"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.
about a year ago i played my first rock show
i was feeling kinda nervous about how it would go
and so i talked to my rock star friend Draco
and he said 'hey man, don't fret,
cause wizard rock fans are the sweetest bunch of fans
and most of them are girls and you're basically a man
so get out there killer and rock it like you can'
and so that's what i did
it soon became clear that rocking wasn't enough
if you're gonna score with groupies than you gotta be a hunk
you can't get by with overwhelming talent alone
and man, that's all i got
man, that's all i got
coulda been a wizard rock heart throb
coulda been the star of the show
coulda been a wizard rock heart throb
but dumbledore found matt maggiacomo
he's not as cute as joe and he's not as cute as paul
he's not as cute as brian or bradley at all
he's not as cute as alex carpenter
but then again who is?
he's not as cute as patrick from the hinky punks
cause he's packing way too much junk in the trunk
he might be a bit cuter than that guy from hollow godric
but that's not saying much
no, that's not saying much
coulda been a wizard rock heart throb
coulda been the star of the show
coulda been a wizard rock heart throb
but dumbledore found matt maggiacomo
everybody knows that wizard rock girls
are the prettiest girls in the whole wide world
i know it doesn't help me to whine and complain
but i'm telling you man it's driving me insane
coulda been a wizard rock heart throb
coulda been the star of the show
coulda been a wizard rock heart throb
but dumbledore found matt maggiacomo
i was feeling kinda nervous about how it would go
and so i talked to my rock star friend Draco
and he said 'hey man, don't fret,
cause wizard rock fans are the sweetest bunch of fans
and most of them are girls and you're basically a man
so get out there killer and rock it like you can'
and so that's what i did
it soon became clear that rocking wasn't enough
if you're gonna score with groupies than you gotta be a hunk
you can't get by with overwhelming talent alone
and man, that's all i got
man, that's all i got
coulda been a wizard rock heart throb
coulda been the star of the show
coulda been a wizard rock heart throb
but dumbledore found matt maggiacomo
he's not as cute as joe and he's not as cute as paul
he's not as cute as brian or bradley at all
he's not as cute as alex carpenter
but then again who is?
he's not as cute as patrick from the hinky punks
cause he's packing way too much junk in the trunk
he might be a bit cuter than that guy from hollow godric
but that's not saying much
no, that's not saying much
coulda been a wizard rock heart throb
coulda been the star of the show
coulda been a wizard rock heart throb
but dumbledore found matt maggiacomo
everybody knows that wizard rock girls
are the prettiest girls in the whole wide world
i know it doesn't help me to whine and complain
but i'm telling you man it's driving me insane
coulda been a wizard rock heart throb
coulda been the star of the show
coulda been a wizard rock heart throb
but dumbledore found matt maggiacomo
Lyrics submitted by polythene.ruth
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~Oh, Matt Maggiacomo IS the Whomping Willow.<br /> <br /> ~Joe and Paul DeGeorge are Harry and the Potters.<br /> <br /> ~Brian and Bradley are Draco and the Malfoys. (Who got Matt into wizard rock, and who he's talking about as "my rock star friend Draco" in the beginning.<br /> <br /> ~Alex Carpenter is the lead singer/guitarist/lyricist of The Remus Lupins,<br /> <br /> ~And that guy from Hollow Godric is pretty nondescript, basically.