"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.
(Wow!)
Shed a smoke, broken in
Tale of woe oh oh...
Comeserating so hard to let go
I'm on your back scratching early
and your candidate...
I hope you never know how hard it is to
Hard it is to wait...
Hey beautiful, I seen you comin'
oh no you don't walk away from me
uh oh oh, uh oh oh, uh oh oh
Hey beautiful
uh oh oh, uh oh oh, uh oh oh
Hey beautiful
Hey, hey, hey beautiful
Gotta walk, gotta list
Gotta hall of fame
I got an asterisk next to your name
Grab a cup, drink it up
Make a battle plan
Are we ever up to the task,
at to the task at hand?
Hey beautiful, I seen you comin'
oh no you don't walk away from me
uh oh oh, uh oh oh, uh oh oh
Hey beautiful
Hey, hey, hey, hey
uh oh oh, uh oh oh, uh oh oh
Hey beautiful
Hey, hey, hey beautiful
I don't know, if I go
but if I go, I go alone
I don't know, if i go
but if I go, I go alone
I don't know if I go...
I don't know if I go...
Well if I go, go now!
(Woo!)
Pa pa pa pa, pa pa pa pa...
pa pa, da da da da, da da da da da...
Pa pa pa pa, pa pa pa pa...
pa pa, da da da da, da da da da da...
Pa pa pa pa, pa pa pa pa...
pa pa, da da da da, da da da da da...
Pa pa pa pa, pa pa pa pa...
pa pa, da da da da, da da da da da...
Shed a smoke, broken in
Tale of woe oh oh...
Comeserating so hard to let go
I'm on your back scratching early
and your candidate...
I hope you never know how hard it is to
Hard it is to wait...
Hey beautiful, I seen you comin'
oh no you don't walk away from me
uh oh oh, uh oh oh, uh oh oh
Hey beautiful
uh oh oh, uh oh oh, uh oh oh
Hey beautiful
Hey, hey, hey beautiful
Gotta walk, gotta list
Gotta hall of fame
I got an asterisk next to your name
Grab a cup, drink it up
Make a battle plan
Are we ever up to the task,
at to the task at hand?
Hey beautiful, I seen you comin'
oh no you don't walk away from me
uh oh oh, uh oh oh, uh oh oh
Hey beautiful
Hey, hey, hey, hey
uh oh oh, uh oh oh, uh oh oh
Hey beautiful
Hey, hey, hey beautiful
I don't know, if I go
but if I go, I go alone
I don't know, if i go
but if I go, I go alone
I don't know if I go...
I don't know if I go...
Well if I go, go now!
(Woo!)
Pa pa pa pa, pa pa pa pa...
pa pa, da da da da, da da da da da...
Pa pa pa pa, pa pa pa pa...
pa pa, da da da da, da da da da da...
Pa pa pa pa, pa pa pa pa...
pa pa, da da da da, da da da da da...
Pa pa pa pa, pa pa pa pa...
pa pa, da da da da, da da da da da...
Lyrics submitted by kinukai
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