"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 am Falconetti
And I shed no tears
For the English clergy that brought me here
I weep silently for Billie
I am Falconetti
And God spoke to me
He said "cry no more for Jimmy Five-Bellies, save your tears for Billie"
Hospital radio to the Breakfast Show
The flames kiss my golden curls
I kissed a thousand girls
Lord, I was a sinful man
When I was a kissogram
Now I'm Falconetti
Just a peasant girl
Keep those gringos away from me
When I cry my tears
As I die up here for Billie
Hospital radio to the Breakfast Show
The flames kiss my golden curls
I kissed a thousand girls
Lord, I was a sinful man
When I was a kissogram
The light entertainment deity was betrayed on the pro-celebrity golf circuit by one of his own posse. At the thirteenth hole, the DJ accepted the gift of betrayal, laughing mirthlessly to himself, just like Tony Allen did whenever he thought about abstract expressionism.
Hospital radio to the Breakfast Show
The flames kiss my golden curls
I kissed a thousand girls
Lord, I was a sinful man
When I was a kissogram
Hospital radio to the Breakfast Show
The flames kiss my golden curls
I kissed a thousand girls
Lord, I was a sinful man
When I was a kissogram
When I was a kissogram
Now I'm Falconetti
Now I'm Falconetti
Falconetti
And I shed no tears
For the English clergy that brought me here
I weep silently for Billie
I am Falconetti
And God spoke to me
He said "cry no more for Jimmy Five-Bellies, save your tears for Billie"
Hospital radio to the Breakfast Show
The flames kiss my golden curls
I kissed a thousand girls
Lord, I was a sinful man
When I was a kissogram
Now I'm Falconetti
Just a peasant girl
Keep those gringos away from me
When I cry my tears
As I die up here for Billie
Hospital radio to the Breakfast Show
The flames kiss my golden curls
I kissed a thousand girls
Lord, I was a sinful man
When I was a kissogram
The light entertainment deity was betrayed on the pro-celebrity golf circuit by one of his own posse. At the thirteenth hole, the DJ accepted the gift of betrayal, laughing mirthlessly to himself, just like Tony Allen did whenever he thought about abstract expressionism.
Hospital radio to the Breakfast Show
The flames kiss my golden curls
I kissed a thousand girls
Lord, I was a sinful man
When I was a kissogram
Hospital radio to the Breakfast Show
The flames kiss my golden curls
I kissed a thousand girls
Lord, I was a sinful man
When I was a kissogram
When I was a kissogram
Now I'm Falconetti
Now I'm Falconetti
Falconetti
Lyrics submitted by BrutalBart, edited by darkship, Atom57
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"Cry no more, Jimmy Five-bellies". That guy was Gazza's best friend and a non-ebrity in the TFI Friday era, which is decried in this song.
Thanks for posting all these, Bart - I'm listening for the first time and your work here has made it a lot easier to get the thrust of the narrative.