"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.
You high-fiving motherfucker, you high-fiving motherfucker
You high-fiving motherfucker, you high-fiving motherfucker
You're just a walking billboard for all the latest brands
You've got no taste in music and you really love our band
You're haircut is atrocious, it's been the same since '83
Your glory days are over and so's your stonewashed jeans
You crass fat-ass, you stupid steroid fuck
I'll bet you even named your grand prize monster truck
You want me, you can't pay, you want me, you can't pay
You want me, you [Incomprehensible]
You high-fiving motherfucker, you high-fiving motherfucker
You high-fiving motherfucker, you high-fiving motherfucker
You're just a walking billboard for all the latest brands
You've got no taste in music and you really love our band
You're haircut is atrocious, it's been the same since '83
Your glory days are over and so's your stonewashed jeans
You crass fat-ass, you stupid steroid fuck
Hijack the pit you shit, male bonding as moose rut
You want me, you can't pay, you want me, you can't pay
You want me, you can't pay, you want me, you can't pay
You want me, you can't pay, you want me, you can't pay
You want me, you want me
You crass fat-ass, you crass fat-ass
You crass fat-ass, you crass fat-ass
You crass fat-ass, you crass fat-ass
You crass fat-ass, you crass fat-ass
You crass fat-ass, you crass fat-ass
You crass fat-ass, you crass fat-ass
You high-fiving motherfucker, you high-fiving motherfucker
You high-fiving motherfucker, you high-fiving
You high-fiving motherfucker, you high-fiving motherfucker
You high-fiving motherfucker, you high-fiving
You you you you you you you you
You high-fiving motherfucker, you high-fiving motherfucker
You're just a walking billboard for all the latest brands
You've got no taste in music and you really love our band
You're haircut is atrocious, it's been the same since '83
Your glory days are over and so's your stonewashed jeans
You crass fat-ass, you stupid steroid fuck
I'll bet you even named your grand prize monster truck
You want me, you can't pay, you want me, you can't pay
You want me, you [Incomprehensible]
You high-fiving motherfucker, you high-fiving motherfucker
You high-fiving motherfucker, you high-fiving motherfucker
You're just a walking billboard for all the latest brands
You've got no taste in music and you really love our band
You're haircut is atrocious, it's been the same since '83
Your glory days are over and so's your stonewashed jeans
You crass fat-ass, you stupid steroid fuck
Hijack the pit you shit, male bonding as moose rut
You want me, you can't pay, you want me, you can't pay
You want me, you can't pay, you want me, you can't pay
You want me, you can't pay, you want me, you can't pay
You want me, you want me
You crass fat-ass, you crass fat-ass
You crass fat-ass, you crass fat-ass
You crass fat-ass, you crass fat-ass
You crass fat-ass, you crass fat-ass
You crass fat-ass, you crass fat-ass
You crass fat-ass, you crass fat-ass
You high-fiving motherfucker, you high-fiving motherfucker
You high-fiving motherfucker, you high-fiving
You high-fiving motherfucker, you high-fiving motherfucker
You high-fiving motherfucker, you high-fiving
You you you you you you you you
Lyrics submitted by ShiverForMe, edited by TabbyFL55
High-Fiving MF Lyrics as written by Joseph Daniles David Scott Lucas
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sentric Music
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@laminatedeffec damn. Good point. I can see that. My opinion might be wrong after reading yours. But I'm gonna be strong and stick to my guns.