"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.
Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah yeah yeah
yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah
yeah, yeah, ok-ok, uhuh but, yeah yeah yeah
yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah yeah yeah
yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah
yeah, yeah, ok-ok, uhuh but, yeah yeah yeah
cos i'm listening
yeah-i'm tuning in!
cos what you say is really interesting (yeah!)
cos i'm tuning in
yeah-i'm zooming in!
cos when you talk i really do listen
So I'm seen* in some trendy bar
with a girl who i met through my mate Char-lott
she's a bit of a sort, everything was cool until we talked
now she didn't offend me, but her chat was proper empty
i realised the girl i'm *scoring*
is fit but fucking boring
and i'm nearly snoring
because she goes on and on
about her boresome family
and the village she is from
and she's studying maths
her favourite colour is black
and she's a terrible cook
and-i can't help from staring at her rack
cos i'm listening
yeah-i'm tuning in!
cos what you say is really interesting (yeah!)
cos i'm tuning in
yeah-i'm zooming in!
cos when you talk i really do listen
so we get onto this conversation it was oh so fun
and when she finished i downed another drink of coke and rum
i got a toilet break and had a cheeky fag
she went when i came back i had to guard her bag
-if you come home with me i work all you need
cos i've got a myspace and i don't mind we can walk at your pace
if you wanna stay the night then it really is alright
cos theres enough space and i really think that you'd like my place
cos i'm listening
yeah-i'm tuning in!
cos what you say is really interesting (yeah!)
cos i'm tuning in
yeah-i'm zooming in!
cos when you talk i really do listen (honest!)
*Snoring*
yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah yeah yeah
yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah
yeah, yeah, ok-ok, uhuh but, yeah yeah yeah
So i asked her what music she liked
- A bit of everything really
I asked her be more specific, but she can't answer my query
ok thats enough, i've heard enough mindless chat
i need to curb on the bullshit and get her back to my flat
- girl i've heard enough, you talk about such wanton stuff
cos i've got a myspace and i don't mind we can walk at your pace
- i've sat right here polite, lets go back now i'm borderline
cos theres enough space and i really think that you'd like my place
*Intro in background*
cos i'm listening
yeah-i'm tuning in!
cos what you say is really interesting (yeah!)
cos i'm tuning in
yeah-i'm zooming in!
cos when you talk i really do listen (honest!)
oh-na na na, na-na, na na na-na, na na
bla-blah blah blah, blah-blah, blah blah blah-blah, blah blah
oh-na na na, na-na, na na na-na, na na
bla-blah blah blah, blah-blah, blah blah blah-blah, blah blah
-if you come home with me i work all you need
cos i've got a nice place* and i don't mind we can walk at your pace
if you wanna stay the night then it really is alright
cos theres enough space and i really think that you'd like my place
*Spoken*
Come on!
Go on...
you know you wanna
bit of fun ennit?
i'll make you a cup of coffee
i'll pay for the taxi, once it gets here
we can talk more at my house go on, seriously
Oh nice one!
yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah
yeah, yeah, ok-ok, uhuh but, yeah yeah yeah
yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah yeah yeah
yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah
yeah, yeah, ok-ok, uhuh but, yeah yeah yeah
cos i'm listening
yeah-i'm tuning in!
cos what you say is really interesting (yeah!)
cos i'm tuning in
yeah-i'm zooming in!
cos when you talk i really do listen
So I'm seen* in some trendy bar
with a girl who i met through my mate Char-lott
she's a bit of a sort, everything was cool until we talked
now she didn't offend me, but her chat was proper empty
i realised the girl i'm *scoring*
is fit but fucking boring
and i'm nearly snoring
because she goes on and on
about her boresome family
and the village she is from
and she's studying maths
her favourite colour is black
and she's a terrible cook
and-i can't help from staring at her rack
cos i'm listening
yeah-i'm tuning in!
cos what you say is really interesting (yeah!)
cos i'm tuning in
yeah-i'm zooming in!
cos when you talk i really do listen
so we get onto this conversation it was oh so fun
and when she finished i downed another drink of coke and rum
i got a toilet break and had a cheeky fag
she went when i came back i had to guard her bag
-if you come home with me i work all you need
cos i've got a myspace and i don't mind we can walk at your pace
if you wanna stay the night then it really is alright
cos theres enough space and i really think that you'd like my place
cos i'm listening
yeah-i'm tuning in!
cos what you say is really interesting (yeah!)
cos i'm tuning in
yeah-i'm zooming in!
cos when you talk i really do listen (honest!)
*Snoring*
yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah yeah yeah
yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah
yeah, yeah, ok-ok, uhuh but, yeah yeah yeah
So i asked her what music she liked
- A bit of everything really
I asked her be more specific, but she can't answer my query
ok thats enough, i've heard enough mindless chat
i need to curb on the bullshit and get her back to my flat
- girl i've heard enough, you talk about such wanton stuff
cos i've got a myspace and i don't mind we can walk at your pace
- i've sat right here polite, lets go back now i'm borderline
cos theres enough space and i really think that you'd like my place
*Intro in background*
cos i'm listening
yeah-i'm tuning in!
cos what you say is really interesting (yeah!)
cos i'm tuning in
yeah-i'm zooming in!
cos when you talk i really do listen (honest!)
oh-na na na, na-na, na na na-na, na na
bla-blah blah blah, blah-blah, blah blah blah-blah, blah blah
oh-na na na, na-na, na na na-na, na na
bla-blah blah blah, blah-blah, blah blah blah-blah, blah blah
-if you come home with me i work all you need
cos i've got a nice place* and i don't mind we can walk at your pace
if you wanna stay the night then it really is alright
cos theres enough space and i really think that you'd like my place
*Spoken*
Come on!
Go on...
you know you wanna
bit of fun ennit?
i'll make you a cup of coffee
i'll pay for the taxi, once it gets here
we can talk more at my house go on, seriously
Oh nice one!
Lyrics submitted by FalseSmiles
Tuning In (H! Kitsune mix) Lyrics as written by James Joseph Smith
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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in the first line its ' so im sitting in some trendy bar with a girl who i met through my mate charlotte' haha wicked song. seen them at readinggg =]. Pretty obvious really...hes proper bored on the date and wants to fast forward to the sex part :P.