"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.
Where is your boy tonight?
I hope he is a gentleman
And maybe he won't find out what I know
You were the last good thing about this part of town
When I wake up
I'm willing to take my chances on
The hope I forget that you hate him more than you notice
I wrote this for you, for you, so
You need him, I could be him
I could be an accident but I'm still tryin'
And that's more than I can say for him
Where is your boy tonight?
I hope he is a gentleman
And maybe he won't find out what I know
You were the last good thing about this part of town
Someday I'll appreciate in value
Get off my ass and call you
The mean time, I'll sport my brand new fashion
Of waking up with pants on at four in the afternoon
You need him, I could be him
I could be an accident but I'm still tryin'
And that's more than I can say for him
One, two, three, four
Where is your boy tonight
I hope he is a gentleman
And maybe he won't find out what I know
You were the last good thing about this part of town
Won't find out
He won't find out
Won't find out
He won't find out
Where is your boy tonight?
I hope he is a gentleman
Maybe he won't find out what I know
You were the last good thing about this part of town
Where is your boy tonight?
I hope he is a gentleman
Maybe he won't find out what I know
You were the last good thing about this part of town
I hope he is a gentleman
And maybe he won't find out what I know
You were the last good thing about this part of town
When I wake up
I'm willing to take my chances on
The hope I forget that you hate him more than you notice
I wrote this for you, for you, so
You need him, I could be him
I could be an accident but I'm still tryin'
And that's more than I can say for him
Where is your boy tonight?
I hope he is a gentleman
And maybe he won't find out what I know
You were the last good thing about this part of town
Someday I'll appreciate in value
Get off my ass and call you
The mean time, I'll sport my brand new fashion
Of waking up with pants on at four in the afternoon
You need him, I could be him
I could be an accident but I'm still tryin'
And that's more than I can say for him
One, two, three, four
Where is your boy tonight
I hope he is a gentleman
And maybe he won't find out what I know
You were the last good thing about this part of town
Won't find out
He won't find out
Won't find out
He won't find out
Where is your boy tonight?
I hope he is a gentleman
Maybe he won't find out what I know
You were the last good thing about this part of town
Where is your boy tonight?
I hope he is a gentleman
Maybe he won't find out what I know
You were the last good thing about this part of town
Lyrics submitted by ruben, edited by Mellow_Harsher, yourewelcome, JP41698, tessastark, Kerrynes, biggayal, traci15570, thedr7q, UnknownToMe
Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy [Medley] Lyrics as written by Joseph Mark Trohman Andrew John Hurley
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Where is your boy tonight? I hope he is a gentleman. <br /> Maybe he won't find out what I know:<br /> You were the last good thing about this part of town. <br /> <br /> When I wake up, <br /> I'm willing to take my chances on the hope <br /> I forget that you hate him more than you notice <br /> I wrote this for you. <br /> <br /> You need him. <br /> I could be him<br /> I could be an accident but I'm still trying. <br /> That's more than I can say for him.<br /> <br /> Where is your boy tonight? I hope he is a gentleman. <br /> Maybe he won't find out what I know:<br /> You were the last good thing about this part of town. <br /> <br /> Someday I'll appreciate in value, get off my ass and call you<br /> For the meantime I'll sport my brand new fashion <br /> Of waking up with pants on at 4:00 in the afternoon <br /> <br /> You need him. <br /> I could be him<br /> I could be an accident but I'm still trying. <br /> That's more than I can say for him.<br /> <br /> Where is your boy tonight? I hope he is a gentleman. <br /> Maybe he won't find out what I know:<br /> You were the last good thing about this part of town.<br /> <br /> Won't find it <br /> (He won't find out)<br /> <br /> Won't find it <br /> (He won't find out)<br /> <br /> Where is your boy tonight? I hope he is a gentleman. <br /> Maybe he won't find out what I know:<br /> You were the last good thing about this part of town.<br /> <br /> Where is your boy tonight? I hope he is a gentleman. <br /> (Won't find it)<br /> Maybe he won't find out what I know:<br /> You were the last good thing about this part of town.
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