"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.
On my bike at the crosswalk with long, pink hair
And 7-inch goatee
I caught her in her BMW trying not to laugh at me
"I remember that phase," she thought to herself
"Do you have something to prove or just trying to get attention?"
I bet her phase was frat boys, drinking games and mall awareness
She was waiting at the light hiding in her BMW
Couldn't help but notice me, the stain on her suburban view
Biting her lip, a weak attempt to stifle her laugh
I stared at her
She looked just like every Dog Show Judge or French teacher I'd ever met
Cropped hair and pointy sideburns
I can laugh at you too, so who's the better
Not me or you
We laugh at what we don't understand
What we don't understand
And 7-inch goatee
I caught her in her BMW trying not to laugh at me
"I remember that phase," she thought to herself
"Do you have something to prove or just trying to get attention?"
I bet her phase was frat boys, drinking games and mall awareness
She was waiting at the light hiding in her BMW
Couldn't help but notice me, the stain on her suburban view
Biting her lip, a weak attempt to stifle her laugh
I stared at her
She looked just like every Dog Show Judge or French teacher I'd ever met
Cropped hair and pointy sideburns
I can laugh at you too, so who's the better
Not me or you
We laugh at what we don't understand
What we don't understand
Lyrics submitted by swollendog
We Laugh Lyrics as written by Craig Billmeier
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
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