"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.
[Chorus]
My name is KJ aka KJ Five Two
My name is KJ it is so nice to meet you
[2x]
[KJ-52]
My name is KJ Five Two, brown hair, eyes of blue
200 pounds clockin in at 6 foot 2
You can catch me watchin Veggie Tales spinnin Mountain Dew
Spendin too much money at the mall and Gadzooks
Now I'm rollin through McDonalds and I'm gettin a number 2
But I know they gonna act rude and mess up my food
Here's your cheeseburger and your coke too
Ha ha thanks a lot but where's my fries fool
I tried to grow a mullet way back in high school
I was like "now everybody is gonna think that I'm cool"
And the girls are gonna say I'm cuter then Tom Cruise
But instead they laughed like the SpongeBob dude
Lookin back I don't know jus how I made it through
But ya live and learn, that's jus what you go through
Cause know everybody is like KJ rocks dude
My name is KJ... everybody stayed tuned
[Chorus]
[KJ-52]
My name is KJ-Five Two, now ya'll be messin up my name
Its not fifty-two and it doesn't stand for King James
I waited too long now, so let me explain
John 6:9 let me break it down plain
Five loaves, two fishes is what a Boy gave
So I took what I had and jus did the same
Put all I had in His hands and jus walked away
I said Lord it all yours you can have the whole thing
I know what I bring it might sound a little strange
But I'm not in it jus for the money or the fame
And I'm still jus the same ain't nothin ever changed
I still drive a mini van and naw I ain't the shame
Spinnin Lipton Ice Tea dippin switchin lanes
Like an insane soccer mom about to hit the game
Yellin at lame drivers savin "get out the way"
My name is KJ, ya'll know the name
[Chorus]
My name is KJ aka KJ Five Two
My name is KJ it is so nice to meet you
[2x]
[KJ-52]
My name is KJ Five Two, brown hair, eyes of blue
200 pounds clockin in at 6 foot 2
You can catch me watchin Veggie Tales spinnin Mountain Dew
Spendin too much money at the mall and Gadzooks
Now I'm rollin through McDonalds and I'm gettin a number 2
But I know they gonna act rude and mess up my food
Here's your cheeseburger and your coke too
Ha ha thanks a lot but where's my fries fool
I tried to grow a mullet way back in high school
I was like "now everybody is gonna think that I'm cool"
And the girls are gonna say I'm cuter then Tom Cruise
But instead they laughed like the SpongeBob dude
Lookin back I don't know jus how I made it through
But ya live and learn, that's jus what you go through
Cause know everybody is like KJ rocks dude
My name is KJ... everybody stayed tuned
[Chorus]
[KJ-52]
My name is KJ-Five Two, now ya'll be messin up my name
Its not fifty-two and it doesn't stand for King James
I waited too long now, so let me explain
John 6:9 let me break it down plain
Five loaves, two fishes is what a Boy gave
So I took what I had and jus did the same
Put all I had in His hands and jus walked away
I said Lord it all yours you can have the whole thing
I know what I bring it might sound a little strange
But I'm not in it jus for the money or the fame
And I'm still jus the same ain't nothin ever changed
I still drive a mini van and naw I ain't the shame
Spinnin Lipton Ice Tea dippin switchin lanes
Like an insane soccer mom about to hit the game
Yellin at lame drivers savin "get out the way"
My name is KJ, ya'll know the name
[Chorus]
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