"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.
Whoo, did you ever seem to have one of those days
When everyone's on your case from your teacher all the way down to your best girlfriend?
Well you know, I used to have this, but all the time
But I found a way to get out of it
Lemme tell you bout
Sittin' in the classroom thinkin' it's a drag
Listening to the teacher rap just ain't my bag
By the two-bells ring, you know it's my cue
I'm gonna meet the boys on floor number two
Smokin' in the boys' room
Smokin' in the boys' room
Man, teacher don't you fill me up with your rules
'Cause everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school
Checkin' out the halls makin' sure the coast is clear
Lookin' in the stalls, nah, there ain't nobody here
My buddies Sixx, Mick and Tom
To get caught would surely be the death of us all
Smokin' in the boys' room
We're smokin' in the boys' room
Man, teacher don't you fill me up with your rules
'Cause everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school
Hey, can I be excused?
Well, put me to work in the school bookstore
Checkout counter, and I got bored
Teacher was lookin' for me all around
Two hours later you know where I was found
Smokin' in the boys' room
I tell you, I was smokin' in the boys' room
Now, now, now, teacher don't you fill me up with your rules
Everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school, hey everybody
Smokin' in the boys' room
Smokin' in the boys' room
I tell you, I was smokin' in the boys' room
Smokin' in the boys' room
Hey, teacher don't you fill me up with your rules
'Cause everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school
One more
Smokin' in the boys' room
Smokin' in the boys' room
Now, teacher, I ain't foolin' around with your rules
'Cause everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school
When everyone's on your case from your teacher all the way down to your best girlfriend?
Well you know, I used to have this, but all the time
But I found a way to get out of it
Lemme tell you bout
Sittin' in the classroom thinkin' it's a drag
Listening to the teacher rap just ain't my bag
By the two-bells ring, you know it's my cue
I'm gonna meet the boys on floor number two
Smokin' in the boys' room
Smokin' in the boys' room
Man, teacher don't you fill me up with your rules
'Cause everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school
Checkin' out the halls makin' sure the coast is clear
Lookin' in the stalls, nah, there ain't nobody here
My buddies Sixx, Mick and Tom
To get caught would surely be the death of us all
Smokin' in the boys' room
We're smokin' in the boys' room
Man, teacher don't you fill me up with your rules
'Cause everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school
Hey, can I be excused?
Well, put me to work in the school bookstore
Checkout counter, and I got bored
Teacher was lookin' for me all around
Two hours later you know where I was found
Smokin' in the boys' room
I tell you, I was smokin' in the boys' room
Now, now, now, teacher don't you fill me up with your rules
Everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school, hey everybody
Smokin' in the boys' room
Smokin' in the boys' room
I tell you, I was smokin' in the boys' room
Smokin' in the boys' room
Hey, teacher don't you fill me up with your rules
'Cause everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school
One more
Smokin' in the boys' room
Smokin' in the boys' room
Now, teacher, I ain't foolin' around with your rules
'Cause everybody knows that smokin' ain't allowed in school
Lyrics submitted by jesusatemybaby666
Smokin' In the Boys Room Lyrics as written by Michael Lutz Cub Koda
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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tommy and vince neil were losers at royal oak high that got trash canned. this song could only be a cover
WoW. Didn't know it was a cover. Thanks! It's a GREAT cover, though. Used to be scared to enter my high school bathroom due to the tough girls (who we assumed were trashy:) sitting on top of the sinks as they smoked cigs. In actuality they were foolish because if we wanted we could smoke before school, during our two study halls, and during our lunch period because there was a smoking area in the back of our school. (Those were different times.) Here's info on the song via Wiki: "Smokin' in the Boys Room" is a song originally recorded by Brownsville Station in 1973 on their album Yeah!, reaching #3 on the U.S. charts, and later covered in 1985 by Mötley Crüe, with the Crüe's version accompanied by a conceptual music video featuring Michael Berryman as the school principal."