"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.
Hey now, there now,
It's a game to be played out
Amongst thieves of the heart
And the whores of the ego
Hey now, there now
Kiss everyone's ailments
See them rise up,
Exalt and illuminate, oh oh oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Humanity is a deer in the headlights
The road is covered in blood
Free yourself with a dagger from above
A crossbow of faith
You sold your heart for the primal experience
Gave up on love for a medal malevolent
You fill yourself with the fire of innocence
A karmic stain will bring back through the gates again
Oh how I wonder what will become, of us
I'm just a girl out looking for love
Oh how I wonder what will become, of us
I'm just a girl out looking for love
You want in me what you see is a testament
You never know when you love what you'll manifest
I'm Joan of Arc on a mission avenge loves death
I'm gonna win I'll never give in
Oh how I wonder what will become, of us
I'm just a girl out looking for love
I'm just a girl out looking for love
I'm just a girl out looking for love
I'm just a girl out looking for love
I'm just a girl out looking for love
It's a game to be played out
Amongst thieves of the heart
And the whores of the ego
Hey now, there now
Kiss everyone's ailments
See them rise up,
Exalt and illuminate, oh oh oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Humanity is a deer in the headlights
The road is covered in blood
Free yourself with a dagger from above
A crossbow of faith
You sold your heart for the primal experience
Gave up on love for a medal malevolent
You fill yourself with the fire of innocence
A karmic stain will bring back through the gates again
Oh how I wonder what will become, of us
I'm just a girl out looking for love
Oh how I wonder what will become, of us
I'm just a girl out looking for love
You want in me what you see is a testament
You never know when you love what you'll manifest
I'm Joan of Arc on a mission avenge loves death
I'm gonna win I'll never give in
Oh how I wonder what will become, of us
I'm just a girl out looking for love
I'm just a girl out looking for love
I'm just a girl out looking for love
I'm just a girl out looking for love
I'm just a girl out looking for love
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Ghetto Love Lyrics as written by Brody Dalle Alan Moschulski
Lyrics © MCDMAN MUSIC
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