"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.
I can dish it out
But you know I can't take it
When you told me everytime
That you came that you were faking it
So I guess I'll never know
If I was mackin', yes or no
Got a seven foot cut
On a foot the day before
When you pulled out my glass heart
And broke it on the floor
So I guess I'm gonna go
To the house of broken hearts & bloody toes
It hurts to think about
I've got no doubt
I've figured out
CHORUS:
My little head is so shot without you
My little head can't hold the thoughts you
Put inside my mind when you walked out
Just a little scratch
But it feels like you're dead
When you're falling off the short bus
And landing on your head
Yeah I felt a little low
When you told me where to go
(Right straight down to Hell)
Crampin' up your style
But your style ain't crampin' me
What'cha gonna do
When you're sleepin' with the enemy?
I'm always at your show
I'm in the very back row
It hurts to think about
I've got no doubt
I've figured out
[CHORUS]
On my mind
You're on my mind
[CHORUS X 2]
But you know I can't take it
When you told me everytime
That you came that you were faking it
So I guess I'll never know
If I was mackin', yes or no
Got a seven foot cut
On a foot the day before
When you pulled out my glass heart
And broke it on the floor
So I guess I'm gonna go
To the house of broken hearts & bloody toes
It hurts to think about
I've got no doubt
I've figured out
CHORUS:
My little head is so shot without you
My little head can't hold the thoughts you
Put inside my mind when you walked out
Just a little scratch
But it feels like you're dead
When you're falling off the short bus
And landing on your head
Yeah I felt a little low
When you told me where to go
(Right straight down to Hell)
Crampin' up your style
But your style ain't crampin' me
What'cha gonna do
When you're sleepin' with the enemy?
I'm always at your show
I'm in the very back row
It hurts to think about
I've got no doubt
I've figured out
[CHORUS]
On my mind
You're on my mind
[CHORUS X 2]
Lyrics submitted by BlueAndStarry
Little Head Lyrics as written by Butch Walker
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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