"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.
I asked you for just a ligth
He’s gonna get out of your sight
Lady hurry up it’s a little too late
Sally’s on the mood for an easy date
She’s already overbored
Wonder where’s the guy that she adored
She’s smiling on a way that makes me cry
It’s my first time,i dont know why
And with a mellow voice
She makes me mad
I found how good it is
When i felt sad
She said
Gimme pain
She said
Gimme pain
She said
Gimme pain
I asked you for just a night
He’s gonna get out of her sight
Baby hurry up is a little too soon
We will get there in the afternoon
She’s already overbored
Wonder where’s the one that she ignored
She’s smiling on a way that makes me cry
It’s my first time,just tell me why
And with a mellow voice
She makes me mad
I found how good it is
When i felt sad
She said
Gimme pain
She said
Gimme pain
She said
Gimme pain
He’s gonna get out of your sight
Lady hurry up it’s a little too late
Sally’s on the mood for an easy date
She’s already overbored
Wonder where’s the guy that she adored
She’s smiling on a way that makes me cry
It’s my first time,i dont know why
And with a mellow voice
She makes me mad
I found how good it is
When i felt sad
She said
Gimme pain
She said
Gimme pain
She said
Gimme pain
I asked you for just a night
He’s gonna get out of her sight
Baby hurry up is a little too soon
We will get there in the afternoon
She’s already overbored
Wonder where’s the one that she ignored
She’s smiling on a way that makes me cry
It’s my first time,just tell me why
And with a mellow voice
She makes me mad
I found how good it is
When i felt sad
She said
Gimme pain
She said
Gimme pain
She said
Gimme pain
Lyrics submitted by whitepoett
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You've got skill White poet.
tkz dude,i wrote this song about a guy i hate....lol
let me take a guess, the guy treated one of your girl friends wrong and you wanted to/or did beat his ass.
"And with a mellow voice She makes me mad I found how good it is When i felt sad"
hmm, wicked good phrase, and certainly not a bad song.
and the two "She’s already overbored Wonder where’s the guy that she adored"
and
"She’s already overbored Wonder where’s the one that she ignored"
Those are really good, too.
OK, ya know what? This is just a good song :p
the guy tried to treat wrong the girl of my life,and he is playing stupid games with my best friend...(annie[the wisdom])
ok i dont kno u and ive never herd a song but i guess i reply. sounds pretty cool though guess ill try to listen to it.
dude ur songs are all connected..you,a guy,that girl,annie the wisdom..so who's the dwarf whom u spanked?..ouch i feel his pain..hahahaha
lol....i cant tell about the dwarf...because than i would be a target for the tall dwarves association...
dude..dont be insane in the membrane..whoever is tall wouldnt qualify as a dwarf..man,writing too many lyrics have taken a bad toll on u,man..lol..
now i get it...no-one understands my jokes...