"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 don't like cleaning but my momma makes me anyway.
She said, "I'm sick of this crap, boy you gonna clean the house today."
She said, "I'ma go to the store and when I come home it betta be done."
I said, "No problem, ma, I'ma pick my shit up one by one."
When she walked out the door I started cleanin' like she said.
The only problem is I am easily distracted.
I started cleaning shit 'til something shiny caught my eye...
it was a plastic square with dimensions of 3.5.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
Baw.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
Oww.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
Aow.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
Click.
Next thing I knew, door flew right open,
she came in with groceries.
Oh no all I did was sing this song,
maybe I have ADD.
She pointed fervently at all the mess
her eyes ablaze.
But then she froze right there
when something shiny caught her gaze.
I'm sure it wasn't hard
to see how little I had done.
But then she looked at me
and then we sang in unison.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
Baw.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
Oww.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
Aow.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
Huah!
So it was we stood right there
just singing that repeatedly.
The only explanation is
that it was destiny.
Or maybe black magic,
but we all know that don't exist.
I guess I'll sing the chorus
one more time if you insist.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
Baw.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
Oww.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
Aow.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the flo hooaahh.
There's a floppy disk on the floooo...
Wa-naw.
She said, "I'm sick of this crap, boy you gonna clean the house today."
She said, "I'ma go to the store and when I come home it betta be done."
I said, "No problem, ma, I'ma pick my shit up one by one."
When she walked out the door I started cleanin' like she said.
The only problem is I am easily distracted.
I started cleaning shit 'til something shiny caught my eye...
it was a plastic square with dimensions of 3.5.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
Baw.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
Oww.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
Aow.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
Click.
Next thing I knew, door flew right open,
she came in with groceries.
Oh no all I did was sing this song,
maybe I have ADD.
She pointed fervently at all the mess
her eyes ablaze.
But then she froze right there
when something shiny caught her gaze.
I'm sure it wasn't hard
to see how little I had done.
But then she looked at me
and then we sang in unison.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
Baw.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
Oww.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
Aow.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
Huah!
So it was we stood right there
just singing that repeatedly.
The only explanation is
that it was destiny.
Or maybe black magic,
but we all know that don't exist.
I guess I'll sing the chorus
one more time if you insist.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
Baw.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
Oww.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
Aow.
There's a floppy disk on the floor,
There's a floppy disk on the flo hooaahh.
There's a floppy disk on the floooo...
Wa-naw.
Lyrics submitted by *OuTbREaK*
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