"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.
You say
You say
You say
You say
You say
You say one for the trouble
Two for the time
Come on girls let rock that [whistle]
Fab Five Freddie told me everybody's high
DJ's spinnin' are savin' my mind
Flash is fast
Flash is fast
Flash is fast
Flash is cool
Francois sez fas, Flashe' no do
You say one for the trouble
Two for the time
Come on girls let rock that
Grandmaster, cut faster
Grandmaster, cut faster
Grandmaster, cut, cut, cut faster
Grandmaster, Grandmaster, cut faster
Hey, hey, hey
Everybody say one
One, Flash one time
Everybody say two
Two, Flash two times
Say three
Three, Flash three times
Say four
Four, Flash four times
Melle Mel
Taurus is my zodiac sign
Mr Ness
Scorpio, my name is right here
Aquarius
And King Creole
Pieces
Cowboy
Virgo
And Gra- gra- gra- gra- Grandmaster Flash cuts so on
His zodiac sign is Capricorn
Why don't you tell me a story?
Please tell me a story too
You know, I think I'll tell you the story of my life
You tell me!
I wanna hear too
I was born in North Dakota a long time ago, see
And now I'm lucky enough to be here with you
Yeah, but what happened in between?
Yeah, what else happened?
Well, it went pretty much like this.
Oh yeah!
Woo
[Whistle]
Woo
Ha, ha, ha
Ch-ka-bow
Oah, oah
Aha, ha, ha, ha
Hoo!
The official adventures of, Flash
Ohhh, ha, ha, ha
Hey, hey, everybody say ho (ho)
Say ho, ho (ho, ho)
Say disco (disco)
Say party (party)
All the ladies,
All the in the house say ow (ow)
Say ow (ow)
Everybody come on
Say somebody, anybody, everybody scream! (Ooooo)
Hey bro I got somethin' that'll blow ya mind!
Ha, ha, ha, ha
[Party noises]
Get ya hands off that girl!
Creole, Creole!
Flash is
Flash is
Flash is
Flash is
Flash is
Flash is
Owww!
Hey, ha, ha, ha, ha!
Alright, where's Vicious Lee?
You say
You say
You say
You say
You say one for the trouble
Two for the time
Come on girls let rock that [whistle]
Fab Five Freddie told me everybody's high
DJ's spinnin' are savin' my mind
Flash is fast
Flash is fast
Flash is fast
Flash is cool
Francois sez fas, Flashe' no do
You say one for the trouble
Two for the time
Come on girls let rock that
Grandmaster, cut faster
Grandmaster, cut faster
Grandmaster, cut, cut, cut faster
Grandmaster, Grandmaster, cut faster
Hey, hey, hey
Everybody say one
One, Flash one time
Everybody say two
Two, Flash two times
Say three
Three, Flash three times
Say four
Four, Flash four times
Melle Mel
Taurus is my zodiac sign
Mr Ness
Scorpio, my name is right here
Aquarius
And King Creole
Pieces
Cowboy
Virgo
And Gra- gra- gra- gra- Grandmaster Flash cuts so on
His zodiac sign is Capricorn
Why don't you tell me a story?
Please tell me a story too
You know, I think I'll tell you the story of my life
You tell me!
I wanna hear too
I was born in North Dakota a long time ago, see
And now I'm lucky enough to be here with you
Yeah, but what happened in between?
Yeah, what else happened?
Well, it went pretty much like this.
Oh yeah!
Woo
[Whistle]
Woo
Ha, ha, ha
Ch-ka-bow
Oah, oah
Aha, ha, ha, ha
Hoo!
The official adventures of, Flash
Ohhh, ha, ha, ha
Hey, hey, everybody say ho (ho)
Say ho, ho (ho, ho)
Say disco (disco)
Say party (party)
All the ladies,
All the in the house say ow (ow)
Say ow (ow)
Everybody come on
Say somebody, anybody, everybody scream! (Ooooo)
Hey bro I got somethin' that'll blow ya mind!
Ha, ha, ha, ha
[Party noises]
Get ya hands off that girl!
Creole, Creole!
Flash is
Flash is
Flash is
Flash is
Flash is
Flash is
Owww!
Hey, ha, ha, ha, ha!
Alright, where's Vicious Lee?
Lyrics submitted by TheDirge, edited by Mellow_Harsher
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