"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've been saving myself for you
I've been saving myself for you
I waited my whole life for you
I've been saving myself for you
Tonight we'll be throwing a party
Under the sunset we started to drink
A little faster now!
This celebration so many faces
I say the words as the moon painted us blue
I've been saving myself for you
I've been saving myself for you
I waited my whole life for you
'Cause I was saving myself for you
(Now brother bring that beat back)
Now hold on, this is innocent blood,
All the beach boys look like sharks
Because without you nothing ever mattered
I scream and wave my arms but you don't understand me
Now as I watch the feed on you, it's over
If I die, you die too
Because I'm saving myself for you
I've been saving myself for you
I waited my whole life for you
'Cause I was saving myself for you
I just wanted one dance with you
Under the smoke alarm
Every single door in this house is on fire!
So melodramatic but it turns me on
I close my eyes it feels just like a movie
I'm convinced that we don't make sense,
But I'd kill anyone who gets close
I've been saving myself for you
Ive been saving myself for you
The sharpest thing I find for you
'Cause I was saving myself for you
Ive been saving myself for you
I saved myself for you
Don't you know I'd die for you?
I saved myself for you
(Without you whats the point?)
I've been saving myself for you
I waited my whole life for you
I've been saving myself for you
Tonight we'll be throwing a party
Under the sunset we started to drink
A little faster now!
This celebration so many faces
I say the words as the moon painted us blue
I've been saving myself for you
I've been saving myself for you
I waited my whole life for you
'Cause I was saving myself for you
(Now brother bring that beat back)
Now hold on, this is innocent blood,
All the beach boys look like sharks
Because without you nothing ever mattered
I scream and wave my arms but you don't understand me
Now as I watch the feed on you, it's over
If I die, you die too
Because I'm saving myself for you
I've been saving myself for you
I waited my whole life for you
'Cause I was saving myself for you
I just wanted one dance with you
Under the smoke alarm
Every single door in this house is on fire!
So melodramatic but it turns me on
I close my eyes it feels just like a movie
I'm convinced that we don't make sense,
But I'd kill anyone who gets close
I've been saving myself for you
Ive been saving myself for you
The sharpest thing I find for you
'Cause I was saving myself for you
Ive been saving myself for you
I saved myself for you
Don't you know I'd die for you?
I saved myself for you
(Without you whats the point?)
Lyrics submitted by JaySquared2
Fast Times at Clairemont High Lyrics as written by Victor Fuentes Michael Fuentes
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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Clairemont High School?
that's the school they attended? They are from San Diego by the way.
i'm pretty sure they went to mission bay. they probably used clairemont bc it sounds more like ridgemont, hence the movie fast times at ridgemont high.
or at least mike and vic went to mission bay. i think tony and jaime went somewhere more towards the eastern county.
I'm almost positive Mike and Vic went to Clairemont High. And they probably used Clairemont High instead of Ridgemont because the movie was filmed at Clairemont High.
they went to mission bay and their neighborhood may have been clairemont high because im from San Diego I went to kearny which is down the street. Clairemont is literally right up the street if you take clairemont mesa blvd it will take u straight to MBHS... its super common for CHS MBHS and KHS to hang together along with Madison the 4 of us made a triangle in location.