"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.
Somethin inside tells me to grab this pen and write it down
That very same voice tells me to grab this joint and light it now
There must be somethin in these trees that keep me sane
Because I got these tendencies to put a bullet in your brain
Suicidal tendencies to grab a razor blade
Chop a line as long as Thailand
And inject it in my brain
And it wasn't even Yayo
It was crystal Drain-O
Fuck Nancy Rea-ho
Don't just say no
Just say yes
And go have sex on ten hits of X
Let ten guys cum on your chest
Just make sure I'm next
I had my aids test
And I think I passed
Now - go in the room bitch
And clean up the mess
Give us what we want
I want to violate you
Why won't you wake up
My friend - please let me rape you
I hate you - I'll break you
I want you broken in half
Give us what we want now!!!
Something inside of us keeps telling us to not give up
Something inside of me says all roads lead to tragedy
How can you stay mad at me
I'm just a clown
A nobody
I don't even exist to you
So how can I mean shit to you
So stop pretending that you care whether I laff or cry
You a phony you a fake
It's time for you to die
You and me'll always be enemies
It's like you the Arab
And I'm the Israeli
Give us what we want
Somethin inside of yo vaginaz got me homicidal
When you bend over - it's all over
Rover's takin over
Fat - skinny - short - tall
I think I've fucked em all
I'm not sure
I can't remember - from the alcohol
Demoral - Percoset and Xanax
But now I only fuck with the pussy and smoke cess-
Imilia - ria lena - eu chi amo maizia
Translation - Dear Mamma
I can't wait to see ya
That very same voice tells me to grab this joint and light it now
There must be somethin in these trees that keep me sane
Because I got these tendencies to put a bullet in your brain
Suicidal tendencies to grab a razor blade
Chop a line as long as Thailand
And inject it in my brain
And it wasn't even Yayo
It was crystal Drain-O
Fuck Nancy Rea-ho
Don't just say no
Just say yes
And go have sex on ten hits of X
Let ten guys cum on your chest
Just make sure I'm next
I had my aids test
And I think I passed
Now - go in the room bitch
And clean up the mess
Give us what we want
I want to violate you
Why won't you wake up
My friend - please let me rape you
I hate you - I'll break you
I want you broken in half
Give us what we want now!!!
Something inside of us keeps telling us to not give up
Something inside of me says all roads lead to tragedy
How can you stay mad at me
I'm just a clown
A nobody
I don't even exist to you
So how can I mean shit to you
So stop pretending that you care whether I laff or cry
You a phony you a fake
It's time for you to die
You and me'll always be enemies
It's like you the Arab
And I'm the Israeli
Give us what we want
Somethin inside of yo vaginaz got me homicidal
When you bend over - it's all over
Rover's takin over
Fat - skinny - short - tall
I think I've fucked em all
I'm not sure
I can't remember - from the alcohol
Demoral - Percoset and Xanax
But now I only fuck with the pussy and smoke cess-
Imilia - ria lena - eu chi amo maizia
Translation - Dear Mamma
I can't wait to see ya
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is that spanish?