"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.
friday after dinner situation is the same over again,
mum she wants to watch the news,
but i just want to watch the film at 10,
so I get my way again,
halfway through the movie naked bodies getting groovy on the screen,
mum she changes channels,
turns away she cant believe what I just seen,
embarrassed she starts to clean
it's just porn mum,
you're running away,
you wouldnt believe what the kids see today,
it's just porn mum and it wont go away,
wherever you turn you'll find porn everyday,
it's just
Billboards on the way to school
use porn to make their shit look really cool
so cool
girls I see on MTV
consume the fact that bands all look like fools
but their videos make me drool
it's just porn mum,
you're running away,
you wouldnt believe what the kids see today,
it's just porn mum and it wont go away,
wherever you turn you'll find porn everyday,
it's just
porn mum
just
porn mum
it's just
Mum, I know that you're embarassed,
but just face it
you can leave the movie on
dont think that I am so naive
that I dont have a clue where I came from
it's just porn mum
you're running away
you wouldnt believe what the kids see today
it's just porn mum
and it wont go away
wherever you turn you'll find porn everyday
it's just porn mjm
just porn mum
porn mum
just porn mum
it's just porn mum
just porn mum
it's just porn
mum she wants to watch the news,
but i just want to watch the film at 10,
so I get my way again,
halfway through the movie naked bodies getting groovy on the screen,
mum she changes channels,
turns away she cant believe what I just seen,
embarrassed she starts to clean
it's just porn mum,
you're running away,
you wouldnt believe what the kids see today,
it's just porn mum and it wont go away,
wherever you turn you'll find porn everyday,
it's just
Billboards on the way to school
use porn to make their shit look really cool
so cool
girls I see on MTV
consume the fact that bands all look like fools
but their videos make me drool
it's just porn mum,
you're running away,
you wouldnt believe what the kids see today,
it's just porn mum and it wont go away,
wherever you turn you'll find porn everyday,
it's just
porn mum
just
porn mum
it's just
Mum, I know that you're embarassed,
but just face it
you can leave the movie on
dont think that I am so naive
that I dont have a clue where I came from
it's just porn mum
you're running away
you wouldnt believe what the kids see today
it's just porn mum
and it wont go away
wherever you turn you'll find porn everyday
it's just porn mjm
just porn mum
porn mum
just porn mum
it's just porn mum
just porn mum
it's just porn
Lyrics submitted by thisGIRL
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