"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.
I'm about to go cheesy
I don't give a shit
Cause every word I spit, well I mean it
I've got a long nose that pulls my pack
but still I know you're feeling it
Who me, your love? Don't talk
Cause I make you better by showing you
How much love I got for you
No, Don't, you need it
flicks like a tracker
wanna do things proper
Okey-dokey,
remember when you used to tell me no
Now you're telling me you don't wanna move slow
It's a mutual feeling
Good the feelings that I'm feeling are
making me look to the ceiling
leaving me dreaming
all my painful luck I was teething
I'll be your smurfette
your little darling, all dressed in blue
We can run the circle or shit 'til it hurt
Just me and you
pillow fight, pillow talk
I'll touch you in your sleep
Well, still I might
Now of course, I walk right in your dreams
I know who you are
And I know you're far
But you're close to my heart
So let me serenade you with my bars
But still I care
I'm here, you're there
So when I shout it sounds like whispers (whispers)
I know who you are
And I know you're far
But you're close to my heart
So let me serenade you with these bars
But still I care
I'm here, you're there
So when I shout it sounds like whispers (whispers)
(Dial tone)
"Come on, answer your phone, man."
"You never answer it."
"How do I get to speak to you anymore?"
(The person you called is not available.)
"I don't know, first malkin."
(Please leave your message after the tone.)
You ain't making this easy
You're taking a piss
That's about eight phone calls
of mine that you've missed
By tomorrow, it'll be twenty-six
Maybe I should stop, I feel like a div
I know what this is, this is stupid
I swear, I wanna beat up cupid
There's my heart in bits, that's what you did
Now I've gotta start a new team
Let's start again
Let's start and spend something I don't wanna do
Boo-hoo, my tears fall for you
I think, someone else, I wasn't being cruel to you
"Yeah, well, I'm gonna be that cheeky bitch (I don't know)."
"But now I'm in bits."
"You know how I feel, you know what it is."
I know who you are
And I know you're far
But you're close to my heart
So let me serenade you with my bars
But still I care
I'm here, you're there
So when I shout it sounds like whispers (whispers)
I know who you are
And I know you're far
But you're close to my heart
So let me serenade you with these bars
But still I care
I'm here, you're there
So when I shout it sounds like whispers (whispers)
Whispers (whispers)
Whispers (whispers)
Whispers (whispers)
Whispers (whispers)
Whispers (whispers)
I walk right in your dreams
Whispers (whispers)
I know who you are
And I know you're far
But you're close to my heart
So let me serenade you with my bars
But still I care
I'm here, you're there
So when I shout it sounds like whispers (whispers)
I know who you are
And I know you're far
But you're close to my heart
So let me serenade you with these bars
But still I care
I'm here, you're there
So when I shout it sounds like whispers (whispers)
I don't give a shit
Cause every word I spit, well I mean it
I've got a long nose that pulls my pack
but still I know you're feeling it
Who me, your love? Don't talk
Cause I make you better by showing you
How much love I got for you
No, Don't, you need it
flicks like a tracker
wanna do things proper
Okey-dokey,
remember when you used to tell me no
Now you're telling me you don't wanna move slow
It's a mutual feeling
Good the feelings that I'm feeling are
making me look to the ceiling
leaving me dreaming
all my painful luck I was teething
I'll be your smurfette
your little darling, all dressed in blue
We can run the circle or shit 'til it hurt
Just me and you
pillow fight, pillow talk
I'll touch you in your sleep
Well, still I might
Now of course, I walk right in your dreams
I know who you are
And I know you're far
But you're close to my heart
So let me serenade you with my bars
But still I care
I'm here, you're there
So when I shout it sounds like whispers (whispers)
I know who you are
And I know you're far
But you're close to my heart
So let me serenade you with these bars
But still I care
I'm here, you're there
So when I shout it sounds like whispers (whispers)
(Dial tone)
"Come on, answer your phone, man."
"You never answer it."
"How do I get to speak to you anymore?"
(The person you called is not available.)
"I don't know, first malkin."
(Please leave your message after the tone.)
You ain't making this easy
You're taking a piss
That's about eight phone calls
of mine that you've missed
By tomorrow, it'll be twenty-six
Maybe I should stop, I feel like a div
I know what this is, this is stupid
I swear, I wanna beat up cupid
There's my heart in bits, that's what you did
Now I've gotta start a new team
Let's start again
Let's start and spend something I don't wanna do
Boo-hoo, my tears fall for you
I think, someone else, I wasn't being cruel to you
"Yeah, well, I'm gonna be that cheeky bitch (I don't know)."
"But now I'm in bits."
"You know how I feel, you know what it is."
I know who you are
And I know you're far
But you're close to my heart
So let me serenade you with my bars
But still I care
I'm here, you're there
So when I shout it sounds like whispers (whispers)
I know who you are
And I know you're far
But you're close to my heart
So let me serenade you with these bars
But still I care
I'm here, you're there
So when I shout it sounds like whispers (whispers)
Whispers (whispers)
Whispers (whispers)
Whispers (whispers)
Whispers (whispers)
Whispers (whispers)
I walk right in your dreams
Whispers (whispers)
I know who you are
And I know you're far
But you're close to my heart
So let me serenade you with my bars
But still I care
I'm here, you're there
So when I shout it sounds like whispers (whispers)
I know who you are
And I know you're far
But you're close to my heart
So let me serenade you with these bars
But still I care
I'm here, you're there
So when I shout it sounds like whispers (whispers)
Lyrics submitted by shikonaori
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really cute song, but the part "shit till it hurts" scares me XD
This song is called Those Were The Days btw.. just umm yeah... interesting song.. nuff said
sooooooorry but these sound so off to me.]
Who me, your love? Don't talk sounds more like: Call me your love doctor.
We can run the circle or shit 'til it hurt sounds more like: We can run this earth, caress ya til it hurt (?)
I'm not sure about the last one, but the first one makes a lot more sense.
I found this song on Youtube...and well its MAAZING! Where can I download it? I cant even find it on Limewire!