"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.
All your favorite movies
They ain't that funny
If you ain't that high
And I ain't that high
All your favorite books
They wouldn't seem so well written
If you were just a little bit more well read
Hey, Jack Kerouac is dead
And he drank himself to death
And I just, I just ain't that high
And all your favorite songs, they wouldn't seem all that sad
If you weren't so depressed
Elliott Smith seems like a mess to me
And you cry way too easily
The things that make you high'll make you die
The things that make you high'll make you die
I went to your party and your party got so clever
I put a milkcrate on my head and I surrendered in the corner
Some borderline whore asked me how I'm liking California
I just cried
You know, I saw you making eyes at some quote, unquote, gorgeous guy
Look a little closer because he's covered in flies
You know you're hot
But you're fried
You're cool
But you're iced out
You know exactly what I'm talking about
The things that make you high will make you die
The things that make you high will make you die
The crack has got you slipping through the cushions of your couch
Dilaudid's got your head like a howling haunted house
She said it's my party and I'll die if I want to
It's my party and I'll die if I want to
It's my party and I'll die if I want to
I'll die if I want to
It's my party and I'll die if I want to
I'll die if I want to
And it's my party and I'll die if I want to
Die if I want to, die if I want to
You would too if it happened to you
They ain't that funny
If you ain't that high
And I ain't that high
All your favorite books
They wouldn't seem so well written
If you were just a little bit more well read
Hey, Jack Kerouac is dead
And he drank himself to death
And I just, I just ain't that high
And all your favorite songs, they wouldn't seem all that sad
If you weren't so depressed
Elliott Smith seems like a mess to me
And you cry way too easily
The things that make you high'll make you die
The things that make you high'll make you die
I went to your party and your party got so clever
I put a milkcrate on my head and I surrendered in the corner
Some borderline whore asked me how I'm liking California
I just cried
You know, I saw you making eyes at some quote, unquote, gorgeous guy
Look a little closer because he's covered in flies
You know you're hot
But you're fried
You're cool
But you're iced out
You know exactly what I'm talking about
The things that make you high will make you die
The things that make you high will make you die
The crack has got you slipping through the cushions of your couch
Dilaudid's got your head like a howling haunted house
She said it's my party and I'll die if I want to
It's my party and I'll die if I want to
It's my party and I'll die if I want to
I'll die if I want to
It's my party and I'll die if I want to
I'll die if I want to
And it's my party and I'll die if I want to
Die if I want to, die if I want to
You would too if it happened to you
Lyrics submitted by leonperkin
Hot Fries Lyrics as written by Tad Jason Kubler Craig A Finn
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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