"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.
My name is Art
(His name is Art)
People say I'm not very smart...
People know more than I know
(How do they know?)
How do they know more than I know?
And my name is Jo
(And he'd like you to know)
And I'd like to you know, like you to know...
Supernova, best band around,
On any planet, any town...
It's all about Dave
(All about Dave)
Did you know it's all about Dave, about Dave?
Did you know, how could you know?
Supernova, all about Dave!
Do you know who we are?
(Know who we are?)
Do you know what we do?
(Know what we do?)
I'll tell you who we are:
SUPERNOVA and we're superstars!
Do you know who we are now, baby?
Do you know what we do?
Do you know what we do?
Do you know who we are now, baby?
Do you know that we...
ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR!
We don't even have to think!
We don't even use our brains!
Supernova's what we do!
(His name is Art)
People say I'm not very smart...
People know more than I know
(How do they know?)
How do they know more than I know?
And my name is Jo
(And he'd like you to know)
And I'd like to you know, like you to know...
Supernova, best band around,
On any planet, any town...
It's all about Dave
(All about Dave)
Did you know it's all about Dave, about Dave?
Did you know, how could you know?
Supernova, all about Dave!
Do you know who we are?
(Know who we are?)
Do you know what we do?
(Know what we do?)
I'll tell you who we are:
SUPERNOVA and we're superstars!
Do you know who we are now, baby?
Do you know what we do?
Do you know what we do?
Do you know who we are now, baby?
Do you know that we...
ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR!
We don't even have to think!
We don't even use our brains!
Supernova's what we do!
Lyrics submitted by Skibz777
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