In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
[Wyclef Jean]
Yeah
It's those Jersey boys
[Paul Simon]
La la la
La la
[Wyclef Jean]
I heard a man say Jesus walks
Me
Myself
I heard Jesus talks 'cause when I heard his beat I felt Jesus force
I heard it through the wire that he made it out the coma from a fast car
It was a fast car
Yeah
Every day is like the wild
Wild west
Some of us are bad boys
Some of us are outlawed
And in some mystery the killer get away
L.A.
Vegas at the end of the day in the fast car
Jump in the fast car
Yeah
[Paul Simon]
(You don't have to)
[Wyclef Jean]
You don't gotta be no billionaire to get a ticket up to the moon
We all know somebody up there
You need a helping hand
Look
Come right here to help you see clearly now
Yeah
To help you see clearly now
Yeah
I hope you see clearly now
Yeah
Yeah
What would you do after your bachelor party
In the bar celebrating with all your homies
Go outside
And you're ready to ride
And over fifty one shots but you ain't ready to die in your fast car
Yeah
In your fast car
Paul Simon talk to me
Talk to me
[Paul Simon]
(Whoa)
When that fast car picks you up you will have no choice
You may hear the tires screaming but you will have no voice
But as the fast car picks you up you will weep and smile
And see heaven in the headlights mile after
Mile after
Mile after mile
[Wyclef Jean]
Yeah
You don't gotta be no billionaire to get a ticket up to the moon
We all know somebody up there
You need a helping hand
Look
Come right here to help you see clearly now
Yeah
To help you see clearly now
Yeah
I hope you see clearly now
Yeah
Yeah
Everybody need some tlc so she headed to Honduras for some tlc
Yeah
Having fun in Central America
Well she was a passenger
Never a traveler in that fast car
Riding that fast car
Yeah
Sweet sixteen
I see her leaving the scene
Crossing the street she won't see seventeen
Blink of an eye
D-W-I
Hit and run and selling flees
In the fast car
Riding the fast car
Yeah
[Paul Simon]
(Whoa)
When that fast car picks you up you will have no choice
You may hear the tires screaming but you will have no voice
But as the fast car picks you up you will weep and smile
And see heaven in the headlights mile after
Mile after
Mile after mile
[Wyclef Jean]
Yeah
You don't gotta be no billionaire to get a ticket up to the moon
We all know somebody up there
You need a helping hand
Look
Come right here to help you see clearly now
Yeah
To help you see clearly now
Yeah
I hope you see clearly now
Yeah
Yeah
You don't gotta be no billionaire to get a ticket up to the moon
We all know somebody up there
You need a helping hand
Look
Come right here to help you see clearly now
Yeah
To help you see clearly now
Yeah
I hope you see clearly now
Yeah
Yeah
It's those Jersey boys
[Paul Simon]
La la la
La la
[Wyclef Jean]
I heard a man say Jesus walks
Me
Myself
I heard Jesus talks 'cause when I heard his beat I felt Jesus force
I heard it through the wire that he made it out the coma from a fast car
It was a fast car
Yeah
Every day is like the wild
Wild west
Some of us are bad boys
Some of us are outlawed
And in some mystery the killer get away
L.A.
Vegas at the end of the day in the fast car
Jump in the fast car
Yeah
[Paul Simon]
(You don't have to)
[Wyclef Jean]
You don't gotta be no billionaire to get a ticket up to the moon
We all know somebody up there
You need a helping hand
Look
Come right here to help you see clearly now
Yeah
To help you see clearly now
Yeah
I hope you see clearly now
Yeah
Yeah
What would you do after your bachelor party
In the bar celebrating with all your homies
Go outside
And you're ready to ride
And over fifty one shots but you ain't ready to die in your fast car
Yeah
In your fast car
Paul Simon talk to me
Talk to me
[Paul Simon]
(Whoa)
When that fast car picks you up you will have no choice
You may hear the tires screaming but you will have no voice
But as the fast car picks you up you will weep and smile
And see heaven in the headlights mile after
Mile after
Mile after mile
[Wyclef Jean]
Yeah
You don't gotta be no billionaire to get a ticket up to the moon
We all know somebody up there
You need a helping hand
Look
Come right here to help you see clearly now
Yeah
To help you see clearly now
Yeah
I hope you see clearly now
Yeah
Yeah
Everybody need some tlc so she headed to Honduras for some tlc
Yeah
Having fun in Central America
Well she was a passenger
Never a traveler in that fast car
Riding that fast car
Yeah
Sweet sixteen
I see her leaving the scene
Crossing the street she won't see seventeen
Blink of an eye
D-W-I
Hit and run and selling flees
In the fast car
Riding the fast car
Yeah
[Paul Simon]
(Whoa)
When that fast car picks you up you will have no choice
You may hear the tires screaming but you will have no voice
But as the fast car picks you up you will weep and smile
And see heaven in the headlights mile after
Mile after
Mile after mile
[Wyclef Jean]
Yeah
You don't gotta be no billionaire to get a ticket up to the moon
We all know somebody up there
You need a helping hand
Look
Come right here to help you see clearly now
Yeah
To help you see clearly now
Yeah
I hope you see clearly now
Yeah
Yeah
You don't gotta be no billionaire to get a ticket up to the moon
We all know somebody up there
You need a helping hand
Look
Come right here to help you see clearly now
Yeah
To help you see clearly now
Yeah
I hope you see clearly now
Yeah
Lyrics submitted by DJ_critikaL
Fast Car (feat. Paul Simon) Lyrics as written by Farel Jean Wyclef Jean
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