"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.
When Jeffrey Was A Boy
He Didn't Like His Toys
Instead He'd Dissect Roadkill
Because That's What He Enjoyed
Roadkill, Roadkill
Jeffrey Used To Bring Home
Roadkill, Roadkill
Young Jeffrey Loved To Play With
Roadkill, Roadkill, Roadkill
Jeffrey Bleached The Bones Of
Roadkill, Roadkill
It Started With A Tadpole
Killed Before It Could
Grow Into A Frog
Then Jeffrey Resorted To Playing
With The Intestines Of Decaying Dogs
Dog Guts, Dog Guts
Young Jeffrey Loved To Play With
Dog Guts, Dog Guts, Dog Guts
Jeffrey Used To Bring Home
Dog Guts, Dog Guts
In Mason Jars He Kept The
Dog Guts, Dog Guts
Jeffrey Bleached The Bones
Of The Decomposing Animals He Found
But Jeffrey Preferred Taking
The Intestines And Messing Around
Roadkill, Roadkill
Jeffrey Used To Bring Home
Roadkill, Roadkill
Young Jeffrey Loved To Play With
Roadkill, Roadkill
Jeffrey Bleached The Bones Of
Roadkill, Roadkill
Dog Guts, Dog Guts
Dog Guts, Dog Guts
Dog Guts, Dog Guts
Dog Guts, Dog Guts
He Didn't Like His Toys
Instead He'd Dissect Roadkill
Because That's What He Enjoyed
Roadkill, Roadkill
Jeffrey Used To Bring Home
Roadkill, Roadkill
Young Jeffrey Loved To Play With
Roadkill, Roadkill, Roadkill
Jeffrey Bleached The Bones Of
Roadkill, Roadkill
It Started With A Tadpole
Killed Before It Could
Grow Into A Frog
Then Jeffrey Resorted To Playing
With The Intestines Of Decaying Dogs
Dog Guts, Dog Guts
Young Jeffrey Loved To Play With
Dog Guts, Dog Guts, Dog Guts
Jeffrey Used To Bring Home
Dog Guts, Dog Guts
In Mason Jars He Kept The
Dog Guts, Dog Guts
Jeffrey Bleached The Bones
Of The Decomposing Animals He Found
But Jeffrey Preferred Taking
The Intestines And Messing Around
Roadkill, Roadkill
Jeffrey Used To Bring Home
Roadkill, Roadkill
Young Jeffrey Loved To Play With
Roadkill, Roadkill
Jeffrey Bleached The Bones Of
Roadkill, Roadkill
Dog Guts, Dog Guts
Dog Guts, Dog Guts
Dog Guts, Dog Guts
Dog Guts, Dog Guts
Lyrics submitted by eyehategod1313
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