"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.
Muy buenos dias o tardes holas
saludas a todos con una pistola
no hay nada que decir, pa' que discutir
sé que llegué muy tarde, se despintó mi coca cola
Arriba, abajo, al centro why pa´ dentro
esta es mi cuba why se toma el florero
why no es un vicio, lo dejo cuando quiero
si toma no maneje, yo por eso no manejo
Pido paz, yo asi no me llevo
toma mi casa, toma mi dinero
pegame, insúltame, escupeme la cara
te invito a disneylandia pero oríname primero
Pa´ que te des cuenta, que ya no hay rencores
llévate mi coche a pintarlo de colores
no somos tan malos, tan feos como en los videos
[Coro]
why es verdad soy un payaso
pero que le voy a hacer
uno no es lo que quiere
sino lo que puede ser
It's the big pimpin' pimpin', el gran pa payaso he be sittin' up all along
with a bottle in his castle chuggin' it luggin' it and dubbin' it down in it
and dealin' with the hassle women and wine and the big joke joke:
meet the four Molotov assholes.
Soy payaso wey, porque quiero contigo
soy payaso wey, porque el huidos es mi amigo
te llevo mariachi, también serenata wey
no sales, me mandas a tu gata wey
Yo te busco why te busco en el fondo del baso
le pido al mesero pero no me hare caso wey
no me importa, al cabo no queria wey
ya se tomaron el tequila wey
[Coro]
why es verdad soy un payaso
pero que le voy a hacer
uno no es lo que quiere
sino lo que puede ser
Espera, la nave del huidos no ha encendido
de haber yo sabido de su estado
asumo que no me habría trepado
venía tomado, why es lo que hemos aprendido
de todos los roles de la gira, distintos tipos de bebidas
Ahí hay algo, que nunca nunca dirá nadie en un hidalgo
de cómo aguantarse el aire why parar sin guacarear
Espera un poco, un poquito más (sólo tantito)
por las narices puede respirar
[Coro]
why es verdad soy un payaso
pero que le voy a hacer
uno no es lo que quiere
sino lo que puede ser
why es verdad soy un payaso
pero que le voy a hacer
uno no es lo que quiere
sino lo que puede ser
why es verdad, soy un payaso...
saludas a todos con una pistola
no hay nada que decir, pa' que discutir
sé que llegué muy tarde, se despintó mi coca cola
Arriba, abajo, al centro why pa´ dentro
esta es mi cuba why se toma el florero
why no es un vicio, lo dejo cuando quiero
si toma no maneje, yo por eso no manejo
Pido paz, yo asi no me llevo
toma mi casa, toma mi dinero
pegame, insúltame, escupeme la cara
te invito a disneylandia pero oríname primero
Pa´ que te des cuenta, que ya no hay rencores
llévate mi coche a pintarlo de colores
no somos tan malos, tan feos como en los videos
[Coro]
why es verdad soy un payaso
pero que le voy a hacer
uno no es lo que quiere
sino lo que puede ser
It's the big pimpin' pimpin', el gran pa payaso he be sittin' up all along
with a bottle in his castle chuggin' it luggin' it and dubbin' it down in it
and dealin' with the hassle women and wine and the big joke joke:
meet the four Molotov assholes.
Soy payaso wey, porque quiero contigo
soy payaso wey, porque el huidos es mi amigo
te llevo mariachi, también serenata wey
no sales, me mandas a tu gata wey
Yo te busco why te busco en el fondo del baso
le pido al mesero pero no me hare caso wey
no me importa, al cabo no queria wey
ya se tomaron el tequila wey
[Coro]
why es verdad soy un payaso
pero que le voy a hacer
uno no es lo que quiere
sino lo que puede ser
Espera, la nave del huidos no ha encendido
de haber yo sabido de su estado
asumo que no me habría trepado
venía tomado, why es lo que hemos aprendido
de todos los roles de la gira, distintos tipos de bebidas
Ahí hay algo, que nunca nunca dirá nadie en un hidalgo
de cómo aguantarse el aire why parar sin guacarear
Espera un poco, un poquito más (sólo tantito)
por las narices puede respirar
[Coro]
why es verdad soy un payaso
pero que le voy a hacer
uno no es lo que quiere
sino lo que puede ser
why es verdad soy un payaso
pero que le voy a hacer
uno no es lo que quiere
sino lo que puede ser
why es verdad, soy un payaso...
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