"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.
It's my life, get off my ass, get outta my face
Man, I don't see no problem
Kickin' back, ain't kickin' you, no, no
Anyway, if I make 'em, then I solve 'em
Whoa, that's right, yeah, yeah, woo
Makin' plan's a waste, ain't no future here
Got no face, got no religion
Oh, tell me why should I care or even, why should I try?
I just slide, slide on by, never bad enough to crucify me
Cry, put it off until Judgment Day
I'll bear the cross on Judgment Day
I do most anything, keep 'em doing anything, 'cause
Sometimes I just want to do nothin'
Nothin' lost, tell me, how can I lose?
Ha, when I'm startin' off with nothin'
Oh, tell me why should I care or even, why try?
I just slide, slide on by, never bad enough to crucify me
Oh, put it off until Judgment Day
I'll bear that same old cross on Judgment Day
Oh,
Uh, huh
Ow, hey
Hey man, anything's alright, yeah
Wow
Put it off until Judgment Day
I'll bear the cross on Judgment Day
put it off, put it off until Judgment Day
I'll bear the cross on Judgment Day
Oh, whoa, yeah, on Judgment Day
Oh, whoa, yeah, on Judgment Day
Wow
Man, I don't see no problem
Kickin' back, ain't kickin' you, no, no
Anyway, if I make 'em, then I solve 'em
Whoa, that's right, yeah, yeah, woo
Makin' plan's a waste, ain't no future here
Got no face, got no religion
Oh, tell me why should I care or even, why should I try?
I just slide, slide on by, never bad enough to crucify me
Cry, put it off until Judgment Day
I'll bear the cross on Judgment Day
I do most anything, keep 'em doing anything, 'cause
Sometimes I just want to do nothin'
Nothin' lost, tell me, how can I lose?
Ha, when I'm startin' off with nothin'
Oh, tell me why should I care or even, why try?
I just slide, slide on by, never bad enough to crucify me
Oh, put it off until Judgment Day
I'll bear that same old cross on Judgment Day
Oh,
Uh, huh
Ow, hey
Hey man, anything's alright, yeah
Wow
Put it off until Judgment Day
I'll bear the cross on Judgment Day
put it off, put it off until Judgment Day
I'll bear the cross on Judgment Day
Oh, whoa, yeah, on Judgment Day
Oh, whoa, yeah, on Judgment Day
Wow
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Judgement Day Lyrics as written by Edward Van Halen Alex Van Halen
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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