"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.
Get ready for a whale of a time; Shamu
My whole team coming clean; shampoo
These dudes is comic relief; Whoopie
And I'm the motherfucking monster; cookie
When you see me better cross the street; Frogger
Then go home and write about it; blogger
Did I do that? Urkel
Yo Angela, Who's The Boss? Merkel
I'll take you where you've never been; Oxnard
Then make you suck a bulls' nut; ox nard
If Miss Moore married Josh; Demi Brolin
A comma and a fucking dot; semicolon
We run these streets; stop lights
All eyes on me; spot lights
Each semicolon brings us closer to the top
I'm loud and I'm zipping around; jet ski
Your dick is little like Wayne; Gretsky
But Gretsky's got a big dick; clarification
Everyone who's rude to me; Paris vacation
My stomach's getting fat; food
Leave trash inside my car; rude
You're acting all Machio; Ralph
But I'll eat all you cats; Alf
We run the game; umpire
Always chase the night; young squire
These semicolons are my light inside the dark
It's right under your nose, semicolon; mouth
Opposite of north, semicolon; south
Right over your home, semicolon; attic
Hooked on semicolons, semicolon; addict
We got the game on lock; toy chest
You're too big for your clothes; boys vest
You know we out of control; no brakes
Your birthday party sucked; no cakes
When it comes to punctuation
You know we're number one
And to the people of every nation
Feel the power of the semicolon
My whole team coming clean; shampoo
These dudes is comic relief; Whoopie
And I'm the motherfucking monster; cookie
When you see me better cross the street; Frogger
Then go home and write about it; blogger
Did I do that? Urkel
Yo Angela, Who's The Boss? Merkel
I'll take you where you've never been; Oxnard
Then make you suck a bulls' nut; ox nard
If Miss Moore married Josh; Demi Brolin
A comma and a fucking dot; semicolon
We run these streets; stop lights
All eyes on me; spot lights
Each semicolon brings us closer to the top
I'm loud and I'm zipping around; jet ski
Your dick is little like Wayne; Gretsky
But Gretsky's got a big dick; clarification
Everyone who's rude to me; Paris vacation
My stomach's getting fat; food
Leave trash inside my car; rude
You're acting all Machio; Ralph
But I'll eat all you cats; Alf
We run the game; umpire
Always chase the night; young squire
These semicolons are my light inside the dark
It's right under your nose, semicolon; mouth
Opposite of north, semicolon; south
Right over your home, semicolon; attic
Hooked on semicolons, semicolon; addict
We got the game on lock; toy chest
You're too big for your clothes; boys vest
You know we out of control; no brakes
Your birthday party sucked; no cakes
When it comes to punctuation
You know we're number one
And to the people of every nation
Feel the power of the semicolon
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Semicolon Lyrics as written by Andrew Samberg Akiva Schaffer
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