"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.
I was sitting on a stoop
the summer when i saw you coming over
and i thought
'oh fucking no'
cos me and jenny o had just gotten so stoned,
and i didn't know what to do
i had it so bad for you
the weird thing is earlier that week
i had said to jenny,
"wouldn't it be funny if the guy you had a
crush on
hired a private eye
just to keep an eye on you, completely in disguise?"
oh coco, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind
oh coco, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind
oh coco, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind
oh coco, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind
oh you're so fine you blow my mind
oh coco, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind
jenny played it cool, sat up and introduced herself.
'cos back then you weren't supposed to know that all i did was think of you
and everything you did
the way you smiled
and everything you did
and what i wanted you to do
and your shirt was blue
(they said you were house sitting
right around the corner
and i thought i'd flip my lid right then and there.)
oh coco, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind
oh coco, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind
and then we went...
and then we... *laugh*
fuck! when did we go to brent's?!
and then we went...
and then we went to brents.
and then we played with very bliss, ggbb on dvd
we had a cigarette.
sat out on the patio you told me everything you know
about new york, assorted loves, music lessons, giving up
regina spektor, cat power's catastrophic live performances.
oh! the cat got out!
oh coco you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind.
oh coco you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind.
oh coco you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind.
oh coco you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind.
anyway, this song was just an excuse
to say coco!
over and over, and over.
and also to say thank you to
sal, and jenny o
chris and sal....
keep my crush on the down-low.
the summer when i saw you coming over
and i thought
'oh fucking no'
cos me and jenny o had just gotten so stoned,
and i didn't know what to do
i had it so bad for you
the weird thing is earlier that week
i had said to jenny,
"wouldn't it be funny if the guy you had a
crush on
hired a private eye
just to keep an eye on you, completely in disguise?"
oh coco, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind
oh coco, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind
oh coco, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind
oh coco, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind
oh you're so fine you blow my mind
oh coco, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind
jenny played it cool, sat up and introduced herself.
'cos back then you weren't supposed to know that all i did was think of you
and everything you did
the way you smiled
and everything you did
and what i wanted you to do
and your shirt was blue
(they said you were house sitting
right around the corner
and i thought i'd flip my lid right then and there.)
oh coco, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind
oh coco, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind
and then we went...
and then we... *laugh*
fuck! when did we go to brent's?!
and then we went...
and then we went to brents.
and then we played with very bliss, ggbb on dvd
we had a cigarette.
sat out on the patio you told me everything you know
about new york, assorted loves, music lessons, giving up
regina spektor, cat power's catastrophic live performances.
oh! the cat got out!
oh coco you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind.
oh coco you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind.
oh coco you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind.
oh coco you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind.
anyway, this song was just an excuse
to say coco!
over and over, and over.
and also to say thank you to
sal, and jenny o
chris and sal....
keep my crush on the down-low.
Lyrics submitted by oh-oh-jealous
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