"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.
This is an evil generation
I see with my eyes
I seen 'em walking around in their suits
And honey I seen the ties
Evil girls biting good girls
Turning good girls into evil girls
Evil boys eating evil hamburgers
Evil boys eating evil fries
This is an evil generation
Rock and roll evacuation
As far as the eye can see
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Tune into this radio station
Rock and roll evacuation
In a fit of emergency
We are just hungry little creatures
Feeding upon lies
I seen 'em lining us up on the wall
And trading us for pies
Seen a man on the television telling me to listen to the radio
Hear the man on the radio, telling me no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
This is a bad, bad situation
Rock and roll evacuation
It's not looking too good to me
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Evil spreads across the nation
Rock and roll evacuation
Apocalyptic insurgency
You kill the body child, but the head is still gonna live
You can give all your money now, until there's nothing left to give
You can play your electric guitar but it ain't gonna change the world
You can get all emotional on me, cry like a little girl
Cry
We are disposable creations, they're throwing us away
Ignoring everything that we do and everything that we say
Mr. President make a little money, sending people you don't know to Iraq
Mr. President I don't like you, you don't know how to rock
This is an evil generation
Rock and roll evacuation
As far as the eye can see
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Tune into this radio station
Rock and roll evacuation
In a fit of emergency
I see with my eyes
I seen 'em walking around in their suits
And honey I seen the ties
Evil girls biting good girls
Turning good girls into evil girls
Evil boys eating evil hamburgers
Evil boys eating evil fries
This is an evil generation
Rock and roll evacuation
As far as the eye can see
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Tune into this radio station
Rock and roll evacuation
In a fit of emergency
We are just hungry little creatures
Feeding upon lies
I seen 'em lining us up on the wall
And trading us for pies
Seen a man on the television telling me to listen to the radio
Hear the man on the radio, telling me no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
This is a bad, bad situation
Rock and roll evacuation
It's not looking too good to me
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Evil spreads across the nation
Rock and roll evacuation
Apocalyptic insurgency
You kill the body child, but the head is still gonna live
You can give all your money now, until there's nothing left to give
You can play your electric guitar but it ain't gonna change the world
You can get all emotional on me, cry like a little girl
Cry
We are disposable creations, they're throwing us away
Ignoring everything that we do and everything that we say
Mr. President make a little money, sending people you don't know to Iraq
Mr. President I don't like you, you don't know how to rock
This is an evil generation
Rock and roll evacuation
As far as the eye can see
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Tune into this radio station
Rock and roll evacuation
In a fit of emergency
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For the record this song is titled "Rock And Roll Evacuation". Sorry Mr.Submitter
I think this is about the lack of true rock bands today. You have all this weepy alternative and emo stuff. You can try to stop it by forming your own band and playing your electric guitar and it's not going to stop anything. Kickass song.
Amazing Song, very catchy!
I think that this song is about the Youth (mainly of America) being too fat and lazy to rebel againt the goverment.
Talking of killing the body and the head still living, could be removing the republicans from power dosent actualy end the problem, the country is to far in the red.
There is no more rock and roll rebels any more, or atleased none who are actualy doign anythign about it.
thats my 2c