"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.
King Pleasure is on a mission
To take the power from the local politicians
He's come to party and he shows it
He rules the world, well, man, everybody knows it
It's King Pleasure time
So show respect, get on your knees
You can't reject his right to please
King Pleasure is gonna get you
He do not give a damn about who wants to let you
You try to nag him, you try to scold him
They've built cages but no one can ever hold him
He knows your secret, he's got your number
He'll stop you workin' but he'll stop you getting dumber
You wanna hold him, you wanna kiss him
You can't deny it but it's futile to resist him
It's King Pleasure time
So show respect, get on your knees
You can't reject his right to please
Yeah
Yeah
King Pleasure will live forever
You can't control him though you think you're pretty clever
And after every computer crashes
He'll be laughing' as he's basking on your ashes
In King Pleasure time
So show respect, get on your knees
You can't reject his right to please
To take the power from the local politicians
He's come to party and he shows it
He rules the world, well, man, everybody knows it
It's King Pleasure time
So show respect, get on your knees
You can't reject his right to please
King Pleasure is gonna get you
He do not give a damn about who wants to let you
You try to nag him, you try to scold him
They've built cages but no one can ever hold him
He knows your secret, he's got your number
He'll stop you workin' but he'll stop you getting dumber
You wanna hold him, you wanna kiss him
You can't deny it but it's futile to resist him
It's King Pleasure time
So show respect, get on your knees
You can't reject his right to please
Yeah
Yeah
King Pleasure will live forever
You can't control him though you think you're pretty clever
And after every computer crashes
He'll be laughing' as he's basking on your ashes
In King Pleasure time
So show respect, get on your knees
You can't reject his right to please
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King Pleasure Time Lyrics as written by Joe Jackson
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