"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.
(refrão)
Seu problema é de ana..analista
Vai procurar um neuro..um neurônio
Você tá vendo coisa onde não tem
Tá procurando chifre na cabeça de piolho
(2x)
Tá maluco da cabeça, vem pra cá dançar
Tá muito nervosinho, toma maracujá
Tá pensando que é cientista
Pára de inventar e para de inventar e para de inventar
Você sabe que eu te amo vamos balançar você
É chatinho mais é maneiro
Eu não vou te trocar agora me da a mãozinha que eu vou te levar
Você tem que se tratar, você tem que se tratar
(refrão)
Seu problema é de ana..analista
Vai procurar um neuro..um neurônio
Você tá vendo coisa onde não tem
Tá procurando chifre na cabeça de piolho (x2)
Calma, calminha
Vem cá vem cá
Calma calminha
Bom ...bom
Tá maluco da cabeça, vem pra cá dançar
Tá muito nervosinho, toma maracujá
Tá pensando que é cientista
Pára de inventar.para de inventar vê se para de inventar
Você sabe que eu te amo vamos balançar você é chatinho mais é maneiro
Eu não vou te trocar agora me da a mãozinha que eu vou te levar
Você tem que se tratar, você tem que se tratar
(refrão)
Seu problema é de ana..analista
Vai procurar um neuro..um neurônio
Você tá vendo coisa onde não tem
Tá procurando chifre na cabeça de piolho (x2)
Calma, calminha
Você tá muito nervosinho calminha
Sem malcriação
Bom ...bom
(refrão)
Seu problema é de ana..analista
Vai procurar um neuro..um neurônio
Você tá vendo coisa onde não tem
Tá procurando chifre na cabeça de piolho (x2)
Lyrics submitted by annazoff
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