"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've got a funny feeling there's something wrong today
I've got a funny feeling and it won't go away
I've got an itchy finger and there'll be hell to pay
I'm gonna pull the trigger and blow them all away
Don't ever try to tell me how much you care for me
Don't ever try to tell me how you were there for me
I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe it)
I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe in)
I've got a wicked demon inside that never fades
I've got an empty feeling I won't be home today
Don't ever try to tell me how much you care for me
Don't ever try to tell me how you were there for me
I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe it)
I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe in)
I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe it)
I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe in)
I want you to stop and help out with doing what you want to do
No one is guilty here now, there's nothing new now
I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe it)
I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe in)
I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe it)
I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe in)
I've got a funny feeling and it won't go away
I've got an itchy finger and there'll be hell to pay
I'm gonna pull the trigger and blow them all away
Don't ever try to tell me how much you care for me
Don't ever try to tell me how you were there for me
I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe it)
I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe in)
I've got a wicked demon inside that never fades
I've got an empty feeling I won't be home today
Don't ever try to tell me how much you care for me
Don't ever try to tell me how you were there for me
I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe it)
I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe in)
I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe it)
I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe in)
I want you to stop and help out with doing what you want to do
No one is guilty here now, there's nothing new now
I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe it)
I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe in)
I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe it)
I don't believe there's a reason (I don't believe in)
Lyrics submitted by rotinhellorg
Shackler's Revenge Lyrics as written by Bryan Kei Mantia Brian Patrick Carroll
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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