"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.
Something's in my coffee, yeah
There's something in my coffee, yeah
Must be the water, and it
Must be the water, and it
Must be the water, 'cause it
Must be the water, and it
Must be the water, yeah
Must be the water
And there's,
Something in the air we're breathing
It's in the air we're breathing
'It's in the TV,' he said
'It's in the TV,' he said
There are TV Gods
There are TV Gods
It's in the offices
And it's in the cars we're driving
It's in the offices
And wash the car you're driving
'It'll get your eyes,' he says
'So watch your eyes,' he says
'It's in the TV,' he said
'It's in the TV,' he said
There are TV Gods
There are TV gods
There are TV Gods
There are TV Gods
They want to keep you numb
They know you'll stay and come
They know you'll turn them on
They know you'll turn them on
They want to keep you numb
They know you'll stay and come
They know you'll turn them on
They know you'll turn them on
There are TV Gods
There are TV Gods
'It's in the TV,' he said
'It's in the TV,' he said
'Turn off the TVs,' he said
'Turn off the TVs,' he said
There are TV Gods
There are TV Gods
There's something in my coffee, yeah
Must be the water, and it
Must be the water, and it
Must be the water, 'cause it
Must be the water, and it
Must be the water, yeah
Must be the water
And there's,
Something in the air we're breathing
It's in the air we're breathing
'It's in the TV,' he said
'It's in the TV,' he said
There are TV Gods
There are TV Gods
It's in the offices
And it's in the cars we're driving
It's in the offices
And wash the car you're driving
'It'll get your eyes,' he says
'So watch your eyes,' he says
'It's in the TV,' he said
'It's in the TV,' he said
There are TV Gods
There are TV gods
There are TV Gods
There are TV Gods
They want to keep you numb
They know you'll stay and come
They know you'll turn them on
They know you'll turn them on
They want to keep you numb
They know you'll stay and come
They know you'll turn them on
They know you'll turn them on
There are TV Gods
There are TV Gods
'It's in the TV,' he said
'It's in the TV,' he said
'Turn off the TVs,' he said
'Turn off the TVs,' he said
There are TV Gods
There are TV Gods
Lyrics submitted by Stoney
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Fuck I love TV!
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