"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.
Well, my name it is a number
It's on a piece of plastic film
And I've been growin' funny flowers
Outside on my little window sill
And don't you know I'm a two thousand man
And my kids, they just don't understand me at all
You know, my wife still respects me
Even though I really misuse her
I am having an affair
With the random computer
But don't you know I'm a two thousand man
And my kids, they just don't understand me at all
Oh daddy, proud of your planet
Oh mommy, proud of your sun
Oh daddy, proud of your planet
Oh mommy, proud of your sun
Oh daddy, your brain's still flashin'
Like they did when you were young
Or did they come down crashin'
Seeing all the things you'd done
Spacin' out and havin' fun
Oh daddy, proud of your planet
Oh mommy, proud of your sun
Oh daddy, proud of your planet
Oh mommy, proud of your sun
Oh daddy, your brain's still flashin'
Like they did when you were young
Or did they come down crashin'
Seeing all the things you'd done
Spacin' out and havin' fun
But, don't you know I'm a two thousand man
And my kids, they just don't understand me at all
But don't you know I'm a two thousand man
And my kids, they just don't understand me at all
Understand me, you-understand me, you-understand me, now understand me
But don't you know I'm a two thousand man
And my kids, they just don't understand me at all
But don't you know I'm a two thousand man
And my kids, they just don't understand me at all
I'm a two thousand man, I'm a two thousand man
I'm a two thousand man, I'm a two thousand man, yeah, two thousand
It's on a piece of plastic film
And I've been growin' funny flowers
Outside on my little window sill
And don't you know I'm a two thousand man
And my kids, they just don't understand me at all
You know, my wife still respects me
Even though I really misuse her
I am having an affair
With the random computer
But don't you know I'm a two thousand man
And my kids, they just don't understand me at all
Oh daddy, proud of your planet
Oh mommy, proud of your sun
Oh daddy, proud of your planet
Oh mommy, proud of your sun
Oh daddy, your brain's still flashin'
Like they did when you were young
Or did they come down crashin'
Seeing all the things you'd done
Spacin' out and havin' fun
Oh daddy, proud of your planet
Oh mommy, proud of your sun
Oh daddy, proud of your planet
Oh mommy, proud of your sun
Oh daddy, your brain's still flashin'
Like they did when you were young
Or did they come down crashin'
Seeing all the things you'd done
Spacin' out and havin' fun
But, don't you know I'm a two thousand man
And my kids, they just don't understand me at all
But don't you know I'm a two thousand man
And my kids, they just don't understand me at all
Understand me, you-understand me, you-understand me, now understand me
But don't you know I'm a two thousand man
And my kids, they just don't understand me at all
But don't you know I'm a two thousand man
And my kids, they just don't understand me at all
I'm a two thousand man, I'm a two thousand man
I'm a two thousand man, I'm a two thousand man, yeah, two thousand
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2,000 Man Lyrics as written by Michael Philip Jagger Keith Richards
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Not a bad song.....I think it is a good prediciton of what people thought the future might be. "Having an affair with a random computer" could mean a lot these days. Anyways....the basic idea is no matter what generation we come our children will think we are old school. It's an endless battle that we cannot win.