"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.
Where does an animal sleep when the ground is wet?
Cows in the ballroom, chickens in the farmer's corvette.
Sometimes a pony
Sometimes a pony
Sometimes a pony
Gets depressed!
How does an animal see once the sun has set?
Bandits in the capital, limited civilian unrest.
Sometimes a pony
Sometimes a pony
Sometimes a pony
Gets depressed!
What kind of animal needs to smoke a cigarette?
Grass in the pasture is sharper than a bayonet.
Sometimes a pony
Sometimes a pony
Sometimes a pony
Gets depressed!
"Happiness won't leave me alone!" Sings the bird in his nest.
"Get a load of this fucking view, it's the best in the west!"
Sometimes a pony
Sometimes a pony
Sometimes a pony
Gets depressed!
Cows in the ballroom, chickens in the farmer's corvette.
Sometimes a pony
Sometimes a pony
Sometimes a pony
Gets depressed!
How does an animal see once the sun has set?
Bandits in the capital, limited civilian unrest.
Sometimes a pony
Sometimes a pony
Sometimes a pony
Gets depressed!
What kind of animal needs to smoke a cigarette?
Grass in the pasture is sharper than a bayonet.
Sometimes a pony
Sometimes a pony
Sometimes a pony
Gets depressed!
"Happiness won't leave me alone!" Sings the bird in his nest.
"Get a load of this fucking view, it's the best in the west!"
Sometimes a pony
Sometimes a pony
Sometimes a pony
Gets depressed!
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i think that last one was a joke. was it? it get's more and more difficult to tell these days.
As a member of PETA, I am highly offended by any reference to depression concerning any animal, especially Ponys! I had a pony once, his name was Wilbur bc i read that book about Charlotte and that web which made me join PETA as an 8 year old but i couldnt write so my mom had to join me up but she likes meat and lied and never signed me up but i have been a member no matter what she did to screw up my childhood with her meat and leather shoes and uncaring heart and cheating ways but anyway, the pony was totally cool and my mom with all her meat eating decided to sell wilbur, the pony and to the circus freaks when they came in the spring and they rode him around when they needed rides and i never saw him again. this song makes me think of how depressed wilbur was when he had to leave me and join the circus and the meat eating freaks that work there. im in therapy now and dont like this song. Wilbur? come back
I think we all know who the "pony" of this song is....
david berman's heartfelt wailing laid on top of an extremely upbeat music... it's such a sore and beautiful song.
Get a load of this fuckin' tune, it's the best on the album.
it's about the Harding administration. The Robber Barons.
There was a time in my life when I saw all the support and encouragement in religion. But there came a time when faith alone could not help me. Then I turned to drmental.org/online-christian-counseling for religious help. At that time online christian counseling was pulling me out of such a hole. Every week I corresponded with my therapist, who explained to me all the instructions of God and then I felt calm. I became aware of all my behavior and realized that I was the way to live my life. Thanks to this platform I found enlightenment.