"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.
Force field super shield AA
Junior high love affair is okay
Jump on the big wagon 'cause I'm so cal
I'm big in every way
I'm running as fast as I can
She goes above and beyond her call of duty
She is a slut but X makes it sexy
Sex reminds her of eating spaghetti
I am wasted but I'm ready
If you wanna move it so, why don't you make it go?
Prove to everybody who doesn't understand
All the nights, all the fights you are out of sight
Some say more with their hands
I'm running as fast as I can
She goes above and beyond her call of duty
She is a slut but X makes it sexy
Sex reminds her of eating spaghetti
I am wasted but I'm ready
I am wasted but I'm ready
I am wasted but I'm ready
I'm running as fast as I can
I'm running as fast as I rock
Why am I dealing with this feeling?
I'm maxed out like a credit card
I'll continue to be my worst enemy
It's easy but it seems so hard
You're near but you seem so far
She goes above and beyond her call of duty
She is a slut but X makes it sexy
Sex reminds her of eating spaghetti
I am wasted but I'm ready
She goes above and beyond her call of duty
She is a slut but X makes it sexy
Sex reminds her of eating spaghetti
I am wasted but I'm ready
I am wasted but I'm ready
I am wasted but I'm ready
I am wasted but I'm ready
I'm running as fast as I can
I'm running as fast as I can, can
I'm running as fast as I can
I'm running as fast as I can
Junior high love affair is okay
Jump on the big wagon 'cause I'm so cal
I'm big in every way
I'm running as fast as I can
She goes above and beyond her call of duty
She is a slut but X makes it sexy
Sex reminds her of eating spaghetti
I am wasted but I'm ready
If you wanna move it so, why don't you make it go?
Prove to everybody who doesn't understand
All the nights, all the fights you are out of sight
Some say more with their hands
I'm running as fast as I can
She goes above and beyond her call of duty
She is a slut but X makes it sexy
Sex reminds her of eating spaghetti
I am wasted but I'm ready
I am wasted but I'm ready
I am wasted but I'm ready
I'm running as fast as I can
I'm running as fast as I rock
Why am I dealing with this feeling?
I'm maxed out like a credit card
I'll continue to be my worst enemy
It's easy but it seems so hard
You're near but you seem so far
She goes above and beyond her call of duty
She is a slut but X makes it sexy
Sex reminds her of eating spaghetti
I am wasted but I'm ready
She goes above and beyond her call of duty
She is a slut but X makes it sexy
Sex reminds her of eating spaghetti
I am wasted but I'm ready
I am wasted but I'm ready
I am wasted but I'm ready
I am wasted but I'm ready
I'm running as fast as I can
I'm running as fast as I can, can
I'm running as fast as I can
I'm running as fast as I can
Lyrics submitted by jellofan11
Wasted & Ready Lyrics as written by Benjamin Kweller
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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i know, it does sound soo farmiliar- i also heard it on letterman..i'm still trying to figure it out... vocals sound really similar to someone else i've heard but i cant but my finger on who it is..