"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 heard some kids telling me
How they've lost all the faith in the way
They've been talking world peace
And the wars in the streets
The lines on their faces so deep
A revolution or reach out and touch the day
We're overdue child
Change
Now it's time for change
Nothing stays the same
Now it's time for change
Change
Now it's time for change
Nothing stays the same
Oh no
I feel the the future in the hands
Of our youth will be safe
No more lies
Old, tired fools tell our future
With tarot cards, and lie of crime
The lines on their faces so deep
A revolution or reach out and touch the day
We're overdue child
Change
Now it's time for change
Nothing stays the same
Now it's time for change
Change
Now it's time for change
Nothing stays the same
Now it's time for change
I'll change
I'll change
Not tomorrow but today
Change
Now it's time for change
Nothing stays the same
Now it's time for change
Change
Now it's time for change
Nothing stays the same
Now it's time for change
Change
Now it's time for change
Nothing stays the same
Now it's time for change
Change
Now it's time for change
Nothing stays the same
Now it's time for change
How they've lost all the faith in the way
They've been talking world peace
And the wars in the streets
The lines on their faces so deep
A revolution or reach out and touch the day
We're overdue child
Change
Now it's time for change
Nothing stays the same
Now it's time for change
Change
Now it's time for change
Nothing stays the same
Oh no
I feel the the future in the hands
Of our youth will be safe
No more lies
Old, tired fools tell our future
With tarot cards, and lie of crime
The lines on their faces so deep
A revolution or reach out and touch the day
We're overdue child
Change
Now it's time for change
Nothing stays the same
Now it's time for change
Change
Now it's time for change
Nothing stays the same
Now it's time for change
I'll change
I'll change
Not tomorrow but today
Change
Now it's time for change
Nothing stays the same
Now it's time for change
Change
Now it's time for change
Nothing stays the same
Now it's time for change
Change
Now it's time for change
Nothing stays the same
Now it's time for change
Change
Now it's time for change
Nothing stays the same
Now it's time for change
Lyrics submitted by Boonechic_21
Time for Change Lyrics as written by Nikki Sixx Donna Mcdaniel
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my friends and i all voted for this to be our graduation song but some SLUTTY IDIOTS wanted it to be like 'hot and cold', and some stupid jay-z song or lil wayne or something. ugh, how could we sing that, and have that be our last memories of each other. time for change would be THE BEST graduation song EVER... stupid idiots