"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.
I still remember the ways that you touched me
Now I know I don't mean anything to you
You're easy breezy, and I'm Japaneesy
Soon you'll mean exactly nothin' to me
And that means
You look stupid
Tellin' all your friends how you got the best of me
I intended to share the pleasure only
Now I look stupid
We're livin' in a world with a lot of pressure
It's quite unneeded to put more pressure on me
You came and went and left my house like I was just passin' by
(Da la ta, da la la ta, da la ta, da la la ta)
Hello, goodbye, you left a note saying it was nice stoppin' by
I should have never ever let you inside
I still remember the ways that you touched me
Now I know I don't mean anything to you
You're easy breezy, and I'm Japaneesy
Soon you'll mean exactly nothin' to me
Does that mean anything to you?
Easy breezy
Do you whistle so high that you're feelin' lonely?
How do I breathe
With all this pressure on me?
Easy breezy
When you wrestle you know that you hurt somebody
How do I breathe
With all this pressure on me?
You came and went and left my house like I was just passin' by
(Da la ta, da la la ta, da la ta, da la la ta)
こんにちは さよなら it was nice of you to stop by
Would it amuse you if I told you that I
I still remember the ways that you touched me
Now I know I don't mean anything to you
You're easy breezy, and I'm Japaneesy
Soon you'll mean exactly nothin' to me
Does that mean anything to you?
I still remember the ways that you touched me
Now I know I don't mean anything to you
You're easy breezy, and I'm Japaneesy
Soon you'll mean exactly nothin' to me
Does that mean anything to you?
You're easy breezy, and I'm Japaneesy (ah, ah, oh-oh, ah)
You're easy breezy, and I'm Japaneesy (oh-oh, oh-oh)
She's got a new microphone
She's got a new microphone
You're easy breezy, and I'm Japaneesy
She's got a new microphone
Doesn't need you anymore
Yeah, she doesn't need you anymore
She's got a new microphone
She's got a new microphone
She's got a new microphone
She doesn't need you anymore
She doesn't need you anymore
She's got a new microphone
You're easy breezy, and I'm Japaneesy
Now I know I don't mean anything to you
You're easy breezy, and I'm Japaneesy
Soon you'll mean exactly nothin' to me
And that means
You look stupid
Tellin' all your friends how you got the best of me
I intended to share the pleasure only
Now I look stupid
We're livin' in a world with a lot of pressure
It's quite unneeded to put more pressure on me
You came and went and left my house like I was just passin' by
(Da la ta, da la la ta, da la ta, da la la ta)
Hello, goodbye, you left a note saying it was nice stoppin' by
I should have never ever let you inside
I still remember the ways that you touched me
Now I know I don't mean anything to you
You're easy breezy, and I'm Japaneesy
Soon you'll mean exactly nothin' to me
Does that mean anything to you?
Easy breezy
Do you whistle so high that you're feelin' lonely?
How do I breathe
With all this pressure on me?
Easy breezy
When you wrestle you know that you hurt somebody
How do I breathe
With all this pressure on me?
You came and went and left my house like I was just passin' by
(Da la ta, da la la ta, da la ta, da la la ta)
こんにちは さよなら it was nice of you to stop by
Would it amuse you if I told you that I
I still remember the ways that you touched me
Now I know I don't mean anything to you
You're easy breezy, and I'm Japaneesy
Soon you'll mean exactly nothin' to me
Does that mean anything to you?
I still remember the ways that you touched me
Now I know I don't mean anything to you
You're easy breezy, and I'm Japaneesy
Soon you'll mean exactly nothin' to me
Does that mean anything to you?
You're easy breezy, and I'm Japaneesy (ah, ah, oh-oh, ah)
You're easy breezy, and I'm Japaneesy (oh-oh, oh-oh)
She's got a new microphone
She's got a new microphone
You're easy breezy, and I'm Japaneesy
She's got a new microphone
Doesn't need you anymore
Yeah, she doesn't need you anymore
She's got a new microphone
She's got a new microphone
She's got a new microphone
She doesn't need you anymore
She doesn't need you anymore
She's got a new microphone
You're easy breezy, and I'm Japaneesy
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Easy Breezy Lyrics as written by Hikaru Utada
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Okay I see where you guys are coming from, but I think this is overreacting here. That they're not very deep lyrics doesn't mean the song's a travesty, or the song is disappointing, or the lyrics are crappy.
By the way, I don't think the lyrics are that bad at all, for what she was trying to portray with them I think they're pretty good. Maybe the thing she was trying to portray in itself doesn't do it for many of you, but that's another story.
I used to not get this lyrics (I can't see how I managed that anymore now but blah), but I've been told (and have come to agree) that the "Japanesey" is what this guy she liked called her to his friends, obviously - and "she's got a new microphone" is what she imagines he says to his friends in defense to this very song, because he's afraid they'll laugh at him because she tells him how it is with him, and he wants to make sure she's looked at as ridiculous instead of him, thus in a "oh, she's got a new microphone, bravo" kind of way :) Yes, it's trivial and silly, but I think it's clever at the same time.
I also like how she calls what he did to her in general 'putting more pressure on her' (singular quotation marks since it's no literal quote), which is "quite unneeded" :P