"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 asked you if you're alright
You say yes
But all the time you know
It's a mess
It's 5 PM and you're on your way home
Just another day with that endless grey drone
Three minute hero
I wanna be, a three minute hero
I wanna be, a three minute hero
I wanna be, a three minute hero
Drag yourself along the road
Sit on the bus
Switch on your transistor
Causes a fuss
It's 11 PM and you're on your way home
Just another night with that endless grey drone
Three minute hero
I wanna be, a three minute hero
I wanna be, a three minute hero
I wanna be, a three minute hero
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be
A three minute hero
Three minute hero
I wanna be, a three minute hero
I wanna be, a three minute hero
I wanna be, a three minute hero
It's too early in the morning
Stupid job
Don't wanna eat, can't think straight
Same as yesterday
It's 7 AM and you're leaving home
Just another day with that endless grey drone
A three minute hero, I wanna be
A three minute hero, I wanna be
A three minute hero, I wanna be
A three minute hero, I wanna be
A three minute hero, I wanna be
A three minute hero, I wanna be
A three minute hero, I gotta be
A three minute hero, I wanna be
A three minute hero, I gotta be
A three minute hero, I wanna be
A three minute hero, I gotta be
You say yes
But all the time you know
It's a mess
It's 5 PM and you're on your way home
Just another day with that endless grey drone
Three minute hero
I wanna be, a three minute hero
I wanna be, a three minute hero
I wanna be, a three minute hero
Drag yourself along the road
Sit on the bus
Switch on your transistor
Causes a fuss
It's 11 PM and you're on your way home
Just another night with that endless grey drone
Three minute hero
I wanna be, a three minute hero
I wanna be, a three minute hero
I wanna be, a three minute hero
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be
A three minute hero
Three minute hero
I wanna be, a three minute hero
I wanna be, a three minute hero
I wanna be, a three minute hero
It's too early in the morning
Stupid job
Don't wanna eat, can't think straight
Same as yesterday
It's 7 AM and you're leaving home
Just another day with that endless grey drone
A three minute hero, I wanna be
A three minute hero, I wanna be
A three minute hero, I wanna be
A three minute hero, I wanna be
A three minute hero, I wanna be
A three minute hero, I wanna be
A three minute hero, I gotta be
A three minute hero, I wanna be
A three minute hero, I gotta be
A three minute hero, I wanna be
A three minute hero, I gotta be
Lyrics submitted by skacore_dude
Three Minute Hero Lyrics as written by Neol Davies
Lyrics © Casablanca Media Publishing
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I heard of them! I bought a cassette of their album "Too Much Pressure" in 1980, while I was passing through Germany. I enjoyed it immensely. I never quite understood what the 3 minute hero business was, although I had a mistaken idea from what I thought the words were near the end - "It's too early in the morning, (you) stupid JOCK!" hahaha. That could have solved it for me. Any other ideas?
I heard of them! I bought a cassette of their album "Too Much Pressure" in 1980, while I was passing through Germany. I enjoyed it immensely. I never quite understood what the 3 minute hero business was, although I had a mistaken idea from what I thought the words were near the end - "It's too early in the morning, (you) stupid JOCK!" hahaha. That could have solved it for me. Any other ideas?
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