"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.
kimi wa seijitsu na moralist
kirei no yubi de boku wo nazoru
boku wa junshi na terrorist
kimi no omou ga mama ni kakumei ga okiru
koi ni shibarareta specialist
nagai tsume wo taterareta boku
ai wo tashikametai egoist
kimi no oku made tadoritsu kitai
kimi no kao ga toozakeru
ah boku wa boku de nakunaru mae ni
aishite mo ii kai? yureru yoru ni
aragamama de ii yo matto fukaku
kurushii kurai ni nareta kuchibiru ga tokeau hodoni
boku wa...kimi no...vanilla
'nante kido risugi' sonna cool na kimi wa plastic
atsui menazashi ni wa ecologist
sono moeru kuchizuke ga modo kashii
yugandeiku kimi no kao ga
ah boku ga boku de iraremasu you ni
aishite mo ii kai? yureru youru ni
arugamama de ii ya moto hayaku
kurushii kurai ni nureta kuchibiru ga kotoba nante mou
kimi to boku not burning love
ah itsuka asa e mukaereba
ah yoru wa owaru no darou ka
ah sora ni chiribamerareta
ah shiroi hana ni kakomarete yuku
aishite mo ii kai? yureru yoru ni
arugamama de ii ya ' i've seen a tail'
kuyashii kurai ni kimi ni hamatteru no ni
a crew sees cring knees
i wanna need not betry!!
aishite mo ii kai? tureru yoru ni
arugamama de ii ya motto kimi wo
kuruoshii kurai ni nareta koshi tsuki ga tokeau hodo ni
kimi wa...boku no...vanilla
kirei no yubi de boku wo nazoru
boku wa junshi na terrorist
kimi no omou ga mama ni kakumei ga okiru
koi ni shibarareta specialist
nagai tsume wo taterareta boku
ai wo tashikametai egoist
kimi no oku made tadoritsu kitai
kimi no kao ga toozakeru
ah boku wa boku de nakunaru mae ni
aishite mo ii kai? yureru yoru ni
aragamama de ii yo matto fukaku
kurushii kurai ni nareta kuchibiru ga tokeau hodoni
boku wa...kimi no...vanilla
'nante kido risugi' sonna cool na kimi wa plastic
atsui menazashi ni wa ecologist
sono moeru kuchizuke ga modo kashii
yugandeiku kimi no kao ga
ah boku ga boku de iraremasu you ni
aishite mo ii kai? yureru youru ni
arugamama de ii ya moto hayaku
kurushii kurai ni nureta kuchibiru ga kotoba nante mou
kimi to boku not burning love
ah itsuka asa e mukaereba
ah yoru wa owaru no darou ka
ah sora ni chiribamerareta
ah shiroi hana ni kakomarete yuku
aishite mo ii kai? yureru yoru ni
arugamama de ii ya ' i've seen a tail'
kuyashii kurai ni kimi ni hamatteru no ni
a crew sees cring knees
i wanna need not betry!!
aishite mo ii kai? tureru yoru ni
arugamama de ii ya motto kimi wo
kuruoshii kurai ni nareta koshi tsuki ga tokeau hodo ni
kimi wa...boku no...vanilla
Lyrics submitted by chikachika
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Hehe! Moriko, the live version is great! nose bleed