"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.
With my heart and with my skin
From time to time and back again
With my skin and with my soul
How each one smiles when she's alone
And here we are, Convention Center
Traveled so far 'cross many rivers
No time to rest, no time to sleep
Keep movin' on, my tired feet
Sometimes we need a hero
Can't make it on our own
Sometimes you need a strong man
With seize of all control
[Chorus]
Don't you agree, agree with me?
Don't you agree, don't you agree?
Don't you agree, agree with me?
Don't you agree, don't you agree?
Who needs a chair whose roof has leaks?
The children's name, what each one did
Got my people everywhere
The bellboys and operators
Who stood up to the Japanese?
Who cares about the Philippines?
He built a house, I decorate
I'm telling all, you delegate
[Chorus]
Sometimes you need a hero
Can't make it on our own
Sometimes you need a strong man
With things of all control
Don't you agree, agree with me?
Don't you agree, agree with me?
Don't you agree, don't you agree?
[Chorus: x2]
Don't you agree?
(Don't you agree?)
Agree with me
(Agree with me)
Don't you agree?
(Don't you agree?)
Agree with me
(Agree with me)
Don't you agree?
(Don't you agree?)
Agree with me
(Agree with me)
Don't you agree?
(Agree with me)
From time to time and back again
With my skin and with my soul
How each one smiles when she's alone
And here we are, Convention Center
Traveled so far 'cross many rivers
No time to rest, no time to sleep
Keep movin' on, my tired feet
Sometimes we need a hero
Can't make it on our own
Sometimes you need a strong man
With seize of all control
[Chorus]
Don't you agree, agree with me?
Don't you agree, don't you agree?
Don't you agree, agree with me?
Don't you agree, don't you agree?
Who needs a chair whose roof has leaks?
The children's name, what each one did
Got my people everywhere
The bellboys and operators
Who stood up to the Japanese?
Who cares about the Philippines?
He built a house, I decorate
I'm telling all, you delegate
[Chorus]
Sometimes you need a hero
Can't make it on our own
Sometimes you need a strong man
With things of all control
Don't you agree, agree with me?
Don't you agree, agree with me?
Don't you agree, don't you agree?
[Chorus: x2]
Don't you agree?
(Don't you agree?)
Agree with me
(Agree with me)
Don't you agree?
(Don't you agree?)
Agree with me
(Agree with me)
Don't you agree?
(Don't you agree?)
Agree with me
(Agree with me)
Don't you agree?
(Agree with me)
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Don't You Agree? Lyrics as written by Norman Cook David Byrne
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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