"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.
Oh no, oh no oo oo
I'm going to be left out
I'm going to break you
And if you only knew just how I took my time
I'm going to take it off, I am going to make you
I gotta dance, gotta dance
gotta seem all right
Oh Yeah and By The Way Im going to make you cry
18 with a face like that,
Kick it twice in the eye
And don't you go home to Daddy
oh oh oh oooohhhhhh
I'm going to see it all, I am going to stay to
I'm want to take it down,and make it go away
And if you see my soul, Im going make you
I going see, I gotta see, gotta be ok
Oh Yeah and By The Way Im going to make you cry
18 with a face like that,
Kick it twice in the eye
And don't you go home to Daddy
Oh Yeah and By The Way Im going to make you cry
18 with a face like that,
Kick it twice in the eye
And don't you go home to Daddy
[Guitar Solo]
Oh Yeah and By The Way Im going to make you cry
18 with a face like that,
Kick it twice in the eye
And don't you go home to Daddy
18 with a face like that,
Kick it twice in the eye
And don't you go home to Daddy
Oh no oh no oh no oo oo
Yeah who!
Oh no oh no oh no oo oo
I'm going to be left out
I'm going to break you
And if you only knew just how I took my time
I'm going to take it off, I am going to make you
I gotta dance, gotta dance
gotta seem all right
Oh Yeah and By The Way Im going to make you cry
18 with a face like that,
Kick it twice in the eye
And don't you go home to Daddy
oh oh oh oooohhhhhh
I'm going to see it all, I am going to stay to
I'm want to take it down,and make it go away
And if you see my soul, Im going make you
I going see, I gotta see, gotta be ok
Oh Yeah and By The Way Im going to make you cry
18 with a face like that,
Kick it twice in the eye
And don't you go home to Daddy
Oh Yeah and By The Way Im going to make you cry
18 with a face like that,
Kick it twice in the eye
And don't you go home to Daddy
[Guitar Solo]
Oh Yeah and By The Way Im going to make you cry
18 with a face like that,
Kick it twice in the eye
And don't you go home to Daddy
18 with a face like that,
Kick it twice in the eye
And don't you go home to Daddy
Oh no oh no oh no oo oo
Yeah who!
Oh no oh no oh no oo oo
Lyrics submitted by aisha_08
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its in the sawdust still i think its about a guy beating up a guy "and dont u go home to daddy!" its like sulk it in sweetheart, lol, i think this song is hilarious and twisted! a bit violent but still u want to dedicate it! brandon sounds real hot in this song, i cant imagine him punchin someone else... he's so geeky...
u should watch an interview in australia on youtube, the one of "where is granada?!!!" i think he wrote this song for that tv host , watch the fuckin video i laughed my head off!!!
i have no idea where aisha 08 got this song...it's not on Hot Fuss. It's not on their Demo. wtf?
it's one of those songs that is yet to be released or recorded i believe... it's been played live at concerts though, though when i saw them live they didn't play it! i'm searching EVERYWHERE for it though!
it is sooo good. NO SYNTHISIZER!!! And you can really hear his voice. ::siiigh:: I love it when he's like AND DON'T YOU GO HOME TO DADDY!! and he like yells it... anyway, yes it is unreleased.
megaupload.com u can download it
it is one of their old old 4 pre hot fuss demo songs. (replaceable, oh yeah by the way, waiting for love, desperate)
you can get these plus more unreleased songs at the unofficial killers board, thekillersnetwork.com
and the 4 demo songs are here too thefishfiles.com/thekillers
omg ur so rite kaela clemens that is the best part "and dont you go home to daddy!"
Now, is it from the perspective of someone bullying him or is he just being vindictive to someone? It would make more sense if he was reminiscing on when he was 18 and no one liked him...
And looking at it again, I'm kind of reminded of Catcher in the Rye, even though Holden is 16.
i always kinda wondered if brandon wrote this about his wife before they strated dating...kind of a "don't waste your time with me, you're gorgeous and i'll just hurt you" kind of thing. anyone else see that? also i think it's "kick you twice in the eye" because i'm fairly sure he saying she's gorgeous, so he's kind of stunned