"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.
There's a dog loose in the wood.
Dogfish Rising.
It's good for gnawing.
Right wing Interlude.
In the 1990's ?
Thats got a nice groove to it there.
I saw an old man.
Windmills like two.
Something in my left.
Screaming sphincter muscles.
Postniff scruchies?
Dogfish Rising..
Burn em' for their nipples.
another rubber Rolex.
So skinny hard nose.
Who wrote these...lyrics?
Battery powered yard tool.
Black and Decker dildos
Fully powered pocket head
Pop rivet pool palls
God smokes to me!!
Dogfish rising.
Blistered cabbage.
Poor fish toenail
Dirt face cripples
Hmm...
Lactate freely
Back foot bungdom
(unknown)
Red knot protection!
Back up, fuck your head!
Dogfish risin'...
Cryptic kleptic art
Pinpoint penis pod
Quarter inch of...fat
What are you laughing at?
Ggggggg
Grip grope squeegie
Grip cookie crisp cook finger
Ugg rod stickwid
Corned beef cookers
F-F-F-Fuck it, that dogfish is dead.
I'm the hell out of here guys
See you later, have a good life
Don't even bother cleaning, fuck this
It pours the lotion on its skin.
Purs the lotion on thy skin!
(Limp dick slickrod)
Pour the god damn lotion!
Smithers!
(Couldn't you guys have afforded to record this in a real studio?)
Yes Mr Burns?
(Extra supreme gets me going special!)
Bring me this band!
.. gets me college special
(the biscuits are at bimbles tonight...)
Freebird!
Lynrd Skynrd!
Lefty fuzzy nuts-bye.
Dogfish Rising.
It's good for gnawing.
Right wing Interlude.
In the 1990's ?
Thats got a nice groove to it there.
I saw an old man.
Windmills like two.
Something in my left.
Screaming sphincter muscles.
Postniff scruchies?
Dogfish Rising..
Burn em' for their nipples.
another rubber Rolex.
So skinny hard nose.
Who wrote these...lyrics?
Battery powered yard tool.
Black and Decker dildos
Fully powered pocket head
Pop rivet pool palls
God smokes to me!!
Dogfish rising.
Blistered cabbage.
Poor fish toenail
Dirt face cripples
Hmm...
Lactate freely
Back foot bungdom
(unknown)
Red knot protection!
Back up, fuck your head!
Dogfish risin'...
Cryptic kleptic art
Pinpoint penis pod
Quarter inch of...fat
What are you laughing at?
Ggggggg
Grip grope squeegie
Grip cookie crisp cook finger
Ugg rod stickwid
Corned beef cookers
F-F-F-Fuck it, that dogfish is dead.
I'm the hell out of here guys
See you later, have a good life
Don't even bother cleaning, fuck this
It pours the lotion on its skin.
Purs the lotion on thy skin!
(Limp dick slickrod)
Pour the god damn lotion!
Smithers!
(Couldn't you guys have afforded to record this in a real studio?)
Yes Mr Burns?
(Extra supreme gets me going special!)
Bring me this band!
.. gets me college special
(the biscuits are at bimbles tonight...)
Freebird!
Lynrd Skynrd!
Lefty fuzzy nuts-bye.
Lyrics submitted by lemonie_fresh, edited by BrEnNo1023, DaveJ123
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