"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.
[Tycoon Tosh & The Terminator Troops - Prop Master's Party]
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five
Four, three, two, one
Ready!
Where's the beat?
Weeeell... Cool DJ - UNKLE!
[Star Wars Theme (Obscure Version)]
You are listening to Unklesounds in the mix
[Skelf Feat. Forme - I Can't Comprehend]
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
U.u.u.u.
N.n.n.n.
K - K - K - L-L E E E E e e e e!
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
U.u.u.u.
N.n.n.n.
K.k.k.k.
L.l.l.l.
E.E.E.E.
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
U.u.u.u.
N.n.n.n.
K.K.K.K.
L.L-e.e.
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
U.u.u.u.
N.n.n.n.
K.k.k.k.
L.l.l.l.
E.e.e.e.
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
U.u.u.u.
N.n.n.n.
K.k.k.k.
L.l.l.l.
E.e.e.e.
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
[Peter Dildo - Physical 2000]
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
- Unkle in the Mix
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
- James Lavelle enters to our rightful entertainment
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
An adventure unlike anything on your planet
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
[Unkle Feat. Ian Brown - Be There (Unklesounds Edit)]
We will give all our resources to finding...
We will discover the identity of your attacker
May the force be with you
Am I see you falling?
Am I see you falling?
I might see you falling beautiful
The same
I don't see you falling,
I don't see you falling,
I don't see you falling beautiful
Sometimes
I give you peace of mind
peace of mind
peace of mind
peace of mind
peace of mind
How should you feel when you smoke everything?
You can feel like you still feel unreal
How should you feel when you smoke everything?
You can feel like you still feel unreal
How do you feel?
How do you feel?
I don't see you falling,
I don't see you falling,
I don't see you falling beautiful
Sometimes
I give you peace of mind
peace of mind
peace of mind
peace of mind
peace of mind
Being aware, and there you are
[Girls On Top - I Wanna Dance With Numbers (Unklesounds Edit)]
Work to the sounds of Unkle
Eins eins Zwei, Six Sieben
One, Two
Eins eins Zwei, Six Sieben
One, Two
Eins eins Zwei, Six Sieben
One, Two
Eins eins Zwei, Six Sieben
Wanna Dance!
One, Two
I stretch, upon the hour
And the sun begins to fade
Still enough time to figure out
How to chase my blues
I'm gonna light up tonight
It's the light of day that shows me how
And when the night falls
A loneliness cause
A loneliness cause
A loneliness cause
Eins eins Zwei, Six Sieben
One, Two
Eins eins Zwei, Six Sieben
Wanna Dance!
One, Two
I've been in love, and lost in my senses
I'm spinnin' through the town
Sooner or later, the fever ends
And I wind up feeling down
I need a man who'll take a chance
On a love that burns hard enough to last
So when the night falls
My lonely heart calls
My lonely heart calls
My lonely heart calls
Woo!
Yeah-Ah!
Woo-yeah
Aha!
Yeah!
Wanna dance
Eins eins Zwei, Six Sieben
One, Two
Eins eins Zwei, Six Sieben
Wanna Dance!
One, Two
A loneliness cause
A loneliness cause
A loneliness cause
A loneliness cause
A loneliness cause
[Forme - Kick A Hole]
The beats come faster!
For the stone!
Kick me...
Kick me!
- *kick*
What was that? An exhibition?
Real Emotional Content
Try again.
- *kick*
I said emotional content
Not anger! Now try again! with meaning
- *kick*
Gotcha!
That's it!
What's it do to you?
Let me think...
Don't think!
Feeeeeel!
...For the stone
Kick a hole...
- Welcome to the sounds of Unkle
For the stone
Kick a hole, for the stone
Kick a hole, for the stone
Kick a hole, for the stone
Kick a hole
Kick a hole
Kick a hole, for the stone
Kick a hole, for the stone
Kick a hole
Kick a hole
Kick a hole
Kick a hole
Kick a hole, for the stone
Kick a ..., ... ... .....
Kick a hole, for the stone
Kick a hole, for the st...
Kick a hole, for the stone
Kick a hole, for the stone
Kick a hole, for the stone
For the stone
[Howie B - Hey Jack (Unkle Metamorphosis Remix)]
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll!
Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Turns me for...
Roll!
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
[The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows (Unklesounds Edit)]
Stop us, get a man down, d'you understand?
I've gots to give you a chance to dance a hole in your soul, baby
I climb, baby, I climb, for a dollar you can holla loud with the loud crowd!
Do the popcorn! Boogaloo! Twists if you want to!
Yes sir! Yes sir!
It is shining, it is shining
It is shining, it is shining
It is shining
Love is all and love is everyone
It is knowing, it is knowing
When ignorance and haste may mourn the dead
It is believing, it is believing
It is believing, it is believing
It is believing
Play the game existence to the end
Of the beginning, of the beginning
Of the beginning, of the beginning
Of the beginning, of the beginning
Of the beginning, of the beginning
[UNKLE - Eye For An Eye (Old Version)]
U.N.K.L.E
U N K L E e e e!
K-k-k-k-k-k
Keep on ro-ro-rockin'
Ro-ro-rockin'
Ro-ro-rockin'
Ro-ro-rockin'
Keep on ro-ro-rockin'
Ro-ro-rockin'
Ro-ro-rockin'
Ro-ro-rockin'
K-k-keep on ro-ro-rockin'
Keep on ro-ro-rockin'
Keep on ro-ro-rockin'
Where you're goin' you're not comin' back from
This great Evil...
Where's it come from?
How'd it steal into the world?
What seeth? What hate did it come from?
Who's doing this?
Who's killing us?
Mocking us with the sight of what we might have known
[Bushwacka! - Feel It]
Feel it - make you - dream it - hoped you!
Feel it - make you - dream it - hoped you!
Hoped you!
Shack on!
Hold your valium
Shack on!
Hold your valium
Hold your valium
Shack on!
Hold your valium
Hold your valium
Hold your valium
Shack on!
Hold your valium
Shack on!
Hoped you!
Feel it - make you - dream it - hoped you!
Feel it - make you - dream it - hoped you!
Hoped you!
Feel it - make you - dream it - hoped you!
Feel it - make you - dream it - hoped you!
[Mercury Rev - Holes (Unknown Remix)]
Unkle in the studio...
Studio, studio, studio, studio
But don't interrupt!
The music gets louder!
It makes the world faster
It's shackled...
Time, all the long red lines
That take control
Of all the smokelike streams
That flow into your dreams
That flow into your dreams
That flow into your dreams
That flow into your dreams
That flow into your dreams
Dreams
Dreams
Dreams
Dreams
Dreams
[Forme - Percussive Thinking]
Percussive thinking
The art of releasing
Your hopes and fears simultaneously
In order to free your soul
Percussive thinking
The art of releasing
Your hopes and fears simultaneously
In order to free your soul
Percussive thinking in order to free your soul
Percussive thinking in order to free your soul
Percussive thinking in order to free your soul
Percussive thinking in order to free your soul
Percussive thinking in order to free your soul
Percussive thinking
The art of releasing
Your hopes and fears simultaneously
In order to free your soul
Percussive-cussive
Thinking-thinking
Percussive thinking
The art of releasing
Your hopes and fears simultaneously
In order to free your soul
In order to free your soul
Percussive thinking in order to free your soul
In order to free your soul
Percussive thinking in order to free your soul
Soul, soul, soul, soul...
[Bushwacka! - Egyptian]
First there's one thing I want you to do
You are checking the sounds of Unkle entertainment
[Unklesounds - Interlude]
W H A T!
Wait, fetch Amber!
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4
My recipe for soul food...
[UNKLE - Rabbit In Your Headlights (Unklesounds Edit)]
We are all ready to win
Just as we are born
Knowing only life
I'm a rabbit in your headlights
Scared of the spotlight
You don't come to visit
I'm stuck in this bed
I'm a rabbit in your headlights
Christian suburbanite
Washed down the toilet
Money to burn
Fat bloody fingers
Are sucking your soul
Away
I'm a rabbit in your headlights
Christian suburbanite
Y'got money to burn
Fat bloody fingers
Are sucking your soul
Away
Away
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five
Four, three, two, one
Ready!
Where's the beat?
Weeeell... Cool DJ - UNKLE!
[Star Wars Theme (Obscure Version)]
You are listening to Unklesounds in the mix
[Skelf Feat. Forme - I Can't Comprehend]
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
U.u.u.u.
N.n.n.n.
K - K - K - L-L E E E E e e e e!
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
U.u.u.u.
N.n.n.n.
K.k.k.k.
L.l.l.l.
E.E.E.E.
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
U.u.u.u.
N.n.n.n.
K.K.K.K.
L.L-e.e.
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
U.u.u.u.
N.n.n.n.
K.k.k.k.
L.l.l.l.
E.e.e.e.
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
U.u.u.u.
N.n.n.n.
K.k.k.k.
L.l.l.l.
E.e.e.e.
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
I hear songs that should never end in places I can't comprehend
[Peter Dildo - Physical 2000]
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
- Unkle in the Mix
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
- James Lavelle enters to our rightful entertainment
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
An adventure unlike anything on your planet
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
Battle physically, Conquer mentally
[Unkle Feat. Ian Brown - Be There (Unklesounds Edit)]
We will give all our resources to finding...
We will discover the identity of your attacker
May the force be with you
Am I see you falling?
Am I see you falling?
I might see you falling beautiful
The same
I don't see you falling,
I don't see you falling,
I don't see you falling beautiful
Sometimes
I give you peace of mind
peace of mind
peace of mind
peace of mind
peace of mind
How should you feel when you smoke everything?
You can feel like you still feel unreal
How should you feel when you smoke everything?
You can feel like you still feel unreal
How do you feel?
How do you feel?
I don't see you falling,
I don't see you falling,
I don't see you falling beautiful
Sometimes
I give you peace of mind
peace of mind
peace of mind
peace of mind
peace of mind
Being aware, and there you are
[Girls On Top - I Wanna Dance With Numbers (Unklesounds Edit)]
Work to the sounds of Unkle
Eins eins Zwei, Six Sieben
One, Two
Eins eins Zwei, Six Sieben
One, Two
Eins eins Zwei, Six Sieben
One, Two
Eins eins Zwei, Six Sieben
Wanna Dance!
One, Two
I stretch, upon the hour
And the sun begins to fade
Still enough time to figure out
How to chase my blues
I'm gonna light up tonight
It's the light of day that shows me how
And when the night falls
A loneliness cause
A loneliness cause
A loneliness cause
Eins eins Zwei, Six Sieben
One, Two
Eins eins Zwei, Six Sieben
Wanna Dance!
One, Two
I've been in love, and lost in my senses
I'm spinnin' through the town
Sooner or later, the fever ends
And I wind up feeling down
I need a man who'll take a chance
On a love that burns hard enough to last
So when the night falls
My lonely heart calls
My lonely heart calls
My lonely heart calls
Woo!
Yeah-Ah!
Woo-yeah
Aha!
Yeah!
Wanna dance
Eins eins Zwei, Six Sieben
One, Two
Eins eins Zwei, Six Sieben
Wanna Dance!
One, Two
A loneliness cause
A loneliness cause
A loneliness cause
A loneliness cause
A loneliness cause
[Forme - Kick A Hole]
The beats come faster!
For the stone!
Kick me...
Kick me!
- *kick*
What was that? An exhibition?
Real Emotional Content
Try again.
- *kick*
I said emotional content
Not anger! Now try again! with meaning
- *kick*
Gotcha!
That's it!
What's it do to you?
Let me think...
Don't think!
Feeeeeel!
...For the stone
Kick a hole...
- Welcome to the sounds of Unkle
For the stone
Kick a hole, for the stone
Kick a hole, for the stone
Kick a hole, for the stone
Kick a hole
Kick a hole
Kick a hole, for the stone
Kick a hole, for the stone
Kick a hole
Kick a hole
Kick a hole
Kick a hole
Kick a hole, for the stone
Kick a ..., ... ... .....
Kick a hole, for the stone
Kick a hole, for the st...
Kick a hole, for the stone
Kick a hole, for the stone
Kick a hole, for the stone
For the stone
[Howie B - Hey Jack (Unkle Metamorphosis Remix)]
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll!
Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Turns me for...
Roll!
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack, hey Jack
Roll! Roll!
[The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows (Unklesounds Edit)]
Stop us, get a man down, d'you understand?
I've gots to give you a chance to dance a hole in your soul, baby
I climb, baby, I climb, for a dollar you can holla loud with the loud crowd!
Do the popcorn! Boogaloo! Twists if you want to!
Yes sir! Yes sir!
It is shining, it is shining
It is shining, it is shining
It is shining
Love is all and love is everyone
It is knowing, it is knowing
When ignorance and haste may mourn the dead
It is believing, it is believing
It is believing, it is believing
It is believing
Play the game existence to the end
Of the beginning, of the beginning
Of the beginning, of the beginning
Of the beginning, of the beginning
Of the beginning, of the beginning
[UNKLE - Eye For An Eye (Old Version)]
U.N.K.L.E
U N K L E e e e!
K-k-k-k-k-k
Keep on ro-ro-rockin'
Ro-ro-rockin'
Ro-ro-rockin'
Ro-ro-rockin'
Keep on ro-ro-rockin'
Ro-ro-rockin'
Ro-ro-rockin'
Ro-ro-rockin'
K-k-keep on ro-ro-rockin'
Keep on ro-ro-rockin'
Keep on ro-ro-rockin'
Where you're goin' you're not comin' back from
This great Evil...
Where's it come from?
How'd it steal into the world?
What seeth? What hate did it come from?
Who's doing this?
Who's killing us?
Mocking us with the sight of what we might have known
[Bushwacka! - Feel It]
Feel it - make you - dream it - hoped you!
Feel it - make you - dream it - hoped you!
Hoped you!
Shack on!
Hold your valium
Shack on!
Hold your valium
Hold your valium
Shack on!
Hold your valium
Hold your valium
Hold your valium
Shack on!
Hold your valium
Shack on!
Hoped you!
Feel it - make you - dream it - hoped you!
Feel it - make you - dream it - hoped you!
Hoped you!
Feel it - make you - dream it - hoped you!
Feel it - make you - dream it - hoped you!
[Mercury Rev - Holes (Unknown Remix)]
Unkle in the studio...
Studio, studio, studio, studio
But don't interrupt!
The music gets louder!
It makes the world faster
It's shackled...
Time, all the long red lines
That take control
Of all the smokelike streams
That flow into your dreams
That flow into your dreams
That flow into your dreams
That flow into your dreams
That flow into your dreams
Dreams
Dreams
Dreams
Dreams
Dreams
[Forme - Percussive Thinking]
Percussive thinking
The art of releasing
Your hopes and fears simultaneously
In order to free your soul
Percussive thinking
The art of releasing
Your hopes and fears simultaneously
In order to free your soul
Percussive thinking in order to free your soul
Percussive thinking in order to free your soul
Percussive thinking in order to free your soul
Percussive thinking in order to free your soul
Percussive thinking in order to free your soul
Percussive thinking
The art of releasing
Your hopes and fears simultaneously
In order to free your soul
Percussive-cussive
Thinking-thinking
Percussive thinking
The art of releasing
Your hopes and fears simultaneously
In order to free your soul
In order to free your soul
Percussive thinking in order to free your soul
In order to free your soul
Percussive thinking in order to free your soul
Soul, soul, soul, soul...
[Bushwacka! - Egyptian]
First there's one thing I want you to do
You are checking the sounds of Unkle entertainment
[Unklesounds - Interlude]
W H A T!
Wait, fetch Amber!
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4
My recipe for soul food...
[UNKLE - Rabbit In Your Headlights (Unklesounds Edit)]
We are all ready to win
Just as we are born
Knowing only life
I'm a rabbit in your headlights
Scared of the spotlight
You don't come to visit
I'm stuck in this bed
I'm a rabbit in your headlights
Christian suburbanite
Washed down the toilet
Money to burn
Fat bloody fingers
Are sucking your soul
Away
I'm a rabbit in your headlights
Christian suburbanite
Y'got money to burn
Fat bloody fingers
Are sucking your soul
Away
Away
Lyrics submitted by random_monkey
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