"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.
KATE :
Finally, I get to teach a whole lesson all by myself! And I'm going to teach something relevant! Something modern! The Internet!
The internet is really really great
TREKKIE MONSTER:
For porn
KATE:
I’ve got a fast connection so i don’t have to wait
TREKKIE:
For porn
KATE:
What?
There's always some new site
TREKKIE:
For porn
KATE:
I browse all day and night
TREKKIE:
For porn
KATE:
It's like I’m surfing at the speed of light!
TREKKIE:
For porn!
KATE:
Trekkie!
TREKKIE:
The internet is for porn
KATE:
Trekkie!
TREKKIE:
The internet is for porn
KATE:
What are you doing?
TREKKIE:
Why you think the net was born?
Porn, porn, porn.
KATE:
Trekkie...
TREKKIE:
Oh!
Hello, Kate Monster!
KATE:
You are ruining my song!
TREKKIE:
Oh, me sorry. Me no mean to.
KATE:
Well, if you wouldn't mind please being quiet for a minute so I can finish?
TREKKIE:
Okey dokey
KATE:
Good
I’m glad we have this new technology
TREKKIE:
For porn...oops!
KATE:
Which gives us untold opportunity
TREKKIE:
For porn...oops, sorry!
KATE:
Right from you own desktop
TREKKIE:
For...
KATE:
You can research, browse, and shop
TREKKIE:
...
KATE:
Until you’ve had enough and your ready to stop
TREKKIE:
FOR PORN!!
KATE:
Trekkie!
TREKKIE:
The internet is for porn!
KATE:
No!
TREKKIE:
The internet if for porn!
KATE:
Trekkie!!
TREKKIE:
Me up all night honking me horn
to porn, porn, porn!
KATE:
That’s gross! You’re a pervert!
TREKKIE:
Ah, sticks and stones, Kate Monster.
KATE:
No really, you're a pervert. Normal people don’t sit at home and look at porn on the internet.
TREKKIE:
Ohhhh?
KATE:
What?
TREKKIE:
You have no idea! Ready normal people?
BRIAN:
Ready
GARY:
Ready
PRINCETON:
Ready
TREKKIE:
Let me hear it!
TREKKIE AND GUYS:
The internet is for porn!
PRINCETON:
Sorry, Kate...
TREKKIE AND GUYS:
The internet is for porn!
PRINCETON:
I masturbate!
TREKKIE:
All these guys unzip their flies for porn, porn, porn!
KATE:
The internet is not for porn!!
TREKKIE AND GUYS:
PORN
PORN...
KATE:
HOLD ON A SECOND!
Now I happen to know for a fact that you, Rob, check your portfolio and trade stocks online.
ROB:
That’s correct.
KATE:
And Brian, you buy things on Amazon.com.
BRIAN:
Sure!
KATE:
And Gary, you keep selling your possesions on eBay.
GARY:
Yes I do!
KATE:
And Princeton, you sent me that sweet online birthday card.
PRINCETON:
True
TREKKIE:
Oh, but Kate... what you think he do after? Hmm?
PRINCETON:
...Yeah...
KATE:
EEEWWWWW!!!
TREKKIE AND GUYS:
The internet is for porn!
KATE:
GROSS!
TREKKIE AND GUYS:
The internet is for porn!
KATE:
I HATE PORN!
TREKKIE AND GUYS:
Grab your dick and double click for porn, porn, porn!
KATE:
I HATE MEN!
TREKKIE AND GUYS:
Porn, porn, porn, porn
KATE:
I’M LEAVING!
TREKKIE AND GUYS:
Porn, porn, porn, porn
KATE:
I HATE THE INTERNET!
TREKKIE:
The internet is for...
TREKKIE AND SOME:
Internet is for...
TREKKIE AND ALL:
Internet is for PORN!
TREKKIE:
YEAH!
Finally, I get to teach a whole lesson all by myself! And I'm going to teach something relevant! Something modern! The Internet!
The internet is really really great
TREKKIE MONSTER:
For porn
KATE:
I’ve got a fast connection so i don’t have to wait
TREKKIE:
For porn
KATE:
What?
There's always some new site
TREKKIE:
For porn
KATE:
I browse all day and night
TREKKIE:
For porn
KATE:
It's like I’m surfing at the speed of light!
TREKKIE:
For porn!
KATE:
Trekkie!
TREKKIE:
The internet is for porn
KATE:
Trekkie!
TREKKIE:
The internet is for porn
KATE:
What are you doing?
TREKKIE:
Why you think the net was born?
Porn, porn, porn.
KATE:
Trekkie...
TREKKIE:
Oh!
Hello, Kate Monster!
KATE:
You are ruining my song!
TREKKIE:
Oh, me sorry. Me no mean to.
KATE:
Well, if you wouldn't mind please being quiet for a minute so I can finish?
TREKKIE:
Okey dokey
KATE:
Good
I’m glad we have this new technology
TREKKIE:
For porn...oops!
KATE:
Which gives us untold opportunity
TREKKIE:
For porn...oops, sorry!
KATE:
Right from you own desktop
TREKKIE:
For...
KATE:
You can research, browse, and shop
TREKKIE:
...
KATE:
Until you’ve had enough and your ready to stop
TREKKIE:
FOR PORN!!
KATE:
Trekkie!
TREKKIE:
The internet is for porn!
KATE:
No!
TREKKIE:
The internet if for porn!
KATE:
Trekkie!!
TREKKIE:
Me up all night honking me horn
to porn, porn, porn!
KATE:
That’s gross! You’re a pervert!
TREKKIE:
Ah, sticks and stones, Kate Monster.
KATE:
No really, you're a pervert. Normal people don’t sit at home and look at porn on the internet.
TREKKIE:
Ohhhh?
KATE:
What?
TREKKIE:
You have no idea! Ready normal people?
BRIAN:
Ready
GARY:
Ready
PRINCETON:
Ready
TREKKIE:
Let me hear it!
TREKKIE AND GUYS:
The internet is for porn!
PRINCETON:
Sorry, Kate...
TREKKIE AND GUYS:
The internet is for porn!
PRINCETON:
I masturbate!
TREKKIE:
All these guys unzip their flies for porn, porn, porn!
KATE:
The internet is not for porn!!
TREKKIE AND GUYS:
PORN
PORN...
KATE:
HOLD ON A SECOND!
Now I happen to know for a fact that you, Rob, check your portfolio and trade stocks online.
ROB:
That’s correct.
KATE:
And Brian, you buy things on Amazon.com.
BRIAN:
Sure!
KATE:
And Gary, you keep selling your possesions on eBay.
GARY:
Yes I do!
KATE:
And Princeton, you sent me that sweet online birthday card.
PRINCETON:
True
TREKKIE:
Oh, but Kate... what you think he do after? Hmm?
PRINCETON:
...Yeah...
KATE:
EEEWWWWW!!!
TREKKIE AND GUYS:
The internet is for porn!
KATE:
GROSS!
TREKKIE AND GUYS:
The internet is for porn!
KATE:
I HATE PORN!
TREKKIE AND GUYS:
Grab your dick and double click for porn, porn, porn!
KATE:
I HATE MEN!
TREKKIE AND GUYS:
Porn, porn, porn, porn
KATE:
I’M LEAVING!
TREKKIE AND GUYS:
Porn, porn, porn, porn
KATE:
I HATE THE INTERNET!
TREKKIE:
The internet is for...
TREKKIE AND SOME:
Internet is for...
TREKKIE AND ALL:
Internet is for PORN!
TREKKIE:
YEAH!
Lyrics submitted by rav4guy
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