"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.
So you thought we were over
Surprise, surprise
We're not going anywhere
So fell on your sword again
Tell me what the views like
Deep down in your carpet
You were straight, you were straight now you're twisted
You're right, you're right
Burn the joint to leave the waking
(hello, surprise)
Don't you turn, turn out your light
(hello, surprise)
Surprise, surprise
(hello, surprise)
Don't you turn your day into night
(hello, surprise)
Surprise, surprise
We all prayed, we all prayed you'd rise again
From the hard shoulder
What the doctor ordered
Gotta fix, gotta fix what's not broken
All broke, all broke, i'm busted
Hey twenty one and overs
(hello, surprise)
Don't you turn, turn out your light
(hello, surprise)
Surprise, surprise
(hello, surprise)
Don't you turn, your day into night
(hello, surprise)
Surprise, surprise
Still not satisfied
Still not satisfied
Still not satisfied
Still not satisfied
Falling backwards into darkness
Loving, reckless, hiding distress
I've got a message for you
You're the one who makes it come true
(hello, surprise)
Don't you turn, turn out your light
(hello, surprise)
Surprise, surprise
(hello, surprise)
Don't you turn, your day into night
(hello, surprise)
Surprise, surprise
Still not satisfied
(hello, surprise)
Still not satisfied
Still not satisfied
(hello, surprise)
Still not satisfied
Still not satisfied
Still not satisfied
Still not satisfied
Still not satisfied
Surprise, surprise
We're not going anywhere
So fell on your sword again
Tell me what the views like
Deep down in your carpet
You were straight, you were straight now you're twisted
You're right, you're right
Burn the joint to leave the waking
(hello, surprise)
Don't you turn, turn out your light
(hello, surprise)
Surprise, surprise
(hello, surprise)
Don't you turn your day into night
(hello, surprise)
Surprise, surprise
We all prayed, we all prayed you'd rise again
From the hard shoulder
What the doctor ordered
Gotta fix, gotta fix what's not broken
All broke, all broke, i'm busted
Hey twenty one and overs
(hello, surprise)
Don't you turn, turn out your light
(hello, surprise)
Surprise, surprise
(hello, surprise)
Don't you turn, your day into night
(hello, surprise)
Surprise, surprise
Still not satisfied
Still not satisfied
Still not satisfied
Still not satisfied
Falling backwards into darkness
Loving, reckless, hiding distress
I've got a message for you
You're the one who makes it come true
(hello, surprise)
Don't you turn, turn out your light
(hello, surprise)
Surprise, surprise
(hello, surprise)
Don't you turn, your day into night
(hello, surprise)
Surprise, surprise
Still not satisfied
(hello, surprise)
Still not satisfied
Still not satisfied
(hello, surprise)
Still not satisfied
Still not satisfied
Still not satisfied
Still not satisfied
Still not satisfied
Lyrics submitted by MaskOfSanity
Surprise Lyrics as written by James Glennie Timothy Booth
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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