"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.
From here to salvador, the ladies dance
To fill us reckless sons with passions of the heart
I've been round this town for so long, she's been dancing since the first day
I've been all around but I love coming back to see Lucy
She swings me over to pull me out,
Twirls around and I fall about, in giggles and laugher, oh I'm plastered, can't damn help it I'm sorry love
What's to falling feeling feet
Great for bouncing round these streets
They're lonely like you, and you for two
Are for me dance for me
A heart of gold, and a face so pale, with a second hand dress and lips of a temptress
Bar stool banshee, howled out at me,
The kings and queens at the clubs evolved from pubs
And two much broken heart love
Singing up the blues in locked boxed bedroom,
A wop bop baloo bop ta wop bamboo
Are you going to take the chance
Why do you care no one plays fair
And neither do the lords of the dance
From here to Salvador, the ladies dance, to fill us reckless sons, with passions of the heart
Well it's a bang bang Anglo Saxons at the disco
A tish you all fall down
Hound dogs round on the prowl
For the next young girl, who told her daddy,
I'm going round Gemma's to learn and study, I'm young and so free and I'm kinda sexy, and when I'm on the floor all the boys they feel me, and old dear diary's never been a friend of mine.?
From here to Salvador, the ladies dance, to fill us reckless sons, with passions of the heart
To fill us reckless sons with passions of the heart
I've been round this town for so long, she's been dancing since the first day
I've been all around but I love coming back to see Lucy
She swings me over to pull me out,
Twirls around and I fall about, in giggles and laugher, oh I'm plastered, can't damn help it I'm sorry love
What's to falling feeling feet
Great for bouncing round these streets
They're lonely like you, and you for two
Are for me dance for me
A heart of gold, and a face so pale, with a second hand dress and lips of a temptress
Bar stool banshee, howled out at me,
The kings and queens at the clubs evolved from pubs
And two much broken heart love
Singing up the blues in locked boxed bedroom,
A wop bop baloo bop ta wop bamboo
Are you going to take the chance
Why do you care no one plays fair
And neither do the lords of the dance
From here to Salvador, the ladies dance, to fill us reckless sons, with passions of the heart
Well it's a bang bang Anglo Saxons at the disco
A tish you all fall down
Hound dogs round on the prowl
For the next young girl, who told her daddy,
I'm going round Gemma's to learn and study, I'm young and so free and I'm kinda sexy, and when I'm on the floor all the boys they feel me, and old dear diary's never been a friend of mine.?
From here to Salvador, the ladies dance, to fill us reckless sons, with passions of the heart
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Nice to see Jamie T on 'ere. Love this song, videos rather grand too!
you lege. thanks for posting these. what a fooking boss song! I hated it at first but as soon as those lyrics hit my ear drum, my feet rebelled. Sexerific. Hope the boy makes it.
This song is wierd... which is what makes it great!
yea its a really great song, not my favourite of his. the videos quite shit lol, i prefer the ones with his n his bass n a spliff. jamie t is already a legend in my mind, pity he signed to virgin i hope it doesnt change his music all that much
i adore this song. i cannot find any other songs by him anywhere, however.
i love this song, it's very addictive. and red pen, if you're still looking for jamie t songs, there's a save file of his music here - savefile.com/projects.php
the password is brokenheartlove
phewsha! thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you... hav my wife.
phewsha! thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you... hav Naggers' wife and i raise you a donkey, seriously cheers that version of a Billy Bragg Song is amazing
hahahah you're both very welcome!
right so that website i listed doesn't work anymore, and i get the odd email asking where to find jamie t stuff, so there's a BRAND SPANKING NEW savefile right here:
savefile.com/projects/1008827