"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 am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.
See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly.
I'm crying.
Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come.
Corporation tee-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday.
Man, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo k'choo
Mister City Policeman sitting
Pretty little policemen in a row.
See how they fly like Lucy in the Sky, see how they run.
I'm crying, I'm crying.
I'm crying, I'm crying.
Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye.
Craba locker fishwife, pornographic priestess,
Boy, you been a naughty girl you let your knickers down.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo k'choo.
Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun.
If the sun don't come, you get a tan
From standing in the English rain.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo k'choo ga goo goo k'choo.
Expert textpert choking smokers,
Don't you thing the joker laughs at you?
See how they smile like pigs in a sty,
See how they snied.
I'm crying.
Semolina pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower.
Elementary penguin singing Hari Krishna.
Man, you should have seen the kicking Edgar Allan Poe.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo k'choo ga goo goo k'choo, goo goo k'choo ga goo goo
k'choo ga goo
See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly.
I'm crying.
Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come.
Corporation tee-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday.
Man, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo k'choo
Mister City Policeman sitting
Pretty little policemen in a row.
See how they fly like Lucy in the Sky, see how they run.
I'm crying, I'm crying.
I'm crying, I'm crying.
Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye.
Craba locker fishwife, pornographic priestess,
Boy, you been a naughty girl you let your knickers down.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo k'choo.
Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun.
If the sun don't come, you get a tan
From standing in the English rain.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo k'choo ga goo goo k'choo.
Expert textpert choking smokers,
Don't you thing the joker laughs at you?
See how they smile like pigs in a sty,
See how they snied.
I'm crying.
Semolina pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower.
Elementary penguin singing Hari Krishna.
Man, you should have seen the kicking Edgar Allan Poe.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo k'choo ga goo goo k'choo, goo goo k'choo ga goo goo
k'choo ga goo
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I Am the Walrus Lyrics as written by Paul Mccartney John Lennon
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Heard this song in a skate video. Flip "Sorry" i think. Great cover anyway.
it's a lennon song about the death of paul mcartney back in the 60's..Paul allegedly died of a car crash back in the 60's.."sitting on a cornflake"-refers to paul being thrown in a cornfield upon impact.."waiting for the van to come"-refers to the ambulance.."corporation tshirt stupid bloody tuesday"-refers to paul's bloodied shirt and the crash happening on a tuesday..and a lot of "im crying"-refers to lennon weeping paul's death..and also "naughty boy and naughty girl"-refers to paul and a girl accompanying him during the crash being under the influence of LSD hence the words Lucy in the Sky refering to the beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"..notice the capital letters LSD in the title??
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yea this song is in the Flip Sorry video. Geoff Rowley skates to it i belive. great fucking song though. i might like this one a little more than the original Beatles version, Grey Matter just did this song absolutly perfect!
Not as good as the Beatles but I love the crazy outro!