"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.
Dirty on the ground is what I need
I got another one to tell you
And another one to make you believe
Pity in the grass tried to be
The one you needed when I told you
That you wanted something bigger than me
I've got friends in all the right places
I know what they want
And I know they don't want me to stay
I said that I've got friends in all the right places
I know what they want
And I know they don't want me to stay
'Cause you are not alive
When I need you
I need it quickly
In case you never know
I can't play where I'm not supposed to anyway
Dirty on the ground is what I see
I need another reason why
I need another reason, tell me to breathe
The dirtier the sound, the best I breathe
I tried to do it all for you
It didn't do anything for me
'Cause I've got friends in all the right places
I know what they want
And I know they don't want me to stay
I've got friends in all the right places
I know what they want
And I know they don't want me to stay
And you and I will find
That when I need you
I need it quickly
In fact, you'll never know
I've got friends in all the right places
I know what they want
And I know they don't want me to stay
I said that I've got friends in all the right places
I know what they want
And I know they don't want me to stay
He said I've got friends in all the right places
I know what they want
And I know they don't want me to stay
I've got friends in all the right places
I know what they want
And I know they don't want me to stay
I got another one to tell you
And another one to make you believe
Pity in the grass tried to be
The one you needed when I told you
That you wanted something bigger than me
I've got friends in all the right places
I know what they want
And I know they don't want me to stay
I said that I've got friends in all the right places
I know what they want
And I know they don't want me to stay
'Cause you are not alive
When I need you
I need it quickly
In case you never know
I can't play where I'm not supposed to anyway
Dirty on the ground is what I see
I need another reason why
I need another reason, tell me to breathe
The dirtier the sound, the best I breathe
I tried to do it all for you
It didn't do anything for me
'Cause I've got friends in all the right places
I know what they want
And I know they don't want me to stay
I've got friends in all the right places
I know what they want
And I know they don't want me to stay
And you and I will find
That when I need you
I need it quickly
In fact, you'll never know
I've got friends in all the right places
I know what they want
And I know they don't want me to stay
I said that I've got friends in all the right places
I know what they want
And I know they don't want me to stay
He said I've got friends in all the right places
I know what they want
And I know they don't want me to stay
I've got friends in all the right places
I know what they want
And I know they don't want me to stay
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I've Got Friends Lyrics as written by John Andrew Hull
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I think it's about drugs I've got friends in all the right places (dealers) I know what they want (money/drugs) and I know they don't want me to stay (not real friends, they only want drugs)
dirt in the ground is what I see (death, buried)
'cause you are not alive (drugs again) when I need you (dealers/love) I need it quickly (drugs) in case you never know (love)
it's about addiction i think lovers who are both addicted not only to drugs but to each other it's almost like they're addicted to destruction
Sweet interpretation<br />
that's what i was thinking too. i also have the idea that "shake it out" they lyric not exactly the entire song, is a reference to some form of drug use. <br /> <br /> "i've got friends in all the write places i know what they want and i know they don't want me to stay" makes me think "i know where i can get my drugs. they just want me to pay them and leave."<br /> <br /> and in another song he mentions "i was in the front seat shaking it out" again i see this as a drug reference. <br /> <br /> i'm glad i'm not the only one.
Bingo dude. this has made the most sense to me.
I know what Paradiorthosis is <br /> AND Cryptomnesia! Ha! lol <br /> cool username. And good interpretation<br /> btw.