"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.
Waking up each morning with confusion in my eyes
Wind is biting through to wave hello
See in my reflection an exterior of lies
Hope this shaky feeling doesn't show
As if I have to tell you, there was little left to say
It was stilted conversation colored blue
You were sitting down and you got up to walk away
Tried to stay but I was right behind you
I was right behind you
Tension in the stare I cannot bear
So close to helpless as the songs I sing
Inside me ring
Final words are boring, never touching
Oh you whispered something in my ear
I could not hear you
Girls with the greenest eyes
The first time you have kissed
Our quiet softest sighs
A song for all those who shot and missed
Waking up each morning to a multitude of ties
People always have to change and grow
Seeing my reflection in your sullen, infected eyes
Makes me wonder if you'll ever know
Tried to change relationship with words gray and bland
Words that never seem to rest or rhyme
Turned around and still I hope you try to understand
I was right behind you every time
I was right behind you
Tension in the stare I cannot bear
So close to helpless as the songs I sing
Inside me ring
Final words are boring, never touching
Oh you whispered something in my ear
I could not hear you
Girls with the greenest eyes
The first time you have kissed
Our quiet softest sighs
A song for all those who shot and missed
Wind is biting through to wave hello
See in my reflection an exterior of lies
Hope this shaky feeling doesn't show
As if I have to tell you, there was little left to say
It was stilted conversation colored blue
You were sitting down and you got up to walk away
Tried to stay but I was right behind you
I was right behind you
Tension in the stare I cannot bear
So close to helpless as the songs I sing
Inside me ring
Final words are boring, never touching
Oh you whispered something in my ear
I could not hear you
Girls with the greenest eyes
The first time you have kissed
Our quiet softest sighs
A song for all those who shot and missed
Waking up each morning to a multitude of ties
People always have to change and grow
Seeing my reflection in your sullen, infected eyes
Makes me wonder if you'll ever know
Tried to change relationship with words gray and bland
Words that never seem to rest or rhyme
Turned around and still I hope you try to understand
I was right behind you every time
I was right behind you
Tension in the stare I cannot bear
So close to helpless as the songs I sing
Inside me ring
Final words are boring, never touching
Oh you whispered something in my ear
I could not hear you
Girls with the greenest eyes
The first time you have kissed
Our quiet softest sighs
A song for all those who shot and missed
Lyrics submitted by punkpirate
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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When John was in Propagandhi, some of the lyrics from this song were spliced with others in Showdown. The contrast is brilliant.
Actually, this song was written after Showdown. When John recorded Slips and Tangles, he took a few of his Propagandhi lyrics with him, including the first verse of Showdown, which he then wrote a second verse for and renamed "Greenest Eyes". There's also a line in the song "Airport Lounge" that goes "She lays her body down and tries to say: There is no answer to a kiss", which was taken from a Propagandhi cover song... I can't remember the name of the song it was a cover of, though. I think Saint Cecilia may also be a cover of a really old song, but I'm not 100% sure on that one.
Don't know which song was written first but "Greenest Eyes" was recorded nearly a year before "Showdown". I have the "Slips & Tangles" cassette and it says that "Greenest" was recorded in April '92, and the "How To Clean Everything" album was recorded in Feb '93. <br /> <br /> The line i "Airport Lounge" comes from the song "Leg-Hold Trap" that JKS wrote for his pre-Propagandhi band Toothpick Hercules. But Propagandhi both recorded and performed the song. A live version has been available on the Quality/Quantity compilations. A studio recordning was made in 93 and was supposed to be on the debut album but in the end never made the cut. It was released for the first time in 2012 as a part of the digital EP "Recovered".