"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.
Мальчик-гей...
Смотришь нежно,
Ждешь его вниманья.
Чувства те же,
Но не понимаю
Сколько можно
Жить, любя, украдкой.
Очень сложно
Скрыть твои повадки,
Очень трудно
Скрыть мои страданья.
Очень, очень, очень, очень
Неприличное желанье.
Мальчик-гей, мальчик-гей
Будь со мной понаглей.
От стыда не красней,
Мальчик-гей, мальчик-гей.
Положи на друзей,
Мальчик-гей, мальчик-гей.
От меня,
Мальчик-гей-гей...
Слезы душат,
Мысли жить мешают.
Трудно слушать.
Нет, не понимаю.
Да, я знаю все твои секреты.
Как ты терпишь твердые предметы?
Все же знаю - это безнадежно,
Но мечтаю, таю-таю-таю-таю-таю-таю...
Мальчик-гей, мальчик-гей
Будь со мной понаглей.
От стыда не красней,
Мальчик-гей, мальчик-гей.
Положи на друзей,
Мальчик-гей, мальчик-гей.
От меня,
Мальчик-гей-гей...
Мальчик-гей, мальчик-гей
Будь со мной понаглей.
От стыда не красней,
Мальчик-гей,.мальчик-гей.
Положи на друзей,
Мальчик-гей, мальчик-гей.
От меня,
Мальчик-гей-гей...
Malchik-gei...
Smotrish nejno,
Jdesh yego vnimanya
Chuvstva tye je
No ne ponimayu
Skolko mojno
Jit, lyubya, ukradkoi.
Ochen slojno
Skryt tvoi povadki,
Ochen trudno
Skryt moi stradanya.
Ochen, ochen, ochen, ochen
Neprilichnoye jelanye.
Malchik-gei, malchik-gei
Bud so mnoi ponaglei.
Ot styda ne krasnei,
Malchik-gei, malchik-gei.
Poloji na druzei,
Malchik-gei, malchik-gei.
Ot menya,
Malchik-gei-gei...
Slezy dushat,
Mysli jit meshayut.
Trudno slushat.
Net, ne ponimayu.
Da, ya znayu vse tvoi sekrety.
Kak ty terpish tverdiye predmety?
Vse je znayu- eto beznadejno,
No mechtayu, tayu-tayu-tayu-tayu-tayu-
tayu...
Malchik-gei, malchik-gei
Bud so mnoi ponaglei.
Ot styda ne krasnei,
Malchik-gei, malchik-gei.
Poloji na druzei,
Malchik-gei, malchik-gei.
Ot menya,
Malchik-gei-gei...
Смотришь нежно,
Ждешь его вниманья.
Чувства те же,
Но не понимаю
Сколько можно
Жить, любя, украдкой.
Очень сложно
Скрыть твои повадки,
Очень трудно
Скрыть мои страданья.
Очень, очень, очень, очень
Неприличное желанье.
Мальчик-гей, мальчик-гей
Будь со мной понаглей.
От стыда не красней,
Мальчик-гей, мальчик-гей.
Положи на друзей,
Мальчик-гей, мальчик-гей.
От меня,
Мальчик-гей-гей...
Слезы душат,
Мысли жить мешают.
Трудно слушать.
Нет, не понимаю.
Да, я знаю все твои секреты.
Как ты терпишь твердые предметы?
Все же знаю - это безнадежно,
Но мечтаю, таю-таю-таю-таю-таю-таю...
Мальчик-гей, мальчик-гей
Будь со мной понаглей.
От стыда не красней,
Мальчик-гей, мальчик-гей.
Положи на друзей,
Мальчик-гей, мальчик-гей.
От меня,
Мальчик-гей-гей...
Мальчик-гей, мальчик-гей
Будь со мной понаглей.
От стыда не красней,
Мальчик-гей,.мальчик-гей.
Положи на друзей,
Мальчик-гей, мальчик-гей.
От меня,
Мальчик-гей-гей...
Malchik-gei...
Smotrish nejno,
Jdesh yego vnimanya
Chuvstva tye je
No ne ponimayu
Skolko mojno
Jit, lyubya, ukradkoi.
Ochen slojno
Skryt tvoi povadki,
Ochen trudno
Skryt moi stradanya.
Ochen, ochen, ochen, ochen
Neprilichnoye jelanye.
Malchik-gei, malchik-gei
Bud so mnoi ponaglei.
Ot styda ne krasnei,
Malchik-gei, malchik-gei.
Poloji na druzei,
Malchik-gei, malchik-gei.
Ot menya,
Malchik-gei-gei...
Slezy dushat,
Mysli jit meshayut.
Trudno slushat.
Net, ne ponimayu.
Da, ya znayu vse tvoi sekrety.
Kak ty terpish tverdiye predmety?
Vse je znayu- eto beznadejno,
No mechtayu, tayu-tayu-tayu-tayu-tayu-
tayu...
Malchik-gei, malchik-gei
Bud so mnoi ponaglei.
Ot styda ne krasnei,
Malchik-gei, malchik-gei.
Poloji na druzei,
Malchik-gei, malchik-gei.
Ot menya,
Malchik-gei-gei...
Lyrics submitted by Blackandwild1
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