"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.
Your grandmother clips them from the gazette
Piles them by day and Sunday throws out
Your skill with that paper impress to no end
Your skill and resistance I can't comprehend
I never wonder which ones you'll leave blank
All will be filled once you empty your think tank
A I to O, 6 more to go-o-o
A I to O, 5 more to go that you probably know-o -o
A E I O U, I'm going to use some
I O U some more, I'm going to lose some
I made a vow to vowels, I'm going to use some
I made a vow to vowels, I'm going to lose some
Filling in crosswords won't make you Walt Mossberg
But that daily lust will prevent aging rust
Later the day, the longer it takes
But everyone knows Will Shortz wants it take way
Your vocab expanding, your spelling outstanding
The man of my dreams has a grammar PhD
A I to O, 4 more to go-o-o
A I to O, 3 more to go that you probably know-o -o
A E I O U, I'm going to use some
I O U some more, I'm going to lose some
I made a vow to vowels, I'm going to use some
I made a vow to vowels, I'm going to lose some
O U. If I can't have U,
I don't want to, have no other letter.
A E I O U, I'm going to use some
I O U some more, I'm going to lose some
I made a vow to vowels, I'm going to use some
I made a vow to vowels, I'm going to lose some
Piles them by day and Sunday throws out
Your skill with that paper impress to no end
Your skill and resistance I can't comprehend
I never wonder which ones you'll leave blank
All will be filled once you empty your think tank
A I to O, 6 more to go-o-o
A I to O, 5 more to go that you probably know-o -o
A E I O U, I'm going to use some
I O U some more, I'm going to lose some
I made a vow to vowels, I'm going to use some
I made a vow to vowels, I'm going to lose some
Filling in crosswords won't make you Walt Mossberg
But that daily lust will prevent aging rust
Later the day, the longer it takes
But everyone knows Will Shortz wants it take way
Your vocab expanding, your spelling outstanding
The man of my dreams has a grammar PhD
A I to O, 4 more to go-o-o
A I to O, 3 more to go that you probably know-o -o
A E I O U, I'm going to use some
I O U some more, I'm going to lose some
I made a vow to vowels, I'm going to use some
I made a vow to vowels, I'm going to lose some
O U. If I can't have U,
I don't want to, have no other letter.
A E I O U, I'm going to use some
I O U some more, I'm going to lose some
I made a vow to vowels, I'm going to use some
I made a vow to vowels, I'm going to lose some
Lyrics submitted by kddude
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Might wanna change the lyrics.
Your grandmother clips them from the gazette Piles them by day and Sunday throws out Your skill with that paper impress to no end Your SPEED and resistance I can't comprehend I never wonder which ones you'll leave blank All will be filled once you empty your think tank
A I to O, 6 more to go AND I'M SURE YOU KNOW O-O-O A I to O, 5 more to go that you probably know-o -o
A E I O U, I'm going to use some I O U some more, I'm going to lose some I made a vow to vowels, I'm going to use some I made a vow to vowels, I'm going to lose some
Filling in crosswords won't make you Walt Mossberg But that daily lust will prevent aging rust Later the day, the longer it takes But everyone knows Will Shortz wants it take way Your vocab OUTSTANDING, your spelling EXPANDING The man of my dreams has a grammar PhD
A I to O, 4 more to go-o-o THAT I'M SURE YOU KNOW O-O-O A I to O, 3 more to go that I'M SURE THAT YOU KNOW-o -o
A E I O U, I'm going to use some I O U some more, I'm going to lose some I made a vow to vowels, I'm going to use some I made a vow to vowels, I'm going to lose some
O U. If I can't have U, I don't want to, have no other letter.
A E I O U, I'm going to use some I O U some more, I'm going to lose some I made a vow to vowels, I'm going to use some I made a vow to vowels, I'm going to lose some