"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.
Sgt. Pilcher, Sgt. Pilcher, ingenious Sgt. Pilcher. He's found a way to make them pay for the deviant things they do and say. Pilcher, Sgt. Pilcher, quick-witted Sgt. Pilcher. He's a dutiful man with his task at hand, and he's bound to insure with his master plan the purity of the mother land. Sgt. Pilcher.
In October of 1968 in heart of Montague Square, there was a rumor of some deviation so Pilcher's Squad was there. Though it was determined before the intrudence the flat was fully clear. When Pilcher arrived and made his inspection the hashish magically appeared.
Pilcher, Sgt. Pilcher, ingenious Sgt. Pilcher. He's found a way to make them pay for the deviant things they do and say. Pilcher, Sgt. Pilcher, quick-witted Sgt. Pilcher. He's a dutiful man with his task at hand and he's bound to insure with his master plan the purity of the motherland. Sgt. Pilcher.
In March of 1969 on return from the store, Patty Harrison found Pilcher's squad waiting at her door. Planting tidbits on the pop-stars seemed quite the thing to do 'till it landed Pilcher in the Pokie in 1972.
Sgt. Pilcher, Sgt. Pilcher, that cunning St. Pilcher. He's found a way to make them pay for the deviant things they do and say. Pilcher, Sgt. Pilcher, sharp as a tack that Pilcher. He's a dutiful man with a task at hand and he's bound to insure with his master plan the purity of the motherland. Sgt. Pilcher.
In October of 1968 in heart of Montague Square, there was a rumor of some deviation so Pilcher's Squad was there. Though it was determined before the intrudence the flat was fully clear. When Pilcher arrived and made his inspection the hashish magically appeared.
Pilcher, Sgt. Pilcher, ingenious Sgt. Pilcher. He's found a way to make them pay for the deviant things they do and say. Pilcher, Sgt. Pilcher, quick-witted Sgt. Pilcher. He's a dutiful man with his task at hand and he's bound to insure with his master plan the purity of the motherland. Sgt. Pilcher.
In March of 1969 on return from the store, Patty Harrison found Pilcher's squad waiting at her door. Planting tidbits on the pop-stars seemed quite the thing to do 'till it landed Pilcher in the Pokie in 1972.
Sgt. Pilcher, Sgt. Pilcher, that cunning St. Pilcher. He's found a way to make them pay for the deviant things they do and say. Pilcher, Sgt. Pilcher, sharp as a tack that Pilcher. He's a dutiful man with a task at hand and he's bound to insure with his master plan the purity of the motherland. Sgt. Pilcher.
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