"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.
They look at me
Through their shaded eyes
I hit em hard
And dont apologize
Can you sell me someone elses brain
So I can play the game
And when they sell
Your soul for twice the price
Theyll never tell
When you fake a smile
Wear this, comb your hair like that
And dont forget to breathe
Chorus:
Spinning around
Im spinning around
Why do I ride in circles?
All the same faces
In all the same places
WHO DO I HAVE TO KILL?
Spinning around
Im spinning around
Why do I ride in circles?
Who do I have
Who do I have
WHO DO I HAVE TO KILL?
(To get off this merry go round)
What a trip
You said a banjo and DJ
Was hip
Are you kidding me??
Ill shake your hand and wave goodbye
Ill see you in hell (sucka!)
Bridge:
Who do I have to kill x2
On the golden poles, the tainted phonies
Riding on their painted ponies
The double-decker architecture
Twist and turn like Chubby Checker
Who do I have to kill to make a difference
Have to kill to be myself
Have to kill to get some answers
Have to kill
Through their shaded eyes
I hit em hard
And dont apologize
Can you sell me someone elses brain
So I can play the game
And when they sell
Your soul for twice the price
Theyll never tell
When you fake a smile
Wear this, comb your hair like that
And dont forget to breathe
Chorus:
Spinning around
Im spinning around
Why do I ride in circles?
All the same faces
In all the same places
WHO DO I HAVE TO KILL?
Spinning around
Im spinning around
Why do I ride in circles?
Who do I have
Who do I have
WHO DO I HAVE TO KILL?
(To get off this merry go round)
What a trip
You said a banjo and DJ
Was hip
Are you kidding me??
Ill shake your hand and wave goodbye
Ill see you in hell (sucka!)
Bridge:
Who do I have to kill x2
On the golden poles, the tainted phonies
Riding on their painted ponies
The double-decker architecture
Twist and turn like Chubby Checker
Who do I have to kill to make a difference
Have to kill to be myself
Have to kill to get some answers
Have to kill
Lyrics submitted by yal1091
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