"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'll take an ear to feed the pigs
I’ll bleed them all just to get my fix
A hooker's scream heard ‘round the world
My sharpened knife begs to explore
The NYPD ain't got shit on me
I’ll carve them up with a flick of my wrist
You'll never find a fucking fingerprint
I’ll rule this world as I lie and steal
None can match my scalpel’s skill
The NYPD ain't got shit on me
No rest
No rest
No rest
No fucking arrests
I’ll paint this town blood red tonight
Erase this scum from my fucking sight
I'll take an ear to feed the pigs
I’ll bleed them all just to get my fix
A hooker's scream heard ‘round the world
My sharpened knife begs to explore
The NYPD ain't got shit on me
I’ll carve them up with a flick of my wrist
You'll never find a fucking fingerprint
I’ll rule this world as I lie and steal
None can match my scalpel’s skill
The NYPD ain't got shit on me
No rest
No rest
No rest
No fucking arrests
I’ll paint this town blood red tonight
Erase this scum from my fucking sight
Kill the fucking lights
A gift from God doing the Devil's crimes
I set shit right one whore at a time
A gift from God doing the Devil's crimes
I set shit right one whore at a time
A gift from God doing the Devil's crimes
I set shit right one whore at a time
A gift from God doing the Devil's crimes
I'll carve these bitches one slice at a time
Oh - oh
Oh - oh
Oh - oh
You'd better catch me before I have my fun
I’ll bleed them all just to get my fix
A hooker's scream heard ‘round the world
My sharpened knife begs to explore
The NYPD ain't got shit on me
I’ll carve them up with a flick of my wrist
You'll never find a fucking fingerprint
I’ll rule this world as I lie and steal
None can match my scalpel’s skill
The NYPD ain't got shit on me
No rest
No rest
No rest
No fucking arrests
I’ll paint this town blood red tonight
Erase this scum from my fucking sight
I'll take an ear to feed the pigs
I’ll bleed them all just to get my fix
A hooker's scream heard ‘round the world
My sharpened knife begs to explore
The NYPD ain't got shit on me
I’ll carve them up with a flick of my wrist
You'll never find a fucking fingerprint
I’ll rule this world as I lie and steal
None can match my scalpel’s skill
The NYPD ain't got shit on me
No rest
No rest
No rest
No fucking arrests
I’ll paint this town blood red tonight
Erase this scum from my fucking sight
Kill the fucking lights
A gift from God doing the Devil's crimes
I set shit right one whore at a time
A gift from God doing the Devil's crimes
I set shit right one whore at a time
A gift from God doing the Devil's crimes
I set shit right one whore at a time
A gift from God doing the Devil's crimes
I'll carve these bitches one slice at a time
Oh - oh
Oh - oh
Oh - oh
You'd better catch me before I have my fun
Lyrics submitted by VampireChildx, edited by SmashingDestiny
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