"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.
But he's that one
He's just a manly ese loco
With a plan
He's got them girls
He's got the buds
The triple loaded blunts
At first he stacks
And then he packs
And puts on his surf racks
Hits them waves ten feet high
And they're pounding on the shore
We never wanted this
He never needed that
It's time we take right back
The problems that he's got to give us
He goes to parties
Pushin' shovin' kids
â??N drinkin' from the pool
He's throwin' bottles in the air
Sometimes he thinks it's really cool
Never wanted never needed
Never bleeded common sense
See the writings on the wall
And kyle was pullin' down his pants
He never wanted this
He never needed that
It's time we take right back
The problems that he's got to give us
He is the one he's just a manly ese loco
With a plan
He's got the girls he's got the buds
The triple loaded blunts
At first he stacks
And then he packs
And puts on his surf racks
Hits them waves ten feet high
And they're pounding on the shore
(Sobriety)(lets get faded)
They're pounding on that shore
(Sobriety)(lets get faded)
But let me give it to you one more time
(So faded)
You paddle out so far
You think that your gonna die
(Sobriety)
You see them waves
They're breaking right over your head
But if your caught inside
You're bound to be dead
We never wanted this
He never needed that
It's time we take right back
The problems that he's got to give
He never wanted this
He never needed that
It's time we take right back
The problems that he's got to give
He's just a manly ese loco
With a plan
He's got them girls
He's got the buds
The triple loaded blunts
At first he stacks
And then he packs
And puts on his surf racks
Hits them waves ten feet high
And they're pounding on the shore
We never wanted this
He never needed that
It's time we take right back
The problems that he's got to give us
He goes to parties
Pushin' shovin' kids
â??N drinkin' from the pool
He's throwin' bottles in the air
Sometimes he thinks it's really cool
Never wanted never needed
Never bleeded common sense
See the writings on the wall
And kyle was pullin' down his pants
He never wanted this
He never needed that
It's time we take right back
The problems that he's got to give us
He is the one he's just a manly ese loco
With a plan
He's got the girls he's got the buds
The triple loaded blunts
At first he stacks
And then he packs
And puts on his surf racks
Hits them waves ten feet high
And they're pounding on the shore
(Sobriety)(lets get faded)
They're pounding on that shore
(Sobriety)(lets get faded)
But let me give it to you one more time
(So faded)
You paddle out so far
You think that your gonna die
(Sobriety)
You see them waves
They're breaking right over your head
But if your caught inside
You're bound to be dead
We never wanted this
He never needed that
It's time we take right back
The problems that he's got to give
He never wanted this
He never needed that
It's time we take right back
The problems that he's got to give
Lyrics submitted by RaistlinMagius
Ese Loco Lyrics as written by Kyle Alexander Mcdonald Adam Bausch
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing
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This song is about Brad Nowell...
No way.
whoa. i agree, no way.
You know Raistlin, at first I thought you were crazy, but I re-read the lyrics and I think you could be right. There are a ton of Sublime references in there, like "it's time we take RIGHT BACK", and "you PADDLE OUT so far." Also, the part about going to parties and pushing kids, drinking from the pool, and throwing bottles in the air sounds a lot like that song, What Happened. Anyway, you may be way off, but at least it's possible. I mean Brad's label, Skunk Records, did give these guys their first record deal. Either way, it's a kickass song!