"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 have a bond with fear
And with my space-struck gear
I'm the caped crusader!
I've a bond with love and wisdom
I've a bond with poverty
I've a bond with the way we're cruising
Down the path of liberty
Hey now baby
You want my advice
You get on up, down, turn around, hit the ground and come about twice!
I've a bond like a Spanish fury
I've a bond way down in Mexico
I had a bond when every knew that
I pulled the plugs and pulled them domino
Hey now baby
You want my advice
You better change your hairdo
Cause that bond's my vice
Here we go: Pure Sonic Disco
Last week I came to town to
Get my ass to boogie around
I saw this girl, she looked so fine
I asked: "You want a bond with me tonight?"
Hey now baby
You better think about it twice
Cause this here boy
This here boy's got the rolling dice
I've a bond with the weight of my mother
I've a bond with the highlight moon
I've a bond with everybody knows that
I'm coming down to see you peroucoo
Oh now baby
That's what I always say
When I go skating on thin ice
You're so marvelous!
Brand new!
Sexy!
I've a bond with the way we're chilling
I've a bond with this a glass of beer
I've a bond with all that's around me
But I don't know about this bond right here
Oh baby
Let's let not get
Too philosophical
And stay true men
And human
Super Trooper Boogaloo
Sticking to my body with a wizard glue
Extra Mixture Ricochet
Is gonna get my soul through the disco day
Donkey Funky Slapping Horn
Has made her slip on out of the clothes she worn
Inky Pinky Super wine
Me & my fat guitar will have a real good time
I'm gonna roller coaster down
To her down below
I'm gonna have to dive on down
To her down below
I'm gonna have to move this party
To her down below
And see the show
At her down below
And with my space-struck gear
I'm the caped crusader!
I've a bond with love and wisdom
I've a bond with poverty
I've a bond with the way we're cruising
Down the path of liberty
Hey now baby
You want my advice
You get on up, down, turn around, hit the ground and come about twice!
I've a bond like a Spanish fury
I've a bond way down in Mexico
I had a bond when every knew that
I pulled the plugs and pulled them domino
Hey now baby
You want my advice
You better change your hairdo
Cause that bond's my vice
Here we go: Pure Sonic Disco
Last week I came to town to
Get my ass to boogie around
I saw this girl, she looked so fine
I asked: "You want a bond with me tonight?"
Hey now baby
You better think about it twice
Cause this here boy
This here boy's got the rolling dice
I've a bond with the weight of my mother
I've a bond with the highlight moon
I've a bond with everybody knows that
I'm coming down to see you peroucoo
Oh now baby
That's what I always say
When I go skating on thin ice
You're so marvelous!
Brand new!
Sexy!
I've a bond with the way we're chilling
I've a bond with this a glass of beer
I've a bond with all that's around me
But I don't know about this bond right here
Oh baby
Let's let not get
Too philosophical
And stay true men
And human
Super Trooper Boogaloo
Sticking to my body with a wizard glue
Extra Mixture Ricochet
Is gonna get my soul through the disco day
Donkey Funky Slapping Horn
Has made her slip on out of the clothes she worn
Inky Pinky Super wine
Me & my fat guitar will have a real good time
I'm gonna roller coaster down
To her down below
I'm gonna have to dive on down
To her down below
I'm gonna have to move this party
To her down below
And see the show
At her down below
Lyrics submitted by PutTheLightsOn
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