"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.
Bombs away - for the nation
Bombs away - into the graveyard
Bombs away - our generation
Bombs away - another graveyard
We're a bad generation
We're the talk of the nation
We don't care about nothing
Now I'll tell you something
As our lives get cheaper
The violence gets deeper
We all die in dreamland
Fly american
The protected do what they're told
The rejected searchin' for their souls
The reflection looks like you
Break the mirror down 'cause we don't want to
Bombs away - for the nation
Bombs away - into the graveyard
Bombs away - our generation
Bombs away - another graveyard
Save room for us
We're a bad generation
We are born ans wasted
Our lives are space ships
Through skies we're blastin
'We ride on rockets
We thrive on profits
We don't care about you man
Nova scene from the heartland
Blown away
Bombs away - for the nation
Bombs away - into the graveyard
Bombs away - our generation
Bombs away - another graveyard
Save room for us
We don't care about nothin'
We are bored and wretched
Time is gone ya so what
We all die ya sometime
Just be calm it'll pan aout
Come on man we're a phasr out
When they took the future
They took our future
I'm ok
Bombs away - for the nation
Bombs away - into the graveyard
Bombs away - our generation
Bombs away - another graveyard
Save room for us
Bombs away - into the graveyard
Bombs away - our generation
Bombs away - another graveyard
We're a bad generation
We're the talk of the nation
We don't care about nothing
Now I'll tell you something
As our lives get cheaper
The violence gets deeper
We all die in dreamland
Fly american
The protected do what they're told
The rejected searchin' for their souls
The reflection looks like you
Break the mirror down 'cause we don't want to
Bombs away - for the nation
Bombs away - into the graveyard
Bombs away - our generation
Bombs away - another graveyard
Save room for us
We're a bad generation
We are born ans wasted
Our lives are space ships
Through skies we're blastin
'We ride on rockets
We thrive on profits
We don't care about you man
Nova scene from the heartland
Blown away
Bombs away - for the nation
Bombs away - into the graveyard
Bombs away - our generation
Bombs away - another graveyard
Save room for us
We don't care about nothin'
We are bored and wretched
Time is gone ya so what
We all die ya sometime
Just be calm it'll pan aout
Come on man we're a phasr out
When they took the future
They took our future
I'm ok
Bombs away - for the nation
Bombs away - into the graveyard
Bombs away - our generation
Bombs away - another graveyard
Save room for us
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Generation Graveyard Lyrics as written by Kory Clarke Alexander Arundel
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