"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.
twelve O'clock midnight the scene is set
for a journey in the night they thought was right
no turning back till the job was done
no need for regret when they shoot some scum
no one else will suffer no one else will bleed
one finger of the right hand will cure the cancer
once and forever
shotgun blast ring in my ear
shoot some scum that rule by fear
a lot of good men will do some time
for a fucking cunt without a spine
the taste of the medicine is bitter sweet
just take a look around there's no retreat
cry and scream all you like
just have a feel of the dogs that bite
get on your shoes and run like hell
you're not moving very fast it's not hard to tell
look at your legs they're full of lead
it's such a shame it wasn't your head
shotgun blast ring in my ear
shoot some scum that rule by fear
a lot of good men will do some time
for a fucking cunt without a spine
ding dong ding dong I can hear a bell
ding dong ding dong move like hell
ding dong ding dong it seems to stop
ding dong ding dong you caught the fucking lot
shotgun blast ring in my ear
shoot some scum that rule by fear
a lot of good men will do some time
for a fucking cunt without a spine
ding dong ding dong I can hear a bell
ding dong ding dong move like hell
ding dong ding dong it seems to stop
ding dong ding dong you caught the fucking lot
the fucking lot
for a journey in the night they thought was right
no turning back till the job was done
no need for regret when they shoot some scum
no one else will suffer no one else will bleed
one finger of the right hand will cure the cancer
once and forever
shotgun blast ring in my ear
shoot some scum that rule by fear
a lot of good men will do some time
for a fucking cunt without a spine
the taste of the medicine is bitter sweet
just take a look around there's no retreat
cry and scream all you like
just have a feel of the dogs that bite
get on your shoes and run like hell
you're not moving very fast it's not hard to tell
look at your legs they're full of lead
it's such a shame it wasn't your head
shotgun blast ring in my ear
shoot some scum that rule by fear
a lot of good men will do some time
for a fucking cunt without a spine
ding dong ding dong I can hear a bell
ding dong ding dong move like hell
ding dong ding dong it seems to stop
ding dong ding dong you caught the fucking lot
shotgun blast ring in my ear
shoot some scum that rule by fear
a lot of good men will do some time
for a fucking cunt without a spine
ding dong ding dong I can hear a bell
ding dong ding dong move like hell
ding dong ding dong it seems to stop
ding dong ding dong you caught the fucking lot
the fucking lot
Lyrics submitted by cheeza4u
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