"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'm the music teacher, dig
That's who I am
I want to know if all you cats and kids
Have did your homework
On Mary had a little lamb
Sally, let's hear your homework
There my man Fats
Fats Dom.
[Chorus]
Mary had a little lamb
It's fleece was white as snow
And everywhere that Mary went
That crazy lamb would go
Now let us hear you Coasters
Do your stuff
Coasters
He followed her to school
This was against the rule
The teacher flips is lid
But the lamb just played it cool
Get in the corner
With old Charlie Brown
Let's hear Elvis put it down
Elvis
You ain't nothing but a little lamb
A little lamb
So Mary ditched that square
Cause when I get back
I'm gonna be your teddy bear
Elvis you're still King
Cosy, Cosy, no good rushing
Knock out your homework
On that old percussion
Cosy Cole
Man this class is saying something
Get out everybody
Are cut loose
This class is through
I'm strolling down to kindergarten
And check out
What those little cats can do
Are you ready Rickie
Frankie, Fabian, Fabian, Fabian
Chipmunks
[Chorus]
I gotta go
Now wait
I don't dig
Wait, Wait, hold it
Oh Class dismissed
That's who I am
I want to know if all you cats and kids
Have did your homework
On Mary had a little lamb
Sally, let's hear your homework
There my man Fats
Fats Dom.
[Chorus]
Mary had a little lamb
It's fleece was white as snow
And everywhere that Mary went
That crazy lamb would go
Now let us hear you Coasters
Do your stuff
Coasters
He followed her to school
This was against the rule
The teacher flips is lid
But the lamb just played it cool
Get in the corner
With old Charlie Brown
Let's hear Elvis put it down
Elvis
You ain't nothing but a little lamb
A little lamb
So Mary ditched that square
Cause when I get back
I'm gonna be your teddy bear
Elvis you're still King
Cosy, Cosy, no good rushing
Knock out your homework
On that old percussion
Cosy Cole
Man this class is saying something
Get out everybody
Are cut loose
This class is through
I'm strolling down to kindergarten
And check out
What those little cats can do
Are you ready Rickie
Frankie, Fabian, Fabian, Fabian
Chipmunks
[Chorus]
I gotta go
Now wait
I don't dig
Wait, Wait, hold it
Oh Class dismissed
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