"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.
Hi, I forgot your name
Whatever
My point is
Hi, your head's on fire
Oh damn, you must've got one of them
Combustible heads
I read an article all about them
You're on fire
You're on fire
I won't lie
You're on fire
Combustible head (I won't lie)
Combustible head (I won't lie)
Combustible head (I won't lie)
Combustible head
Hey, how's it going
Is that your car they're towing?
I'm pretty sure that's your car
No, you can't park there
Whoa, your head's on fire
Oh damn, you must've got one of them
Combustible heads
I read an article all about them
You're on fire
You're on fire
I won't lie
You're on fire
Combustible head (I won't lie)
Combustible head (I won't lie)
Combustible head (I won't lie)
Combustible head
The lights are low
The music is extremely loud
You're hard to get to know
But you're easy to spot in a crowd
As I'm sure you're aware
You've got one of those rare
Combustible heads
I read an article all about them
You're on fire
You're on fire
I won't lie
You're on fire
Oh damn, you must've got one of them (Oh damn)
Combustible heads (You must've got one of them)
I read an article all about them (Combustible head)
You're on fire (Combustible head)
You're on fire (Combustible head)
I won't lie (Combustible head)
You're on fire (Combustible head)
I won't lie
I won't lie
I won't lie
I won't lie
Whatever
My point is
Hi, your head's on fire
Oh damn, you must've got one of them
Combustible heads
I read an article all about them
You're on fire
You're on fire
I won't lie
You're on fire
Combustible head (I won't lie)
Combustible head (I won't lie)
Combustible head (I won't lie)
Combustible head
Hey, how's it going
Is that your car they're towing?
I'm pretty sure that's your car
No, you can't park there
Whoa, your head's on fire
Oh damn, you must've got one of them
Combustible heads
I read an article all about them
You're on fire
You're on fire
I won't lie
You're on fire
Combustible head (I won't lie)
Combustible head (I won't lie)
Combustible head (I won't lie)
Combustible head
The lights are low
The music is extremely loud
You're hard to get to know
But you're easy to spot in a crowd
As I'm sure you're aware
You've got one of those rare
Combustible heads
I read an article all about them
You're on fire
You're on fire
I won't lie
You're on fire
Oh damn, you must've got one of them (Oh damn)
Combustible heads (You must've got one of them)
I read an article all about them (Combustible head)
You're on fire (Combustible head)
You're on fire (Combustible head)
I won't lie (Combustible head)
You're on fire (Combustible head)
I won't lie
I won't lie
I won't lie
I won't lie
Lyrics submitted by tuxxybrown
You're on Fire Lyrics as written by John Linnell John Flansburgh
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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