"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.
She plays boys like a game of cards And dances to the beat of breaking hearts but She ain´t no beauty queen to me She´s all wrapped up in plastic skin Her bad disguise won´t take me in cause She ain´t no beauty queen to me
I see through her smile I don´t trust these eyes She´s a walking lie I see through her smile She´s as cold as ice I´ll stay away from The girl with the saccharine smile
I don´t believe a word from her dead lips Don´t like the way she moves her hips, no! She ain´t no sugarcube to me And she knows she´s better than the rest Well, arrogance is godliness but She ain´t no beauty queen to me
She ain´t no beauty queen to me - yeah!
I see through her smile I don´t trust these eyes She´s a walking lie I see through her smile She´s not worth my while And she don´t touch me The girl with the saccharine (smile)
I see through her smile I don´t trust these eyes She´s a walking lie I see through her smile She´s as cold as ice I´ll stay away from The girl with the saccharine smile
I don´t believe a word from her dead lips Don´t like the way she moves her hips, no! She ain´t no sugarcube to me And she knows she´s better than the rest Well, arrogance is godliness but She ain´t no beauty queen to me
She ain´t no beauty queen to me - yeah!
I see through her smile I don´t trust these eyes She´s a walking lie I see through her smile She´s not worth my while And she don´t touch me The girl with the saccharine (smile)
Lyrics submitted by woe-one
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