"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.
[Intro]
Oh first time we came in together
Guess we the ones
[Verse 1]
Feeling cooler than the April breeze
As we blow like the summer leaves
Girl I'm just hanging around
And I'll come back down
When you choose to come visit me now
The crazy thing about my treehouse
It's always me bugging me out
It's all of the beautiful sounds
That keeps my mouth quiet
Cause me I'm being so
Loud
[Chorus]
One glad morning
I'll be waiting
With my lighter, to blaze, blaze
Till that evening
You come over
And let me take you away
Yeah
[Interlude]
I (?) the four pops
Singing songs to the trees
So I'm up in the city
Smoke that sweet Virginia breeze
[Verse 2]
Girl it's looking so nice out
Take your baby, we can step out
And give all the city a stroll
And we can talk about the places where we want to go
Cause baby I got big dreams
Hollywood and the movie screens
Billions of fans all for me
With cars passing by and me hearing them play my CD
[Chorus]
One glad morning
You'll be waiting
With your lighter to blaze (to light up)
Till that evening
I'll come over
And let you take me away
Yeah
[Verse 3]
Fuck girl let's get so high that it casts on to the moon
When we get back to daylight we can just keep our mood
All I wish is you'll still be here when I get off tour
When I get back we'll get higher than ever before
[Bridge]
Real love, feel love, taste love, smoke love
Real love, real love, feel love, feel love
Taste love, taste love, smoke love, smoke love
Real love, feel love, taste love, smoke love
Real love, real love, feel love, feel love
Taste love, taste love, smoke love, smoke love
[Outro]
Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh
Oh first time we came in together
Guess we the ones
[Verse 1]
Feeling cooler than the April breeze
As we blow like the summer leaves
Girl I'm just hanging around
And I'll come back down
When you choose to come visit me now
The crazy thing about my treehouse
It's always me bugging me out
It's all of the beautiful sounds
That keeps my mouth quiet
Cause me I'm being so
Loud
[Chorus]
One glad morning
I'll be waiting
With my lighter, to blaze, blaze
Till that evening
You come over
And let me take you away
Yeah
[Interlude]
I (?) the four pops
Singing songs to the trees
So I'm up in the city
Smoke that sweet Virginia breeze
[Verse 2]
Girl it's looking so nice out
Take your baby, we can step out
And give all the city a stroll
And we can talk about the places where we want to go
Cause baby I got big dreams
Hollywood and the movie screens
Billions of fans all for me
With cars passing by and me hearing them play my CD
[Chorus]
One glad morning
You'll be waiting
With your lighter to blaze (to light up)
Till that evening
I'll come over
And let you take me away
Yeah
[Verse 3]
Fuck girl let's get so high that it casts on to the moon
When we get back to daylight we can just keep our mood
All I wish is you'll still be here when I get off tour
When I get back we'll get higher than ever before
[Bridge]
Real love, feel love, taste love, smoke love
Real love, real love, feel love, feel love
Taste love, taste love, smoke love, smoke love
Real love, feel love, taste love, smoke love
Real love, real love, feel love, feel love
Taste love, taste love, smoke love, smoke love
[Outro]
Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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