"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.
Hey Hey Hey
Hey Hey Hey
I know, I know, I know
In the cars or on the street
If you smile you are a creep
If you don't say it's very cold
You are drunk or too old
They say what about the meek?
I say they've got a bloody cheek
Vanity and presumption
Living in the hard porn shop lately
I say Hey hey hey
Touch Sensitive
I know, I know, I know
And you're dying for a pee
So you go behind a tree
And a Star Wars police vehicle pulls up
I say gimme a taxi
Touch Sensitive
Touch Sensitive
If you don't say it's very cold
You are drunk or too old
It's Touch Sensitive
In the cars or on the street
If you smile you are a creep
It's Touch Sensitive
If you don't say it's very cold
You are Touch Sensitive
Touch Sensitive
Say Hey Hey Hey
I know, I know, I know
Hey Hey Hey
I know, I know, I know
In the cars or on the street
If you smile you are a creep
If you don't say it's very cold
You are drunk or too old
They say what about the meek?
I say they've got a bloody cheek
Vanity and presumption
Living in the hard porn shop lately
I say Hey hey hey
Touch Sensitive
I know, I know, I know
And you're dying for a pee
So you go behind a tree
And a Star Wars police vehicle pulls up
I say gimme a taxi
Touch Sensitive
Touch Sensitive
If you don't say it's very cold
You are drunk or too old
It's Touch Sensitive
In the cars or on the street
If you smile you are a creep
It's Touch Sensitive
If you don't say it's very cold
You are Touch Sensitive
Touch Sensitive
Say Hey Hey Hey
I know, I know, I know
Lyrics submitted by nicscarlet
Touch Sensitive Lyrics as written by Julia Mary Nagle Mark Edward Smith
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, BMG Rights Management
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