"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.
Poodle doos and saddle shoes don't mean a thing to me, it's your thigh high nylons that bring me to my knees. Bring back the classic bob, and drop the shaggy crop. In your thigh high nylons, my eyes are spinning and they won't stop.
Thigh high nylons, you're alright, thigh high nylons, you're out of sight, won't you get those thigh highs on tonight?
Forget the floppy hippy skirt, and lose the sloppy dyes. In your thigh high nylons, you'll always catch my eye. It's not the days of old, so take off that fir. In your thigh high nylons is all you need and nothing more!
Thigh high nylons, so fine, thigh high nylons,I'll make you mine, won't you get those thigh highs on tonight?
I caught you walking in the corner of my eye and my field of vision was on your thigh highs. I tried to make my move, but I hit the wall, lying flat on the floor you make the call. It wasn't that though, that i heard from the lips, I take a watch at the swinging hips. It was like that what was I to do so I stepped on back and took a sip of my brew. Said the first time that my face turned red, you left me lyin' dead with a bullet in my head. 'Cause at the end of it all I just don't know but your thigh high nylons are stealing the show. Panty hose? NO, we need thigh high nylons. Black thights? NO, we need thigh high nylons! Bobby socks? NO, wee need thigh high nylons. Nothing compares to what i got my eyes on. 1-2-1-2-3-4
Whatever happened to the mini skirt, that meant so much to me. In your thigh high nylons, that's what I want to see. What you wrap around your legs, that fabric of my life. In your thigh nylons I got you in my sights!
Thigh high nylons, you're alright, thigh high nylons, you're out of sight, won't you get those thigh highs on tonight?
Thigh high nylons, so fine, thigh high nylons,I'll make you mine, won't you get those thigh highs on tonight?
Thigh high nylons, you're alright, thigh high nylons, you're out of sight, won't you get those thigh highs on tonight?
Forget the floppy hippy skirt, and lose the sloppy dyes. In your thigh high nylons, you'll always catch my eye. It's not the days of old, so take off that fir. In your thigh high nylons is all you need and nothing more!
Thigh high nylons, so fine, thigh high nylons,I'll make you mine, won't you get those thigh highs on tonight?
I caught you walking in the corner of my eye and my field of vision was on your thigh highs. I tried to make my move, but I hit the wall, lying flat on the floor you make the call. It wasn't that though, that i heard from the lips, I take a watch at the swinging hips. It was like that what was I to do so I stepped on back and took a sip of my brew. Said the first time that my face turned red, you left me lyin' dead with a bullet in my head. 'Cause at the end of it all I just don't know but your thigh high nylons are stealing the show. Panty hose? NO, we need thigh high nylons. Black thights? NO, we need thigh high nylons! Bobby socks? NO, wee need thigh high nylons. Nothing compares to what i got my eyes on. 1-2-1-2-3-4
Whatever happened to the mini skirt, that meant so much to me. In your thigh high nylons, that's what I want to see. What you wrap around your legs, that fabric of my life. In your thigh nylons I got you in my sights!
Thigh high nylons, you're alright, thigh high nylons, you're out of sight, won't you get those thigh highs on tonight?
Thigh high nylons, so fine, thigh high nylons,I'll make you mine, won't you get those thigh highs on tonight?
Lyrics submitted by BattleAngel415
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No Surprises
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very... ridiculous. which makes it thoroughly understandable, and way rad at that. =D