"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.
Chill out
What ya hating for?
I'm punk
Just like you now are
I'm only 17 you see
You should believe
That nobody else
Wears socks on their arms
And skates as bad as me!
I know
I'm so punk so I go get intoxicated
And I don't know why
People call me pop, it gets me so frustrated
And I shop at Hot Topic
And get a 2-for-1 deal on all my ties
Honestly you hate me because I always fake it
Oh, oh, oh
Look at the spikes on my arm
If that ain't punk, then ya know that my shoes are
I am Canadian and my guitarist has blue hair (he's so punk)
People call me Britney Spears
And it makes me fill with tears
My frequent buyer card at Hot Topic has many skulls
I know
I'm so punk so I go get intoxicated
And I don't know why
People call me pop, it gets me so frustrated
And I shop at Hot Topic
And get a 2-for-1 deal on all my ties
Honestly you hate me because I always fake it
Oh, oh, oh
What ya hating for?
I'm punk
Just like you now are
I'm only 17 you see
You should believe
That nobody else
Wears socks on their arms
And skates as bad as me!
I know
I'm so punk so I go get intoxicated
And I don't know why
People call me pop, it gets me so frustrated
And I shop at Hot Topic
And get a 2-for-1 deal on all my ties
Honestly you hate me because I always fake it
Oh, oh, oh
Look at the spikes on my arm
If that ain't punk, then ya know that my shoes are
I am Canadian and my guitarist has blue hair (he's so punk)
People call me Britney Spears
And it makes me fill with tears
My frequent buyer card at Hot Topic has many skulls
I know
I'm so punk so I go get intoxicated
And I don't know why
People call me pop, it gets me so frustrated
And I shop at Hot Topic
And get a 2-for-1 deal on all my ties
Honestly you hate me because I always fake it
Oh, oh, oh
Lyrics submitted by yellowfetus, edited by Mellow_Harsher
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