"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.
Does anyone in here get hit
With inside fever?
So bad sometimes it's hard
To move around
They'll show you all the things
You are not doing
Instead of helping you they'll
Lock you out
And you're whining you shouldn't waste your money
But the couch fibers keep you inside
So I'm so sorry I came in
Late this evening
But all the clocks around
The town had died
And all the fruit store's colors
Were so bright
With couples smiling
Cooking things tonight
And what were all those
Troubles on my mind
Oh I took a walk
The room is filled with men and coke
And I don't break 'til midnight shock
Are you feeling warm tonight?
Turn it down? Well, I just might
The room is filled with ancient apes
Where I've been and what I ate
What I asked you drill them out
And ... every little doubt
The room is filled with gummy bears
Electric shavers, ingrown hairs
I keep the curtains high enough
You sleep on cotton, rest in fluff
The room is filled with catalogs
Encyclopedias, books enough
To keep me busy in the morning
Sun sets fast without warning
The room is filled with cords and plugs
Electronic translucent bugs
And what's that crawling all around?
What's that twitching, is it still alive!?
Is it still alive!?
Is it still alive!?
does anyone in here get hit
With inside fever?
So bad sometimes it's hard
To move around
They'll show you all the things
You are not doing
Instead of helping you they'll
Lock you out
And you're whining you shouldn't waste your money
But the couch fibers keep you inside
So I'm so sorry I came in
Late this evening
But all the clocks around
The town had died
And all the fruit store's colors
Were so bright
With couples smiling
Cooking things tonight
And what were all those
Troubles on my mind
Yes I took a walk
oh I like a walk
With inside fever?
So bad sometimes it's hard
To move around
They'll show you all the things
You are not doing
Instead of helping you they'll
Lock you out
And you're whining you shouldn't waste your money
But the couch fibers keep you inside
So I'm so sorry I came in
Late this evening
But all the clocks around
The town had died
And all the fruit store's colors
Were so bright
With couples smiling
Cooking things tonight
And what were all those
Troubles on my mind
Oh I took a walk
The room is filled with men and coke
And I don't break 'til midnight shock
Are you feeling warm tonight?
Turn it down? Well, I just might
The room is filled with ancient apes
Where I've been and what I ate
What I asked you drill them out
And ... every little doubt
The room is filled with gummy bears
Electric shavers, ingrown hairs
I keep the curtains high enough
You sleep on cotton, rest in fluff
The room is filled with catalogs
Encyclopedias, books enough
To keep me busy in the morning
Sun sets fast without warning
The room is filled with cords and plugs
Electronic translucent bugs
And what's that crawling all around?
What's that twitching, is it still alive!?
Is it still alive!?
Is it still alive!?
does anyone in here get hit
With inside fever?
So bad sometimes it's hard
To move around
They'll show you all the things
You are not doing
Instead of helping you they'll
Lock you out
And you're whining you shouldn't waste your money
But the couch fibers keep you inside
So I'm so sorry I came in
Late this evening
But all the clocks around
The town had died
And all the fruit store's colors
Were so bright
With couples smiling
Cooking things tonight
And what were all those
Troubles on my mind
Yes I took a walk
oh I like a walk
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Street Flash Lyrics as written by Eugene Michael Mcguinness
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
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Being around food spikes oxytocin levels. The same chemical that is released when forming an attachment (love) with something.... if anyone wanted to know...
Haha I just broke up with a girl whom I oughtn't feel so concerned about, considering we dated for a very short time... maybe it was because we cooked together a lot.