"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 feel like I've been here once before,
You threw my bags out through the door,
And in the road.
I came home to find them on the floor,
And as the rain began to pour,
I got cold.
And I tried to compromise,
But you kept telling all these lies,
And now I don't get to say my last goodbye.
Goodbye to you been wasting all my time,
Your no longer mine,
And now you've left me I can't seem to get you off my mind.
That's when I realized,
You had me hypnotized (had me hypnotized).
Why am I now living on my own,
She keeps inviting people home,
All the time.
Why am I still paying for her to phone,
When all the luxury's she owns should be mine.
Now I start to wonder why
You shrug me off when I say hi
Treat me so bad despite how hard I try.
Goodbye to you been wasting all my time,
Your no longer mine,
And now you've left me I can't seem to get you off my mind.
That's when I realized,
You had me hypnotized (had me hypnotized).
Girl you can't hold me back no more,
Gonna be the one were writing lyrics for
We had something good together,
Did you think you were big and clever,
To throw me out in awful weather,
How do I forget you now.
Can't get you off my mind,
That's when I realized,
You had me hypnotized (had me hypnotized)
You've been wasting all my time,
Your no longer mine,
And now you've left me I can't seem to get you off my mind.
That's when I realized,
You had me hypnotized!
You threw my bags out through the door,
And in the road.
I came home to find them on the floor,
And as the rain began to pour,
I got cold.
And I tried to compromise,
But you kept telling all these lies,
And now I don't get to say my last goodbye.
Goodbye to you been wasting all my time,
Your no longer mine,
And now you've left me I can't seem to get you off my mind.
That's when I realized,
You had me hypnotized (had me hypnotized).
Why am I now living on my own,
She keeps inviting people home,
All the time.
Why am I still paying for her to phone,
When all the luxury's she owns should be mine.
Now I start to wonder why
You shrug me off when I say hi
Treat me so bad despite how hard I try.
Goodbye to you been wasting all my time,
Your no longer mine,
And now you've left me I can't seem to get you off my mind.
That's when I realized,
You had me hypnotized (had me hypnotized).
Girl you can't hold me back no more,
Gonna be the one were writing lyrics for
We had something good together,
Did you think you were big and clever,
To throw me out in awful weather,
How do I forget you now.
Can't get you off my mind,
That's when I realized,
You had me hypnotized (had me hypnotized)
You've been wasting all my time,
Your no longer mine,
And now you've left me I can't seem to get you off my mind.
That's when I realized,
You had me hypnotized!
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Hypnotised Lyrics as written by Daniel Alan Jones Thomas Michael Fletcher
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harmonica solo?????? haha, is there no ends to dannys talents, i can play this on harmonica (go on people, take time to laugh at the fact i play harmonica) the lyrics are clever in this, same story as all their songs but some good lyrics.
i love tis song, harmonica solo, classic, danny is a legend to me...not the biggest legend but he will be an inspiration t all budding musicians out there
This is a ace Mcfly song. I love it so much. x
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also, danny's voice is fit as fuck.
woo i'm meeting Mcfly in 3 days XD..love this song