"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.
Everybody took everything that they could, and they
Made a little town, out of stones and out of wood, and they
Made a little king, out of plasticine, and they
Threw the rules away, but they kept the wisdom in.
And all of the birds and the bees lived so peacefully.
And all of the babies, they slept so gently.
Until..
Little Red Little Red Little Red Little Red Little Red Little Red Little Red Little Red
Little Red Little Red Little Red Little Red Little Red Little Little red came knocking.
Little garden how do I make your flowers grow, when I already do everything that I know.
I bring you sunshine and I bring you rain, but still you refrain.
All the other gardens are so full of flowers.
They're so colourful yet I spend all these hours,
trying to make you as beautiful as them, but still you refrain.
Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Scratch x 4
Little Girl, Why are you crying,
just because the flowers in your garden are dying,
theres so much, that you could be doing,
and all of your neighbours well they havent got a clue oh,
come on with me, well have a little bit of fun, yeah,
its not too dangerous and we wont hurt anyone yeah,
well cause some havoc between the birds and the bees and well ,
well paint the town red and well shake the trees,
oh come on with me and Ill show you a good time,
all you have to do, is a jump and a climb, and Ill,
Ill take you over to the other side of town,
well theres so much to do there and nobody wears a crown.
Oh
Should I go? Or should I stay? My flowers are dying and Im sick and tired anyway,
This boy seems kinda cool, his jeans are kind of low.
Well I think Ill go.
Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump Climb x 4
Oh, lets pack a picnic and well go for a drive.
Well go to a funfair and go on all the rides.
Well climb up a mountain and well take in the sights,
well jump in a plane and fly.
If you want you can come back to mine.
Well drink some coffee and you can spend the night.
Well do anything that makes you smile,
cause your smile is beautiful and it makes me happy,
cause your smile is beautiful and it makes me happy
This Little Girl She grew up and moved away and she
She lived her life full of risk and full of play and she
She lived her life, with so much to say, and
Her flowers they grow more beautiful everyday
Made a little town, out of stones and out of wood, and they
Made a little king, out of plasticine, and they
Threw the rules away, but they kept the wisdom in.
And all of the birds and the bees lived so peacefully.
And all of the babies, they slept so gently.
Until..
Little Red Little Red Little Red Little Red Little Red Little Red Little Red Little Red
Little Red Little Red Little Red Little Red Little Red Little Little red came knocking.
Little garden how do I make your flowers grow, when I already do everything that I know.
I bring you sunshine and I bring you rain, but still you refrain.
All the other gardens are so full of flowers.
They're so colourful yet I spend all these hours,
trying to make you as beautiful as them, but still you refrain.
Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Scratch x 4
Little Girl, Why are you crying,
just because the flowers in your garden are dying,
theres so much, that you could be doing,
and all of your neighbours well they havent got a clue oh,
come on with me, well have a little bit of fun, yeah,
its not too dangerous and we wont hurt anyone yeah,
well cause some havoc between the birds and the bees and well ,
well paint the town red and well shake the trees,
oh come on with me and Ill show you a good time,
all you have to do, is a jump and a climb, and Ill,
Ill take you over to the other side of town,
well theres so much to do there and nobody wears a crown.
Oh
Should I go? Or should I stay? My flowers are dying and Im sick and tired anyway,
This boy seems kinda cool, his jeans are kind of low.
Well I think Ill go.
Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump Jump Climb x 4
Oh, lets pack a picnic and well go for a drive.
Well go to a funfair and go on all the rides.
Well climb up a mountain and well take in the sights,
well jump in a plane and fly.
If you want you can come back to mine.
Well drink some coffee and you can spend the night.
Well do anything that makes you smile,
cause your smile is beautiful and it makes me happy,
cause your smile is beautiful and it makes me happy
This Little Girl She grew up and moved away and she
She lived her life full of risk and full of play and she
She lived her life, with so much to say, and
Her flowers they grow more beautiful everyday
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iheard this song ages ago and i loved it. so beautiful. and her voice is superb on it.
well.. this to me is she is using a garden as a metaphor of a relationship/love. and when her flowers are dying it is talking about her relationship dying.. like falling apart..
and the very beggining to me is though people have helped get them together in a relationship and she uses all these nice little phrases to talk about the relationship.
tehn it goes on to say about the dying garden..
then when it says, and the bit after it.. "Come on with me and we'll have a little fun"
i imagine this to be a boy, (not the boy in the relationship) and he loves her and is trying to comfort her and he is persuading her to maybe cheat.. and nobody will find out and its all just a bit of fun.. but it could alsop mean in a friendly way aswell. "It's not too dangerous, yeah, and we won't hurt anyone."
my favourite bit in the song is..
"Should I go or should I stay? My flowers are dying and i'm sick and tired anyway. This boy seems kind of cool, his jeans are kind of low, Well, I think i'll go."
it relates alot tome in my life at the moment..
and i interpret it as the girl like questioning herself whether to go along with this other boy.. her flowers are dying.. her relationship is dying. this boy seems kind of cool.. shes like weighing up the pros and cons well i think i'll go.. she;s finally decided and realised she needs to have some fun and get away from her relationship for whatever reason..
im thinking this reason is because her boyfriend like thinks he's better and stuff and it's all boring cos it says.. "There's so much to do there and everybody wheres a crown"
then it goes on to say what they do when theyve gone to wherever tehyve gone and it's all lovely and shes glad she made the right desicion.
one of my favourite lyrics ever.. We'll do anything that makes you smile 'Cause your smile is beautiful and it makes me happy.
(L)
and the very last verse sums up how this girl made the right desiscion of going off with the other boy cos now she lives her life full of risk and full of play.. so its worked ou for the best.
sorry for waffling on, but it's so beautiful. x