"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.
Hasta siempre. Que vive la Revolución
Rapero número uno el grito en la cancción
Soy el papel del líder como Fidel Castro
Tengo el microfóno amigo cuidado
Solaar, soy al mismo tiempo ser y estar
Estrella : la gente de Indía me llama star
Paz al rap de Barcelona. De Costa Rica.
Alianza tercer mundo Suramerica
A mí me gustaba la chica llamaba Rachel
Tengo la voz, la fuerza, estiló y papel.
Si te gusta vas a bailar como Ibiza.
Soy como el sol. Hijo de Africa
Eso es amor sin dolor
Hasta la próxima mi amor
Eso es amor sin dolor
Hasta la vista mi amor
J'étais livreur de pizzas près de l'hacienda
Où la chica du nom d'Esmeralda faisait la fiesta
Comme par hasard elle me commande un pan-chorizo
J'ai compris le complot cuando la fille me dit te quierro
Amigo, dans le barrio on se pavanait sec.
Sex six jours sur septembre Tequila, pas de prise de tête
Mais ça n'a pas plu à certains pistoleros
Bagarreurs tel Valera de vraies têtes de vils héros
Expulsé de la ville tel un sans pap
Seul sans barillet, isolé tel un catho sans pape
Quand je pense à toi Rachel Esmeralda
J'en ai la gorge serrée mais bon j'ai des valda
Eso es amor sin dolor
Hasta la próxima mi amor
Eso es amor sin dolor
Hasta la vista mi amor
On est en Californie, bien avant B-Watch
J'marche solo tel un orphelin dans la poche de Bihac
Y a des noichs Kwan Chang Ken et des gringos
Dégringolent y a des panchos sous les sombreros
À contre-jour Esmeralda déesse
Les yeux pleins de liesse sort du Poney Express
Elle me dit vamonos, je réponds yes
C'était Bonnie et Claude dans notre Dame de Barbès
Hasta la vista, générique final
Hasta la próxima, on part vers l'ouest à cheval
Tout le monde se lève il n'y a plus personne dans le ciné
Le film est terminé mais j'entends chanter
Eso es amor sin dolor
Hasta la próxima mi amor
Eso es amor sin dolor
Hasta la vista mi amor
Rapero número uno el grito en la cancción
Soy el papel del líder como Fidel Castro
Tengo el microfóno amigo cuidado
Solaar, soy al mismo tiempo ser y estar
Estrella : la gente de Indía me llama star
Paz al rap de Barcelona. De Costa Rica.
Alianza tercer mundo Suramerica
A mí me gustaba la chica llamaba Rachel
Tengo la voz, la fuerza, estiló y papel.
Si te gusta vas a bailar como Ibiza.
Soy como el sol. Hijo de Africa
Eso es amor sin dolor
Hasta la próxima mi amor
Eso es amor sin dolor
Hasta la vista mi amor
J'étais livreur de pizzas près de l'hacienda
Où la chica du nom d'Esmeralda faisait la fiesta
Comme par hasard elle me commande un pan-chorizo
J'ai compris le complot cuando la fille me dit te quierro
Amigo, dans le barrio on se pavanait sec.
Sex six jours sur septembre Tequila, pas de prise de tête
Mais ça n'a pas plu à certains pistoleros
Bagarreurs tel Valera de vraies têtes de vils héros
Expulsé de la ville tel un sans pap
Seul sans barillet, isolé tel un catho sans pape
Quand je pense à toi Rachel Esmeralda
J'en ai la gorge serrée mais bon j'ai des valda
Eso es amor sin dolor
Hasta la próxima mi amor
Eso es amor sin dolor
Hasta la vista mi amor
On est en Californie, bien avant B-Watch
J'marche solo tel un orphelin dans la poche de Bihac
Y a des noichs Kwan Chang Ken et des gringos
Dégringolent y a des panchos sous les sombreros
À contre-jour Esmeralda déesse
Les yeux pleins de liesse sort du Poney Express
Elle me dit vamonos, je réponds yes
C'était Bonnie et Claude dans notre Dame de Barbès
Hasta la vista, générique final
Hasta la próxima, on part vers l'ouest à cheval
Tout le monde se lève il n'y a plus personne dans le ciné
Le film est terminé mais j'entends chanter
Eso es amor sin dolor
Hasta la próxima mi amor
Eso es amor sin dolor
Hasta la vista mi amor
Lyrics submitted by FrenchMan
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Je crois que'Esmerelda et lui on finissient leurs amours et elle lui chante "au revoir"