"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, ooh-oh-oh
Ah yeah, come on, now, haha
Oh
Oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh-oh
Oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh-oh
I work my job all the way to the weekend
Call all my buddies ask, "where ya been?" (Where ya been, man?)
Let's get together somewhere seven o'clock
Wanna pop a top, pop a top, uh
Wanna go, wanna roll, wanna rock it
Hey, hey, hey, let's make some good ol' days (good ol' days)
Hey, hey, hey, let's make some good ol' days (good ol' days)
That's right, let's make some good ol' days tonight
Oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh-oh
Oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh-oh
Hey, baby, what's the chance of you dancing with me? (Huh?)
Been watching you all night, like what I see (that's right)
That big old moon is shining down from above
You know it's stirring up magic stuff
This could be the night we fall in love
Hey, hey, hey, let's make some good ol' days (good ol' days)
Hey, hey, hey, let's make some good ol' days (good ol' days)
That's right, let's make some good ol' days tonight
Oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh-oh
Oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh-oh
Ice cold, wild free
Night's young for you and me
Let's do something that we'd never dared
Something we'll be talking about in our rockin' chair
Rock-a-rock-rock, baby, woo, rock on now, alright
Hey, hey, hey, let's make some good ol' days, yeah (good ol' days)
Hey, hey, hey, let's make some good ol' days (good ol' days)
Hey, hey, hey, let's make some good ol' days (good ol' days, good ol' days)
Hey, hey, hey, let's make some good ol' days (tonight)
Hey, hey, hey, let's make some good ol' days (good ol' days)
Hey, hey, hey (ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh-oh)
Let's make some good ol' days (ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh-oh)
Ah yeah, come on, now, haha
Oh
Oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh-oh
Oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh-oh
I work my job all the way to the weekend
Call all my buddies ask, "where ya been?" (Where ya been, man?)
Let's get together somewhere seven o'clock
Wanna pop a top, pop a top, uh
Wanna go, wanna roll, wanna rock it
Hey, hey, hey, let's make some good ol' days (good ol' days)
Hey, hey, hey, let's make some good ol' days (good ol' days)
That's right, let's make some good ol' days tonight
Oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh-oh
Oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh-oh
Hey, baby, what's the chance of you dancing with me? (Huh?)
Been watching you all night, like what I see (that's right)
That big old moon is shining down from above
You know it's stirring up magic stuff
This could be the night we fall in love
Hey, hey, hey, let's make some good ol' days (good ol' days)
Hey, hey, hey, let's make some good ol' days (good ol' days)
That's right, let's make some good ol' days tonight
Oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh-oh
Oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh-oh
Ice cold, wild free
Night's young for you and me
Let's do something that we'd never dared
Something we'll be talking about in our rockin' chair
Rock-a-rock-rock, baby, woo, rock on now, alright
Hey, hey, hey, let's make some good ol' days, yeah (good ol' days)
Hey, hey, hey, let's make some good ol' days (good ol' days)
Hey, hey, hey, let's make some good ol' days (good ol' days, good ol' days)
Hey, hey, hey, let's make some good ol' days (tonight)
Hey, hey, hey, let's make some good ol' days (good ol' days)
Hey, hey, hey (ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh-oh)
Let's make some good ol' days (ooh-oh, ooh-oh, ooh-oh-oh)
Lyrics submitted by Shattered Dreams
Good Ole Days Lyrics as written by Craig Wiseman
Lyrics © Alfred
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