"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.
Ett desperat försök
det krävs ett hjälte mod
Vem av oss är modig nog
att rädda storebror, storebror, käre storebror
Han har ett öga för det där
Hans sinnen letar klöver
Härjar ute varje kväll
med grabbar som han kallar bröder
Herregud, käre storebror
Han har en massa fuffens för sig
jag vet inte vad det rör sig om
Härjar ute mitt i natten
vad han gör det vet'e katten,
Kanske något illegalt eller så är han väldigt social
Bror, bror min drömmer om det liv
dom visar han på tv
Han vill alltid vara som dom
men jag vill ha han som han är min bor, käre storebror
Bror ska du ut i natten?
Kom vi knyter vänskapsbanden
kom stanna här med mig
jag vill vara med dig storebror, käre storebror
Kom, stanna hemma här med mamma
vi kan prata med varandra
dricka te och äta kaka
Kom vi minns, minns tillbaka
Har du samma drömmar nu
om att du ska bli kung-fumästare och president
Bror säg mig vad som hänt
min bror, käre storebror
Han har en massa fuffens för sig
jag vet inte vad det rör sig om
Härjar ute mitt i natten
vad han gör det vet'e katten,
Kanske något illegalt eller så är han väldigt social
Brosan körde mig i morse
i sin nya fina Porsche
Käre bror han vägra svara
om den var köpt med illegala
pengar det kan tänkas
Men han körde mig till ett kontor
det visade sig att storebror
har startat litet företag
Allting enligt rätt och lag
och nätterna han varit borta
har han varit där och jobbat
Allting sluta väldigt bra
men det var inte så det var med bror, käre storebror
Han har en massa fuffens för sig
jag vet inte vad det rör sig om
Härjar ute mitt i natten
vad han gör det vet'e katten,
Kanske något illegalt eller så är han väldigt social
Du vet att den som lever flott och gott han lämnar inga spår
Den som lever flott och gott lämnar inga spår
Han flyger högt bland alla moln och glömmer alla år
Han flyger högt bland alla moln och glömmer alla år
Men den som lämnar djupa spår i gyttjan varje dag
Har härdat sina dar som år känt minsta andetag
Han lever inte för en framtid
Utan för idag
det krävs ett hjälte mod
Vem av oss är modig nog
att rädda storebror, storebror, käre storebror
Han har ett öga för det där
Hans sinnen letar klöver
Härjar ute varje kväll
med grabbar som han kallar bröder
Herregud, käre storebror
Han har en massa fuffens för sig
jag vet inte vad det rör sig om
Härjar ute mitt i natten
vad han gör det vet'e katten,
Kanske något illegalt eller så är han väldigt social
Bror, bror min drömmer om det liv
dom visar han på tv
Han vill alltid vara som dom
men jag vill ha han som han är min bor, käre storebror
Bror ska du ut i natten?
Kom vi knyter vänskapsbanden
kom stanna här med mig
jag vill vara med dig storebror, käre storebror
Kom, stanna hemma här med mamma
vi kan prata med varandra
dricka te och äta kaka
Kom vi minns, minns tillbaka
Har du samma drömmar nu
om att du ska bli kung-fumästare och president
Bror säg mig vad som hänt
min bror, käre storebror
Han har en massa fuffens för sig
jag vet inte vad det rör sig om
Härjar ute mitt i natten
vad han gör det vet'e katten,
Kanske något illegalt eller så är han väldigt social
Brosan körde mig i morse
i sin nya fina Porsche
Käre bror han vägra svara
om den var köpt med illegala
pengar det kan tänkas
Men han körde mig till ett kontor
det visade sig att storebror
har startat litet företag
Allting enligt rätt och lag
och nätterna han varit borta
har han varit där och jobbat
Allting sluta väldigt bra
men det var inte så det var med bror, käre storebror
Han har en massa fuffens för sig
jag vet inte vad det rör sig om
Härjar ute mitt i natten
vad han gör det vet'e katten,
Kanske något illegalt eller så är han väldigt social
Du vet att den som lever flott och gott han lämnar inga spår
Den som lever flott och gott lämnar inga spår
Han flyger högt bland alla moln och glömmer alla år
Han flyger högt bland alla moln och glömmer alla år
Men den som lämnar djupa spår i gyttjan varje dag
Har härdat sina dar som år känt minsta andetag
Han lever inte för en framtid
Utan för idag
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Storebror Lyrics as written by Laleh Pourkarim
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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