"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.
Bust!
Not important - not to me, not to you
This is always something we always have to go through
Fuck what they said
If you believe what you hear,
You deserve what you were fed
Please don't waste my time
Don't ask me if it's true
I'll just tell you what you want to hear
And hope trouble finds you
Can't figure it out, I don't care
You gotta believe what they say
That's all that you should hear - Bullshit everyday
Please don't waste my time
Don't ask me if it's true
I'll just tell you what you want to hear
And hope trouble finds you
Everybody knows and everybody talks
Everybody sees but no ones saying nothing
Its no use - get a clue
It's time that someone fuckin' told you
Take apart what I say
You change nothing anyway
Are you done?
Nice try
Heard it before,
Goodbye
Not important - not to me, not to you
This is always something we always have to go through
Fuck what they said
If you believe what you hear,
You deserve what you were fed
Please don't waste my time
Don't ask me if it's true
I'll just tell you what you want to hear
And hope trouble finds you
Can't figure it out, I don't care
You gotta believe what they say
That's all that you should hear - Bullshit everyday
Please don't waste my time
Don't ask me if it's true
I'll just tell you what you want to hear
And hope trouble finds you
Everybody knows and everybody talks
Everybody sees but no ones saying nothing
Its no use - get a clue
It's time that someone fuckin' told you
Take apart what I say
You change nothing anyway
Are you done?
Nice try
Heard it before,
Goodbye
Lyrics submitted by I Heart Thursday
Short Fuse Lyrics as written by James Matthew Delong Benjamin Peter Warden Cook
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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