"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.
When you're out with your friends
In your new Mercedes-Benz
And you're on drugs
And you show up late for school
'Cause you think you're really cool
And you're on drugs
And you put on your headphones
And you step into the zone
And you're on drugs
But the world don't care
If you are or are not there
'Cause you're on drugs
Give it to me
We are all on drugs
Yeah, never get enough
(Never get enough)
We are all on drugs
Yeah, give me some of that stuff
(Woo)
And you twitch in your seat
'Cause you wanna hit the street
When you're on drugs
And you cause such a fuss
'Cause there's no one you can trust
When you're on drugs
And the best of your days
Will all vanish in the haze
When you're on drugs
And you wish you could quit
'Cause you're really sick of it
But you're on drugs
Give it to me
We are all on drugs
Yeah, never get enough
(Never get enough)
We are all on drugs
Yeah, give me some of that stuff
(Woo)
I want to reach a higher place
Where things will never be the same
Oh
[SOLO]
Give it to me
We are all on drugs
Yeah, never get enough
(Never get enough)
We are all on drugs
Yeah, give me some of that stuff
(Woo)
We are all on drugs
(We are all on drugs)
We are all on drugs
(We are all on drugs)
We are all on drugs
(We are all on drugs)
We are all on drugs
(Woo)
In your new Mercedes-Benz
And you're on drugs
And you show up late for school
'Cause you think you're really cool
And you're on drugs
And you put on your headphones
And you step into the zone
And you're on drugs
But the world don't care
If you are or are not there
'Cause you're on drugs
Give it to me
We are all on drugs
Yeah, never get enough
(Never get enough)
We are all on drugs
Yeah, give me some of that stuff
(Woo)
And you twitch in your seat
'Cause you wanna hit the street
When you're on drugs
And you cause such a fuss
'Cause there's no one you can trust
When you're on drugs
And the best of your days
Will all vanish in the haze
When you're on drugs
And you wish you could quit
'Cause you're really sick of it
But you're on drugs
Give it to me
We are all on drugs
Yeah, never get enough
(Never get enough)
We are all on drugs
Yeah, give me some of that stuff
(Woo)
I want to reach a higher place
Where things will never be the same
Oh
[SOLO]
Give it to me
We are all on drugs
Yeah, never get enough
(Never get enough)
We are all on drugs
Yeah, give me some of that stuff
(Woo)
We are all on drugs
(We are all on drugs)
We are all on drugs
(We are all on drugs)
We are all on drugs
(We are all on drugs)
We are all on drugs
(Woo)
Lyrics submitted by Wrapid, edited by KasidyHardy
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