"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 got a Spiderman tee shirt
I got Converse that are rotting off my feet
I got a bad mustache
A reoccurring rash
And not a lot of cash
I spend it on my stash
Man it's good to be a geek
Well it's good to be a geek
It's good to be a creep
It's good to draw my pictures
that no one will ever see.
It's good to be a geek
It's good to be unknown
It's good I'm never waiting
Right beside the telephone
'Cause no one ever...
I play Dungeons and Dragons
I got a 13th level Halfling fighter thief
Got seven hit die on my backstab
Sometimes you know it's good to be a geek.
It's good to be a geek
It's good to play the freak
It's good to comb my mullet once every other week
As far as I can see
It's good to play the Wii
Then stay up painting miniatures 'till two or three
'Cause no one ever...
Chorus:
Someday I'll learn to play guitar
Start up a band and be a star
And when you wind up pumping gas
Just fill 'er up and kiss my ass...
I'm addicted to Star Trek
I'm a Klingon speaking federation freak
I find I'm more inclined
To spend the bulk of my time
On the starship enterprise
Than talking to girls I meet
Well I never get the girl
But I like to be alone
'Cause i can always masturbate when there's no one home
It's good to have a plan
It's good to be the man
It's good to download porno from a website in Japan
'Cause no one ever...
Chorus:
Someday I'll learn to play guitar
Start up a band and be a star
And when you wind up pumping gas
Just fill 'er up and kiss my ass...
Bridge:
Ninth grade is when I got the swirlie
Tenth grade is when I got the Indian burn
Four years of continuous wedgies
Wore nine pairs of briefs so they could all get a turn
Someday I'll buy a fancy condo
Someday I'll drive a car that's more than your house
Someday you'll kiss my ass
It's good to make some noise
It's good to scream out loud
It's good to feel immortal
Like your last name is McCloud
It's good to be a geek
Its good to be unseen
Its good to watch the Wrath of Khan on a plasma screen
It's good to be a geek
It's good to be the man
It's good to download porno from a website in Japan
It's good to be a geek
It's good to be unknown
It's good I'm never waiting
Right beside the telephone
'Cause no one ever...
I got a bad mustache
A reoccurring rash
And not a lot of cash
I spend it on my stash
Man it's good to be a geek
You know I've gone in debt
To look like Boba Fett
I got my helmet set
Although it makes me sweat
Man it's good to be a geek!
I got Converse that are rotting off my feet
I got a bad mustache
A reoccurring rash
And not a lot of cash
I spend it on my stash
Man it's good to be a geek
Well it's good to be a geek
It's good to be a creep
It's good to draw my pictures
that no one will ever see.
It's good to be a geek
It's good to be unknown
It's good I'm never waiting
Right beside the telephone
'Cause no one ever...
I play Dungeons and Dragons
I got a 13th level Halfling fighter thief
Got seven hit die on my backstab
Sometimes you know it's good to be a geek.
It's good to be a geek
It's good to play the freak
It's good to comb my mullet once every other week
As far as I can see
It's good to play the Wii
Then stay up painting miniatures 'till two or three
'Cause no one ever...
Chorus:
Someday I'll learn to play guitar
Start up a band and be a star
And when you wind up pumping gas
Just fill 'er up and kiss my ass...
I'm addicted to Star Trek
I'm a Klingon speaking federation freak
I find I'm more inclined
To spend the bulk of my time
On the starship enterprise
Than talking to girls I meet
Well I never get the girl
But I like to be alone
'Cause i can always masturbate when there's no one home
It's good to have a plan
It's good to be the man
It's good to download porno from a website in Japan
'Cause no one ever...
Chorus:
Someday I'll learn to play guitar
Start up a band and be a star
And when you wind up pumping gas
Just fill 'er up and kiss my ass...
Bridge:
Ninth grade is when I got the swirlie
Tenth grade is when I got the Indian burn
Four years of continuous wedgies
Wore nine pairs of briefs so they could all get a turn
Someday I'll buy a fancy condo
Someday I'll drive a car that's more than your house
Someday you'll kiss my ass
It's good to make some noise
It's good to scream out loud
It's good to feel immortal
Like your last name is McCloud
It's good to be a geek
Its good to be unseen
Its good to watch the Wrath of Khan on a plasma screen
It's good to be a geek
It's good to be the man
It's good to download porno from a website in Japan
It's good to be a geek
It's good to be unknown
It's good I'm never waiting
Right beside the telephone
'Cause no one ever...
I got a bad mustache
A reoccurring rash
And not a lot of cash
I spend it on my stash
Man it's good to be a geek
You know I've gone in debt
To look like Boba Fett
I got my helmet set
Although it makes me sweat
Man it's good to be a geek!
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