"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.
There are no worries for someone
Life's in no hurry for someone
There are no worries for
Nothing major or too complicated
Just a friendly wager that we orchestrated
For someone someone
Cut my heart out
With a feather
And put an end
To any extra pressure
For someone
There are no worries for someone
Life's in no hurry for someone
There are no worries for
Ride around on mellow waves of mercy
And fill the space with lack of controversy
For someone
Someone
Set it up to follow you
On my aeroplane
Here's a present
For the future memory lane
Someone
There are no worries for someone
Life's in no hurry for someone
There are no worries for
Light it up the room
She sang into any twane
Hit 'em up cause you got me
A moth to your flame
Someone
There are no worries for someone
Life's in no hurry for someone
There are no worries for me
For me
For me
For me
Life's in no hurry for someone
There are no worries for
Nothing major or too complicated
Just a friendly wager that we orchestrated
For someone someone
Cut my heart out
With a feather
And put an end
To any extra pressure
For someone
There are no worries for someone
Life's in no hurry for someone
There are no worries for
Ride around on mellow waves of mercy
And fill the space with lack of controversy
For someone
Someone
Set it up to follow you
On my aeroplane
Here's a present
For the future memory lane
Someone
There are no worries for someone
Life's in no hurry for someone
There are no worries for
Light it up the room
She sang into any twane
Hit 'em up cause you got me
A moth to your flame
Someone
There are no worries for someone
Life's in no hurry for someone
There are no worries for me
For me
For me
For me
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Someone Lyrics as written by John Frusciante Michael Balzary
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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