"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.
She's flying in the face of fashion now.
She seems to have a will of her own.
She's flying in the face of fashion now.
She seems to have it all chromed.
The time was going so frequently.
She said if I try harder again.
She's flying in the face of fashion now.
She sells the world annually to a friend.
She sings 'World, shut your mouth, shut your mouth.
Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth.
World, shut your mouth, shut your mouth.
Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth.'
She always used to live so secretly.
She'd be seen in and out of the sound.
She's taking on the role of the four winds now.
She's having tea there out in the crowd.
She's flying in the face of fashion now.
She seems to have a will of her own.
In lieu of what you're saying so frequently.
She seems to have, it all adds up.
She sings 'World, shut your mouth, shut your mouth.
Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth.
World, shut your mouth, shut your mouth.
Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth.'
She sings 'World, shut your mouth, shut your mouth.
Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth.
World, shut your mouth, shut your mouth.
Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth.'
'World, shut your mouth, shut your mouth.
Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth.
World, shut your mouth, shut your mouth.
Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth.'
'World, shut your mouth, shut your mouth.
Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth.
World, shut your mouth, shut your mouth.
Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth.'
She seems to have a will of her own.
She's flying in the face of fashion now.
She seems to have it all chromed.
The time was going so frequently.
She said if I try harder again.
She's flying in the face of fashion now.
She sells the world annually to a friend.
She sings 'World, shut your mouth, shut your mouth.
Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth.
World, shut your mouth, shut your mouth.
Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth.'
She always used to live so secretly.
She'd be seen in and out of the sound.
She's taking on the role of the four winds now.
She's having tea there out in the crowd.
She's flying in the face of fashion now.
She seems to have a will of her own.
In lieu of what you're saying so frequently.
She seems to have, it all adds up.
She sings 'World, shut your mouth, shut your mouth.
Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth.
World, shut your mouth, shut your mouth.
Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth.'
She sings 'World, shut your mouth, shut your mouth.
Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth.
World, shut your mouth, shut your mouth.
Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth.'
'World, shut your mouth, shut your mouth.
Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth.
World, shut your mouth, shut your mouth.
Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth.'
'World, shut your mouth, shut your mouth.
Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth.
World, shut your mouth, shut your mouth.
Put your head back in the clouds and shut your mouth.'
Lyrics submitted by thecomaboy
World Shut Your Mouth (Julian Cope Cover) Lyrics as written by Julian Cope
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