"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.
PC Speaker:
in my world, Linux never existed,
Linus Torvalds was born disfigured,
it was too much for his parents to take,
so they locked him in the car and then they pushed it in a lake,
Steve Jobs was murdered by his gay lover elf,
and I finished off Bill Gates by myself,
if I ruled the world, your door would be unlocked,
and i'd teach your Mom not to fear my cock,
I'd download all my music in MP3s,
and wouldn't fear retribution from record companies,
movies would be free because they all suck cock,
and I wouldn't have Armageddon bustin my block
Motherboard:
if I ruled the world, (Coaxke: All the hackers would unite.)
I'd free all my sons, (Coaxke: Have a picnic at the beach, fly an internet kite.)
black diamonds and pearls,
if I ruled the world (Coaxke: Furries wouldn't get to fuck underage girls.)
Coaxke:
if I ruled the world, I'd make the man give me head,
hack into fark and delete all of the threads,
release all the info that wants to be free,
and convince the music biz not to fear MP3s,
make bill gates pay to build the monorail,
replace the viaduct, and get my friends out of jail,
give the world iPods made of solid gold,
and release the cure for the common cold,
Subrandom:
if I ruled the world I'd roll up with my squad piece,
step out the Escalade with my studded cod-piece,
walk up in the club full of gay married couples,
my pants come down as I undo my buckle,
if I ruled the world, they'd accept my ways,
and the Nerdcore scene wouldn't hate on gays,
if I ruled the world, my cock would be long,
and I'd rock a lan party in an edible thong,
I'd find a genie and he'd grant me three wishes,
motherfucker, they're all about penises,
my world was perfect til I got high on meth,
and then I got that horse to fuck me to death
Motherboard:
and you walk up to the Gibson, hand in hand,
walk up to the Gibson, hack it man
Recycle Bin:
Lindsey Lohan would have never lost weight,
and all the porno she was in would be great,
I'd never see a dick in a titty community,
there's other fuckin places for that kinda nudity,
my Empornium ratio would always be at 1,
no one would seed shit where the bitches weigh a ton,
FSR videos introduced by Razor and Blade,
and Zero Cool would finally get laid,
Cereal would find a pair of rollerblade sandals,
and Joey would get himelf a 1337 ass handle,
we'd all have them Japanese toilets for stoolin,
if I ruled the world, it'd be great, no foolin
in my world, Linux never existed,
Linus Torvalds was born disfigured,
it was too much for his parents to take,
so they locked him in the car and then they pushed it in a lake,
Steve Jobs was murdered by his gay lover elf,
and I finished off Bill Gates by myself,
if I ruled the world, your door would be unlocked,
and i'd teach your Mom not to fear my cock,
I'd download all my music in MP3s,
and wouldn't fear retribution from record companies,
movies would be free because they all suck cock,
and I wouldn't have Armageddon bustin my block
Motherboard:
if I ruled the world, (Coaxke: All the hackers would unite.)
I'd free all my sons, (Coaxke: Have a picnic at the beach, fly an internet kite.)
black diamonds and pearls,
if I ruled the world (Coaxke: Furries wouldn't get to fuck underage girls.)
Coaxke:
if I ruled the world, I'd make the man give me head,
hack into fark and delete all of the threads,
release all the info that wants to be free,
and convince the music biz not to fear MP3s,
make bill gates pay to build the monorail,
replace the viaduct, and get my friends out of jail,
give the world iPods made of solid gold,
and release the cure for the common cold,
Subrandom:
if I ruled the world I'd roll up with my squad piece,
step out the Escalade with my studded cod-piece,
walk up in the club full of gay married couples,
my pants come down as I undo my buckle,
if I ruled the world, they'd accept my ways,
and the Nerdcore scene wouldn't hate on gays,
if I ruled the world, my cock would be long,
and I'd rock a lan party in an edible thong,
I'd find a genie and he'd grant me three wishes,
motherfucker, they're all about penises,
my world was perfect til I got high on meth,
and then I got that horse to fuck me to death
Motherboard:
and you walk up to the Gibson, hand in hand,
walk up to the Gibson, hack it man
Recycle Bin:
Lindsey Lohan would have never lost weight,
and all the porno she was in would be great,
I'd never see a dick in a titty community,
there's other fuckin places for that kinda nudity,
my Empornium ratio would always be at 1,
no one would seed shit where the bitches weigh a ton,
FSR videos introduced by Razor and Blade,
and Zero Cool would finally get laid,
Cereal would find a pair of rollerblade sandals,
and Joey would get himelf a 1337 ass handle,
we'd all have them Japanese toilets for stoolin,
if I ruled the world, it'd be great, no foolin
Lyrics submitted by L-Kyne
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Great version of a great song,
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