"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.
Lust of the libertines
Is really quite tame
It rages quiet nigh here beside you
And your lust for fame
Well fames such a sinister game
I know
It could all end this way then
Some things won't be the same
I'm just a face and a name on a page
Well I'll be soundly sleeping
I'll be soundly sleeping
I'll sleep right through that age
Well I can deal with all the blood on my shoes
And the holes in my soul
My spirit is tainted all my tears are fainted
Just as long as you
You don't forget to
Uh-oh-oh
Cut me on the wall
By the graffiti of all the thing I just couldn't say
Shove me up the wall
Oh my darling was the kind of loving now
You've left me in the family way again
The dust on my tambourine
Really can be explained
I need to shake it more often
Shake away the blame
Well fame's such a sinister game
Oh I know
The taste of goulash in your mouth as you stumble of stage
Forget-me-nots bloom on this day then
But they wither with age
Oh I can deal with all the blood on my shoes
And the holes in my soul
My spirit is tainted all my tears are fainted
Just as long as you
You don't forget to
Uh-oh-oh
Cut me on the wall
By the graffiti of all the thing I just couldn't say
Shove me up the wall
Oh you poor cow was the kind of loving now
You've left me in the family way again
Poor thing
Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la
Is really quite tame
It rages quiet nigh here beside you
And your lust for fame
Well fames such a sinister game
I know
It could all end this way then
Some things won't be the same
I'm just a face and a name on a page
Well I'll be soundly sleeping
I'll be soundly sleeping
I'll sleep right through that age
Well I can deal with all the blood on my shoes
And the holes in my soul
My spirit is tainted all my tears are fainted
Just as long as you
You don't forget to
Uh-oh-oh
Cut me on the wall
By the graffiti of all the thing I just couldn't say
Shove me up the wall
Oh my darling was the kind of loving now
You've left me in the family way again
The dust on my tambourine
Really can be explained
I need to shake it more often
Shake away the blame
Well fame's such a sinister game
Oh I know
The taste of goulash in your mouth as you stumble of stage
Forget-me-nots bloom on this day then
But they wither with age
Oh I can deal with all the blood on my shoes
And the holes in my soul
My spirit is tainted all my tears are fainted
Just as long as you
You don't forget to
Uh-oh-oh
Cut me on the wall
By the graffiti of all the thing I just couldn't say
Shove me up the wall
Oh you poor cow was the kind of loving now
You've left me in the family way again
Poor thing
Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la
Lyrics submitted by ArcadianBaddie
Lust of the Libertines Lyrics as written by Peter Doherty
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Royalty Network, Bucks Music Group
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