"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.
You're building a case against me
Prosecutor, judge and jury
We've had this conversation in your head
'Cause I wasn't there you made up what I said
Or what I would have said
You know me so well
You've heard how I am and how I'm going to
Heaven knows we've never had this conversation
Or should I be calling it a condemnation?
'Cause you're not listening to me
So na na na na na
That's all I'm gonna say
'Cause na na na na na
Made up your mind anyway
Na na na na na
There's nothing I can do
So na na na na na
Couldn't we be friends if not for you
I feel like the teacher from charlie brown
All you hear is that wah wah wah sound
Maybe I'm a pokemon pikachu
'Cause that's what comes out when I'm talking to you
You're a crusader, you've made me your fight
Your superhero name is mister right
Instead of trying to understand
Tell all your friends how wrong I am
And you're not listening to me
So na na na na na
That's all I'm gonna say
'Cause na na na na na
Made up your mind anyway
Na na na na na
There's nothing I can do
So na na na na na
Couldn't we be friends if not for you
Can't we be friends?
Why does it end
Before a word is even heard?
I look at you, your attitude
Why can't you see that it's not me?
Oops, I did it again, I see
The person I'm talking about is me
Assuming you're the enemy in the crosshairs of my verbal uzi
No matter who wins, we both lose
No matter who starts, we both choose
To keep it going on and on and on and on and on ...
But let's start listening and see ...
La la la la la
La la la la la
Sorry that it got this way
La la la la la
Next time I won't let it stew
La la la la la
Couldn't we start over, me and you?
Prosecutor, judge and jury
We've had this conversation in your head
'Cause I wasn't there you made up what I said
Or what I would have said
You know me so well
You've heard how I am and how I'm going to
Heaven knows we've never had this conversation
Or should I be calling it a condemnation?
'Cause you're not listening to me
So na na na na na
That's all I'm gonna say
'Cause na na na na na
Made up your mind anyway
Na na na na na
There's nothing I can do
So na na na na na
Couldn't we be friends if not for you
I feel like the teacher from charlie brown
All you hear is that wah wah wah sound
Maybe I'm a pokemon pikachu
'Cause that's what comes out when I'm talking to you
You're a crusader, you've made me your fight
Your superhero name is mister right
Instead of trying to understand
Tell all your friends how wrong I am
And you're not listening to me
So na na na na na
That's all I'm gonna say
'Cause na na na na na
Made up your mind anyway
Na na na na na
There's nothing I can do
So na na na na na
Couldn't we be friends if not for you
Can't we be friends?
Why does it end
Before a word is even heard?
I look at you, your attitude
Why can't you see that it's not me?
Oops, I did it again, I see
The person I'm talking about is me
Assuming you're the enemy in the crosshairs of my verbal uzi
No matter who wins, we both lose
No matter who starts, we both choose
To keep it going on and on and on and on and on ...
But let's start listening and see ...
La la la la la
La la la la la
Sorry that it got this way
La la la la la
Next time I won't let it stew
La la la la la
Couldn't we start over, me and you?
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Na Na Lyrics as written by Dijon Mcfarlane Tremaine Neverson
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i think this song is about how a person thinks that they know someone else so well that they know what they're gonna say and never really bother to truly listen to them. so, now that they're the one trying to talk, the person they never really bothered to listen to is the one that isn't listening to show them how it feels. so now that they know how the other felt, they're trying to be friends knowing not to do it again.... or something like that >>;