"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.
Pilli Pilli Villi han var evigheds student
han havde kun de meninger
han kunne være bekendt
han var marxistisk methodist
og gammel garvet salonsocialist
dyrkede sin egen lille brist
og røde tulipaner.
Pilli Pilli Villi han ku' li' at stå for skud
efter fire elefanter
gik han gerne planken ud
i en uendelig diskussion
om børnemagt og masseproduktion
interplanetarisk antifussion
og røde tulipaner.
Op på palisaderne
op og ned ad gaderne
på knejperne i stræderne
der sidder Pilli Villi mand
og frelser det ganske land.
Pilli Pilli Villi er verbalgymniasiast
og får han først en mening
ja så sætter han sig fast
han bønner op som en anden diakon
maser frem i en formation
der nærmer sig den lille million
af røde tulipaner.
Op på palisaderne
op og ned ad gaderne
på knejperne i stræderne
der sidder Pilli Villi mand
og gemmer sig så godt han kan
Op på palisaderne
op og ned ad gaderne
på knejperne i stræderne
der sidder Pilli Villi mand
og frelser det ganske land
han havde kun de meninger
han kunne være bekendt
han var marxistisk methodist
og gammel garvet salonsocialist
dyrkede sin egen lille brist
og røde tulipaner.
Pilli Pilli Villi han ku' li' at stå for skud
efter fire elefanter
gik han gerne planken ud
i en uendelig diskussion
om børnemagt og masseproduktion
interplanetarisk antifussion
og røde tulipaner.
Op på palisaderne
op og ned ad gaderne
på knejperne i stræderne
der sidder Pilli Villi mand
og frelser det ganske land.
Pilli Pilli Villi er verbalgymniasiast
og får han først en mening
ja så sætter han sig fast
han bønner op som en anden diakon
maser frem i en formation
der nærmer sig den lille million
af røde tulipaner.
Op på palisaderne
op og ned ad gaderne
på knejperne i stræderne
der sidder Pilli Villi mand
og gemmer sig så godt han kan
Op på palisaderne
op og ned ad gaderne
på knejperne i stræderne
der sidder Pilli Villi mand
og frelser det ganske land
Lyrics submitted by Dasch
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