"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.
You're beautiful more beautiful than me
You're honorable more honorable than me
Loyal to the Bank of America
It's a sign of the times
It's a sign of the times
You're sharpening stones walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Sharpening stones walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Vested interest united ties landed gentry rationalize
Look who bought the myth by jingo buy America
It's a sign of the times
It's a sign of the times
You're sharpening stones, walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Sharpening stones, walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Enemy sighted, enemy met, I'm addressing the realpolitik
Look who bought the myth, by jingo, buy America
"Let us not assassinate this man further, Senator
You've done enough
Have you no sense of decency, sir?
At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"
We're sharpening stones, walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Sharpening stones, walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Enemy sighted, enemy met, I'm addressing the realpolitik
You've seen start and you've seen quit
(I'm addressing the table of content)
I always thought of you as quick
Exhuming McCarthy
(Meet me at the book burning)
Exhuming McCarthy
(Meet me at the book burning)
You're honorable more honorable than me
Loyal to the Bank of America
It's a sign of the times
It's a sign of the times
You're sharpening stones walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Sharpening stones walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Vested interest united ties landed gentry rationalize
Look who bought the myth by jingo buy America
It's a sign of the times
It's a sign of the times
You're sharpening stones, walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Sharpening stones, walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Enemy sighted, enemy met, I'm addressing the realpolitik
Look who bought the myth, by jingo, buy America
"Let us not assassinate this man further, Senator
You've done enough
Have you no sense of decency, sir?
At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"
We're sharpening stones, walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Sharpening stones, walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Enemy sighted, enemy met, I'm addressing the realpolitik
You've seen start and you've seen quit
(I'm addressing the table of content)
I always thought of you as quick
Exhuming McCarthy
(Meet me at the book burning)
Exhuming McCarthy
(Meet me at the book burning)
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Exhuming McCarthy Lyrics as written by Peter Buck Bill Berry
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Right on, Jerrybear... and now in 2004 its back again with Bush 2. What are you, some kind of terrorist lover?
Anyone interested in the Communist 'reds under the bed' fever of the 50s and 60s should read James Elroy's novel American Tabloid.
As for the song, the quote in the middle is from a trial in 1954 in which McCarthy had been tearing down a (plainly innocent) young man's reputation and painting him as an evil Communist. This was actually not even the issue in the trial, it was in fact an army draft case, but McCarthy decided to make allegations against a junior lawyer at the firm handling the opposing side of the case.
Joseph Welch was the attorney for the army in the case, and the quote is his. First he said: "Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness," as McCarthy began to slander the young man. When McCarthy continued, Welch said "Let us not assassinate this lad further, Senator; you've done enough." McCarthy continued, so Welch interjected: "Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"
This trial was televised, and this event was the beginning of the end for McCarthy and his anti-Communist witch hunt.
@caitsith01 I was just listening to this song and thinking, "Things only get worse." Soooooooo depressing!