"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.
Do pola jedan je bila na Äasu klavira...
Onda korakom merila grad...
I usput gledala izloge...
Pardon... Svoj odraz u njima...
U kosi još, poput venca, ona molska kadenca...
Mala vraÄka da upravo tad...
Uz "caffe Kibic" polagano nadođe On...
Kao plima...
Tajne su tu zato da ih neko nasluti...
Postoji reÄ koja vredi tek kad se odćuti...
Bogu je kanuo Äaj... Svud je prsnuo sjaj...
Jedan platan će ostati zlatan...
Ona kroz smeh Ävrsto svoju kajdanku stišće...
Ne drhti On... To je samo to uvelo lišće...
Blaženo Miholjsko Leto...
Jedno i sveto za njih...
A On je nosio naglas svojih Skoro Osamnaest...
Sve Äešće mu govore "Vi"...
Begeš u grudima udara...
Bije u bronzane žice...
U džepu sretni staklenac... Ko ono novÄić i zdenac...
Mala vraÄka da nestanu svi...
A Ona bane ko lupež... I prospe mu kosu u lice...
Kao osrednji klošar, malo prosed... I prostar...
Na uglu sam zastao sam...
Ne tako dobar oktobar...
I misli sve... U "ruskom Å¡timu"...
A onda shvatih, na prepad... Da te volim, ko nekad...
Vreme samo raspiruje plam?
U meni "miholjsko leto"... To prkosno sunce pred zimu...
Onda korakom merila grad...
I usput gledala izloge...
Pardon... Svoj odraz u njima...
U kosi još, poput venca, ona molska kadenca...
Mala vraÄka da upravo tad...
Uz "caffe Kibic" polagano nadođe On...
Kao plima...
Tajne su tu zato da ih neko nasluti...
Postoji reÄ koja vredi tek kad se odćuti...
Bogu je kanuo Äaj... Svud je prsnuo sjaj...
Jedan platan će ostati zlatan...
Ona kroz smeh Ävrsto svoju kajdanku stišće...
Ne drhti On... To je samo to uvelo lišće...
Blaženo Miholjsko Leto...
Jedno i sveto za njih...
A On je nosio naglas svojih Skoro Osamnaest...
Sve Äešće mu govore "Vi"...
Begeš u grudima udara...
Bije u bronzane žice...
U džepu sretni staklenac... Ko ono novÄić i zdenac...
Mala vraÄka da nestanu svi...
A Ona bane ko lupež... I prospe mu kosu u lice...
Kao osrednji klošar, malo prosed... I prostar...
Na uglu sam zastao sam...
Ne tako dobar oktobar...
I misli sve... U "ruskom Å¡timu"...
A onda shvatih, na prepad... Da te volim, ko nekad...
Vreme samo raspiruje plam?
U meni "miholjsko leto"... To prkosno sunce pred zimu...
Lyrics submitted by doqtor
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