"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.
Through word of mouth let it be know
The man who spends his life on a mission, he's legendary
Traveling from coast to coast
He's the contemporary Johnny Appleseed
Now, man, who was talking shit about Johnny anyway?
He's down for the cause, holmes
He's making sure his garden grows
He'll plant a seed in every town he goes
Fertilizing the countryside
Couldn't stop him with insecticide
Making sure the garden grows, yeah, yeah, yeah
He'll water the yard with a agrden hose
And you know he'll be plantin' his seed, yeah, yeah, yeah
Groomin' the backyard, or whackin' a weed
Oh, yes, this Johnny character is just what we're looking for
He's very straight, very gang, very Hispanic
He'll do just fine
When diggin' holes he'll be wearing a glove
He go into the shed, get the shovel, and he shove
He'll plant the seed, makin' sure it's sown
He go into the shed and he start hoein' with the hoe, ho, ho, ho
Makin' sure that the garden grow, yeah, yeah, yeah
He'll water the yard with the garden hose
Groomin' the backyard or whackin' the weed, yeah, yeah, yeah
The contemporary Johnny Appleseed
The man who spends his life on a mission, he's legendary
Traveling from coast to coast
He's the contemporary Johnny Appleseed
Now, man, who was talking shit about Johnny anyway?
He's down for the cause, holmes
He's making sure his garden grows
He'll plant a seed in every town he goes
Fertilizing the countryside
Couldn't stop him with insecticide
Making sure the garden grows, yeah, yeah, yeah
He'll water the yard with a agrden hose
And you know he'll be plantin' his seed, yeah, yeah, yeah
Groomin' the backyard, or whackin' a weed
Oh, yes, this Johnny character is just what we're looking for
He's very straight, very gang, very Hispanic
He'll do just fine
When diggin' holes he'll be wearing a glove
He go into the shed, get the shovel, and he shove
He'll plant the seed, makin' sure it's sown
He go into the shed and he start hoein' with the hoe, ho, ho, ho
Makin' sure that the garden grow, yeah, yeah, yeah
He'll water the yard with the garden hose
Groomin' the backyard or whackin' the weed, yeah, yeah, yeah
The contemporary Johnny Appleseed
Lyrics submitted by AtomicGarden, edited by aflycon
Johnny Appleseed Lyrics as written by Mike Burkett
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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