"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.
strange combination, strange combination
strange combination can pop the lock
all my life. i'd be walking down the street
and people would stare until they'd finally spit it out
"what are you?!"
i'm liberation, sexually, the sharp shot
the revolution's fertility you forgot
and then there were times
when i'd play a song i wrote
people would look confused
until they'd finally spit it out
"what are you?!"
i'm liberation, sexually, the sharp shot
the revolution's fertility you forgot
you try to name it, but we're all mixed up
you can't conceive it, there's a new mix up
we're so down, we mix it up
mixed kids get it
mixed kids pop the lock
strange combination, strange combination
strange combination can pop the lock
now, there are those who look
at the people at my shows, and ask
"who are they?" "what are they?"
'til they finally spit 'em out
"what are you?!"
we're liberation, sexually, the sharp shot
the revolution's fertility you forgot
you try to name it, but we're all mixed up
you can't conceive it, there's a new mix up
we're so down, we mix it up
mixed kids get it
mixed kids pop the lock
now
you try to name it, but we're all mixed up
you can't conceive it, there's a new mix up
we're so down, we mix it up
mixed kids get it
mixed kids pop the lock
you try to name it, but we're all mixed up
you can't conceive it, there's a new mix up
we're so down, we mix it up
mixed kids get it. mixed kids pop the...
mixed kids know it... mixed kids can't be...
mixed kids see it... mixed kids are magical...
and so are we all... and so are we all... and so are we all... and so are we all... mixed kids
and so are we all... and so are we all... and so are we all... and so are we all... mixed kids
and so are we all... and so are we all...
strange combination can pop the lock
all my life. i'd be walking down the street
and people would stare until they'd finally spit it out
"what are you?!"
i'm liberation, sexually, the sharp shot
the revolution's fertility you forgot
and then there were times
when i'd play a song i wrote
people would look confused
until they'd finally spit it out
"what are you?!"
i'm liberation, sexually, the sharp shot
the revolution's fertility you forgot
you try to name it, but we're all mixed up
you can't conceive it, there's a new mix up
we're so down, we mix it up
mixed kids get it
mixed kids pop the lock
strange combination, strange combination
strange combination can pop the lock
now, there are those who look
at the people at my shows, and ask
"who are they?" "what are they?"
'til they finally spit 'em out
"what are you?!"
we're liberation, sexually, the sharp shot
the revolution's fertility you forgot
you try to name it, but we're all mixed up
you can't conceive it, there's a new mix up
we're so down, we mix it up
mixed kids get it
mixed kids pop the lock
now
you try to name it, but we're all mixed up
you can't conceive it, there's a new mix up
we're so down, we mix it up
mixed kids get it
mixed kids pop the lock
you try to name it, but we're all mixed up
you can't conceive it, there's a new mix up
we're so down, we mix it up
mixed kids get it. mixed kids pop the...
mixed kids know it... mixed kids can't be...
mixed kids see it... mixed kids are magical...
and so are we all... and so are we all... and so are we all... and so are we all... mixed kids
and so are we all... and so are we all... and so are we all... and so are we all... mixed kids
and so are we all... and so are we all...
Lyrics submitted by aletheia
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The MOST FUN i had in ages :) This song makes me wanna dance! U MUST ALL Hear this one :)
accept yourself the way you are, move on and pop the lock :)