"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.
Mrs. Butterworth tried for the fourth time today to get her ass out of bed but I don't have to explain 'cause it's the way things go and it's the way things change, the way things are and they always stay the same. So, Mrs. Butterworth, did I mention it seems like you're dying?
When she talks to me every once in a while she tries to laugh, she tries to smile. Tries to hold back the tears, but she knows they always come. You'll die, you'll burn, you'll fry, and you'll learn you can't trust no one, that was my mistake, while everybody's fighting for their own little piece of the cake.
IT TOOK TWO YEARS, BUT SHE FINISHED IT, FINALLY IT STOOD! SHE HAD NO HOME AND YOU GOT NO JOB, FINALLY IT STOOD! MRS. BUTTERWORTH'S SHELTER, IT TOOK TWO YEARS BUT SHE FINISHED IIIIIIIT.
When she talks to me every once in a while she tries to bleed she tries to smile. Tries to hold back the tears, but she knows they always come. You'll die, you'll burn, you'll fry, and you'll learn you can't trust no one, that was my mistake, when everybody's fighting for their own little piece of the cake.
GO!
And when she's HAPPY, she'll die alone, finally she's won. She was before but no one could tell, finally she's done. Everytime I see her. It's been a sad life but can't she see
Sometimes I wonder, where could she be now? Did she make it up to heaven or is she still around me? I guess I'll never know. Is she near me, in me, for me, with me? A sad sad soul but she had to had to go, but I never really told her she was more than the world to me.
GO!
Mrs. Butterworth cried for the last time today, it was early in the morning it was only three AM. But I came so quick and I ran to her side. I barely got there quick enough to see her close her eyes(/the lights?) for the last time. So why'd you have to go away? Sometimes I wonder, where could she be now? Did she make it up to heaven or is she still around me? I guess I'll never know. Is she near me, in me, for me, with me? A sad sad soul but she had to had to go, but I never really told her she was more than the world to me.
When she talks to me every once in a while she tries to laugh, she tries to smile. Tries to hold back the tears, but she knows they always come. You'll die, you'll burn, you'll fry, and you'll learn you can't trust no one, that was my mistake, while everybody's fighting for their own little piece of the cake.
IT TOOK TWO YEARS, BUT SHE FINISHED IT, FINALLY IT STOOD! SHE HAD NO HOME AND YOU GOT NO JOB, FINALLY IT STOOD! MRS. BUTTERWORTH'S SHELTER, IT TOOK TWO YEARS BUT SHE FINISHED IIIIIIIT.
When she talks to me every once in a while she tries to bleed she tries to smile. Tries to hold back the tears, but she knows they always come. You'll die, you'll burn, you'll fry, and you'll learn you can't trust no one, that was my mistake, when everybody's fighting for their own little piece of the cake.
GO!
And when she's HAPPY, she'll die alone, finally she's won. She was before but no one could tell, finally she's done. Everytime I see her. It's been a sad life but can't she see
Sometimes I wonder, where could she be now? Did she make it up to heaven or is she still around me? I guess I'll never know. Is she near me, in me, for me, with me? A sad sad soul but she had to had to go, but I never really told her she was more than the world to me.
GO!
Mrs. Butterworth cried for the last time today, it was early in the morning it was only three AM. But I came so quick and I ran to her side. I barely got there quick enough to see her close her eyes(/the lights?) for the last time. So why'd you have to go away? Sometimes I wonder, where could she be now? Did she make it up to heaven or is she still around me? I guess I'll never know. Is she near me, in me, for me, with me? A sad sad soul but she had to had to go, but I never really told her she was more than the world to me.
Lyrics submitted by MeAndOnlyMe, edited by rew9001
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