"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.
Hello Governor
A word with you today
You wanna start a revolution?
Well, I will show you each and every way
Yes, Drill Sergeant, the men are in line
If I could be anyone, anywhere today
If I could not, then I would
If I was an aero stow crate
If I could not die
Hello Father
A word with you today
God knows I can not do it alone
But I will do it each and every way
Yes, Drill Sergeant, the men are all dead
If I could be anyone, anywhere today
If I could not, then I would
If I was an aero plane
If I could not fly
You could be my friend if you wanted to, to be abused
I will hold you hand until the bitter end, and I will drag the noose
You could be my friend
I cut, cut, cut you to the core!
A word with you today
You wanna start a revolution?
Well, I will show you each and every way
Yes, Drill Sergeant, the men are in line
If I could be anyone, anywhere today
If I could not, then I would
If I was an aero stow crate
If I could not die
Hello Father
A word with you today
God knows I can not do it alone
But I will do it each and every way
Yes, Drill Sergeant, the men are all dead
If I could be anyone, anywhere today
If I could not, then I would
If I was an aero plane
If I could not fly
You could be my friend if you wanted to, to be abused
I will hold you hand until the bitter end, and I will drag the noose
You could be my friend
I cut, cut, cut you to the core!
Lyrics submitted by RareImperfection
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This is what I got:
Hello governor A word with you today You wanna start a revolution, well I will show you each and every way. Yes, drill sergeant, the men are in line. If I could be anyone, anywhere, today. If I could not die, could not die, could not Then I would, I would
If I was an aristocrat If I could not, I could not, I could not die.
Hello, brother, A word with you today God knows I cannot do it alone Well, I will do it each and every way
And, yes, drill sergeant, The men are all dead. If I could be anyone, anywhere, today If I could not fly, could not fly, Could not Then I would, I would
If I was an aeroplane If I could not I could I could not I could not fly
And you could be my friend If you wanted to To be abused, oh I will hold your hand Until the bitter end And I will drag the noose, oh You could be my friend And I could cut you to the core To the core, to the core To the core, oh!
You could be my friend if you wanted to To be abused, oh And I will hold your hand until the bitter end And I will drag the noose, oh. You could be my friend And I could cut you to the core To the core, to the core To the, to the core
-Sunny-
i can't find this song anywhere?
i can't find this song anywhere?
thats because its not out yet they just finished recording late May its on their new cd which SHOULD be out this year
thats because its not out yet they just finished recording late May its on their new cd which SHOULD be out this year
Six Good Friends actually isn't going to be on the new CD. They recorded this song a while back somewhere up north. It was only released as a free downloadable demo and did not make it to any CDs.
Oh and don't expect the new full-length to be out until Summer of '08. They're milking the sales of the Make You Move re-release.
I think it's about America at war... Do you agree, or have a better explanation?