"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.
The aliens are coming wait for me I'm coming along it's right on
Yes they're coming wait for me while I get my gun bang bang
What'd you do that for they were only here to meet us you don't know
You don't know that they could've been coming to beat us
Didn't bleed red
Didn't bleed red
Didn't bleed red
Better off dead
Yes sir they've been sighted and we're putting down to land we're in command
They've been sighted I don't think they understand that's out of hand
What we do now then we were only here to tell them I don't know
Can't be too careful or go on what the hell then
Didn't bleed red
Better off dead
Didn't bleed red
They must be so inhuman when you hear of what they've done or so it's said
People hate them 'cause they say their blood is blue instead of red
What'd they do that for can't do anything to please them it must be true
Open all targets waiting for the season
Didn't bleed red
Better off dead
Didn't bleed red
They never asked for you to come
They never asked for us to stay
They never asked for our advice in any shape form or way
They never asked for you to come
They never asked for us to stay
They never asked for our advice in any shape form or way
The aliens are coming wait for me I'm coming along it's right on
Yes they're coming wait for me while I get my gun rat a tat tat
What'd you do that for they were only here to meet us you don't know
You don't know that they could've been coming to beat us
Didn't bleed red
Better off dead
They never asked for you to come
They never asked for us to stay
They never asked for our advice in any shape or form
Yes they're coming wait for me while I get my gun bang bang
What'd you do that for they were only here to meet us you don't know
You don't know that they could've been coming to beat us
Didn't bleed red
Didn't bleed red
Didn't bleed red
Better off dead
Yes sir they've been sighted and we're putting down to land we're in command
They've been sighted I don't think they understand that's out of hand
What we do now then we were only here to tell them I don't know
Can't be too careful or go on what the hell then
Didn't bleed red
Better off dead
Didn't bleed red
They must be so inhuman when you hear of what they've done or so it's said
People hate them 'cause they say their blood is blue instead of red
What'd they do that for can't do anything to please them it must be true
Open all targets waiting for the season
Didn't bleed red
Better off dead
Didn't bleed red
They never asked for you to come
They never asked for us to stay
They never asked for our advice in any shape form or way
They never asked for you to come
They never asked for us to stay
They never asked for our advice in any shape form or way
The aliens are coming wait for me I'm coming along it's right on
Yes they're coming wait for me while I get my gun rat a tat tat
What'd you do that for they were only here to meet us you don't know
You don't know that they could've been coming to beat us
Didn't bleed red
Better off dead
They never asked for you to come
They never asked for us to stay
They never asked for our advice in any shape or form
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Didn't Bleed Red Lyrics as written by Ian Shuttleworth Anthony Wright
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