"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.
In the bush... bush... bush... bushes in the park
in the bush... bush... bush... bush... bush...
in the bush... bushes in the park
if the ??? on your bread,
then you've got the head of a fool drop dead...
if the subway cars are full of hearts,
then someone's probably in... uhh...
if the bushes in the park, grown in the dark,
then someone's probably makin... uhh...
if the man with the knife is after his wife
then that may have to do it...
love is such an innocent word
the largest understatement on Earth
almost... anything we do ??? they have better ???
love such an innocent world
in the bush... bush... bush... bushes in the park
in the bush... bush... bush... bush... bush...
in the bush... bushes in the park
if you're singing in the rain,
then my you've got the brain of a guy droppin' dead and...
if a sneaker toes smell like a rose,
then girl you really must be in...
if you say you love the soup
when you actually wanna puke,
then isn't that a sign of... ?
if the man has to the power to build the highest tower,
then that's the substitude for...
no matter what we do, i'm telling you,
all we really want is...
in the bush... bush... bush... bush... bush...
in the bush... bushes in the park
if the ??? on your bread,
then you've got the head of a fool drop dead...
if the subway cars are full of hearts,
then someone's probably in... uhh...
if the bushes in the park, grown in the dark,
then someone's probably makin... uhh...
if the man with the knife is after his wife
then that may have to do it...
love is such an innocent word
the largest understatement on Earth
almost... anything we do ??? they have better ???
love such an innocent world
in the bush... bush... bush... bushes in the park
in the bush... bush... bush... bush... bush...
in the bush... bushes in the park
if you're singing in the rain,
then my you've got the brain of a guy droppin' dead and...
if a sneaker toes smell like a rose,
then girl you really must be in...
if you say you love the soup
when you actually wanna puke,
then isn't that a sign of... ?
if the man has to the power to build the highest tower,
then that's the substitude for...
no matter what we do, i'm telling you,
all we really want is...
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Bushes [Norman Cook Club Mix] Lyrics as written by Theo Krieger Clair Dietrich
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