
With diamonds and gold
But that ain't gonna help me now
You think you're right
But you were wrong
You tried to take me
But I knew all along
You can take me
For a ride
'Cause I'm a fool now
So you better run and hide
I'm trouble
Yeah, trouble now
I'm trouble y'all
I disturb my town
I'm trouble
Yeah, trouble now
I'm trouble y'all
I got trouble in my town
So if you see me comin'
Down the street
Then you know it's time to
Go (go-oh-oh, I got)
Trouble
Yeah, trouble now
I'm trouble y'all
I got trouble in my town
I'm trouble
Yeah, trouble now
I'm trouble y'all
I got trouble in my town
I'm trouble
Yeah, trouble now
I'm trouble y'all
I got trouble in my town
I'm trouble
Yeah, trouble now
I'm trouble y'all
I got trouble in my town
Yeah, yeah
I got trouble in my town
Yeah, yeah
I got trouble in my town
Yeah, yeah
No opiates to send me into outer space
And my fingers are bejeweled
With diamonds and gold
But that ain't gonna help me now
I'm trouble
Yeah, trouble now
I'm trouble y'all
I disturb my town
I'm trouble
Yeah, trouble now
I'm trouble y'all
I got trouble in my town
You think you're right
But you were wrong
You tried to take me
But I knew all along
You can take me
For a ride
I'm not a fool now
So you better run and hide
I'm trouble
Yeah, trouble now
I'm trouble y'all
I got trouble in my town
I'm trouble
Yeah, trouble now
I'm trouble y'all
I got trouble in my town
If you see me comin'
Down the street
Then you know it's time to
Go (and you know it's time to go 'cause here comes trouble)
No attorneys to plead my case
No opiates to send me into outer space
And my fingers are bejeweled
With diamonds and gold
But that ain't gonna help me now
You think you're right
But you were wrong
You tried to take me
But I knew all along
You can take me
For a ride
'Cause I'm a fool now
So you better run and hide
I'm trouble
Yeah, trouble now
I'm trouble y'all
I disturb my town
I'm trouble
Yeah, trouble now
I'm trouble y'all
I got trouble in my town
So if you see me comin'
Down the street
Then you know it's time to
Go (go-oh-oh, I got)
Trouble
Yeah, trouble now
I'm trouble y'all
I got trouble in my town
I'm trouble
Yeah, trouble now
I'm trouble y'all
I got trouble in my town
I'm trouble
Yeah, trouble now
I'm trouble y'all
I got trouble in my town
I'm trouble
Yeah, trouble now
I'm trouble y'all
I got trouble in my town
Yeah, yeah
I got trouble in my town
Yeah, yeah
I got trouble in my town
Yeah, yeah
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae
Trouble Lyrics as written by Timothy Armstrong Alecia Moore
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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