"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.
Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa, pa
Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa, pa
Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa, pa
Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa
I put my hands up to my face
So hard for me to just embrace the land
The moment's gone and now I'm dry
And how the camera can reply
Cool babies and soft operations
Holding my hand, throwing coins in my cup
Twisting numbers and public relations
Tell me to sit there and just shut up
Don't, don't, don't take my, don't take my picture
Don't, don't, don't take my picture
I tried to give in everything
The games I played, the songs I sing
What do I do, do I provoke
Oh, how the camera has misspoke
Cool babies and soft operations
Hoping my hand, throwing coins in my cup
Twisting numbers and public relations
Tell me to sit there and just shut up
Don't, don't, don't take my, don't take my picture
Don't, don't, don't take my picture
Don't want you to take my picture
Don't want you to take my picture
Don't want you to take my picture (don't want you to take my picture)
Don't want you to take my picture (picture)
Cool babies and soft operations
Hoping my hand, throwing coins in my cup
Twisting numbers and public relations
Tell me to sit there and just shut up
Cool babies and soft operations (don't want you)
Holding my hand, throwing coins in my cup (to take my picture, picture)
Twisting numbers and public relations
Tell me to sit there and just shut up (picture)
Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa, pa
Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa, pa
Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa
I put my hands up to my face
So hard for me to just embrace the land
The moment's gone and now I'm dry
And how the camera can reply
Cool babies and soft operations
Holding my hand, throwing coins in my cup
Twisting numbers and public relations
Tell me to sit there and just shut up
Don't, don't, don't take my, don't take my picture
Don't, don't, don't take my picture
I tried to give in everything
The games I played, the songs I sing
What do I do, do I provoke
Oh, how the camera has misspoke
Cool babies and soft operations
Hoping my hand, throwing coins in my cup
Twisting numbers and public relations
Tell me to sit there and just shut up
Don't, don't, don't take my, don't take my picture
Don't, don't, don't take my picture
Don't want you to take my picture
Don't want you to take my picture
Don't want you to take my picture (don't want you to take my picture)
Don't want you to take my picture (picture)
Cool babies and soft operations
Hoping my hand, throwing coins in my cup
Twisting numbers and public relations
Tell me to sit there and just shut up
Cool babies and soft operations (don't want you)
Holding my hand, throwing coins in my cup (to take my picture, picture)
Twisting numbers and public relations
Tell me to sit there and just shut up (picture)
Lyrics submitted by smallwonderrobot, edited by Gundam
I Hate Camera Lyrics as written by Greg Kurstin Inara George
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Very brilliant melody!