"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.
He was a boy - he was a fine child
He had the leather boots
And the riding crop
In Jerusalem
Oh Sammy
My hap flap slappy clam ma'am
We've come
To take you home
But Sammy where are you
Sammy where are you
They said - said you're a star who
Recognized to the other side
Oh Sammy could you be my bride
What's that?
What's to be with you?
Have to kiss
Those who would kill you
Have to try for the other side
Oh... can you live my life?
Sammy where are you
Where were you going to?
What were you going through
Satanic Black Jew
Coo coo cahchoo
Waffle bucket brigade
Consorting with the queen of the dead
Billy Boy
Timmy Toy
Jimmy Joy
Joe
Oh Sammy
My slap hap pappy Ma'am
We've come to take you home
Kneeling at the altar
Rolling like a log
Drinking with the Rat Pack
Barking like a dog
We've come to admire you
Not even Frank could fire you
Oh Sam
We've come to take you home
With your shining teeth of gold
And your soul you said you sold
We've come to take you there
With your shining teeth of gold
And your soul they said you sold
You said you sold you said they sold
For rock and roll
Whoa yeah
With your shining teeth of gold
And your soul you said you sold
Into my little pocket
We put it all away
Save you up for another day
I've come to buff your slab
I know it makes you mad
Tiny little mice nibbling on your gonads
Tiny belly button is an inny and an outty
And a shouty shout at home
He had the leather boots
And the riding crop
In Jerusalem
Oh Sammy
My hap flap slappy clam ma'am
We've come
To take you home
But Sammy where are you
Sammy where are you
They said - said you're a star who
Recognized to the other side
Oh Sammy could you be my bride
What's that?
What's to be with you?
Have to kiss
Those who would kill you
Have to try for the other side
Oh... can you live my life?
Sammy where are you
Where were you going to?
What were you going through
Satanic Black Jew
Coo coo cahchoo
Waffle bucket brigade
Consorting with the queen of the dead
Billy Boy
Timmy Toy
Jimmy Joy
Joe
Oh Sammy
My slap hap pappy Ma'am
We've come to take you home
Kneeling at the altar
Rolling like a log
Drinking with the Rat Pack
Barking like a dog
We've come to admire you
Not even Frank could fire you
Oh Sam
We've come to take you home
With your shining teeth of gold
And your soul you said you sold
We've come to take you there
With your shining teeth of gold
And your soul they said you sold
You said you sold you said they sold
For rock and roll
Whoa yeah
With your shining teeth of gold
And your soul you said you sold
Into my little pocket
We put it all away
Save you up for another day
I've come to buff your slab
I know it makes you mad
Tiny little mice nibbling on your gonads
Tiny belly button is an inny and an outty
And a shouty shout at home
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"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
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Blue
Ed Sheeran
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about sammy davis jr. clearly; possibly about his induction into the church of satan by anton lavey.
Sounds kind of like they're making fun of grunge in this song as well.
sammy davis jr. seems like the last person in the world who would be inducted into the church of satan. then again, the events of the world never cease to amaze me.