"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.
A company always on the run
A destiny, oh it's the rising sun
I was born, a shotgun in my hands
Behind the gun
I'll make my final stand, yeah
That's why they call me
Bad company
I can't deny
Bad, bad company
'Til the day I die
Until the day I die
Until the day I die
Rebel souls
Deserters we've been called
Chose a gun
And threw away the song
Now these towns
Well they all know our name
The Death Punch sound
Is our claim of fame
And that's why they call me
Bad company
I can't deny
Bad, bad company
'Til the day I die
Until the day I die
Until the day I die
Until the day I die
"Eye for an eye"
"Tooth for a tooth"
"Blood for blood"
We've all gotta die
We've all gotta die
And that's why they call me
Bad company
I won't deny
Bad, bad company
'Til the day I die
Bad company
I won't deny
Bad, bad company
'Til the day I die
Until the day I die
Until the day I die
Until the day I die
Until the day I die
A destiny, oh it's the rising sun
I was born, a shotgun in my hands
Behind the gun
I'll make my final stand, yeah
That's why they call me
Bad company
I can't deny
Bad, bad company
'Til the day I die
Until the day I die
Until the day I die
Rebel souls
Deserters we've been called
Chose a gun
And threw away the song
Now these towns
Well they all know our name
The Death Punch sound
Is our claim of fame
And that's why they call me
Bad company
I can't deny
Bad, bad company
'Til the day I die
Until the day I die
Until the day I die
Until the day I die
"Eye for an eye"
"Tooth for a tooth"
"Blood for blood"
We've all gotta die
We've all gotta die
And that's why they call me
Bad company
I won't deny
Bad, bad company
'Til the day I die
Bad company
I won't deny
Bad, bad company
'Til the day I die
Until the day I die
Until the day I die
Until the day I die
Until the day I die
Lyrics submitted by vane111391
Bad Company Lyrics as written by Paul Rodgers Simon Kirke
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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This song definitely needed some extra oomph.. I can never go back to the original.
Same with me. FFDP's version rocks!
first off... @bigbadjohn.. i think your the idiot.. wtf is cockrock? an did they really choosed the song? fuckin dipshit... listen to the song they more than nailed it they made wat was orginally a bad ass song even more bad ass the vocals are intense and the guitar solo is fuckin perfect no one could ever do a better job covering this song
One of the best covers ever made. Hands down.
Let me just say that I think Five Finger Death Punch took song and "souped" it up with modern methods. Very cool song. The lead singer's voice travels all over the vocal spectrum covering the "high's and low's." I think this band has some awesome talent. Probably my second or third favorite song by them. Pure awesomeness that's easy on the ears.
was stunned to see them play this live last year... was even more stunned to see they did a studio recording of it... and man did they nail it... great cover.
its rare where a cover is better than the original but i think this did it
amazing cover.
This song is sick! Way better than the original. In the second stanza, on the third "Until the day I die" gives me chills every time I hear it. It is very rare to hear a cover better than the original but this one defies the odds. GOOD SHIT!
this song is fucking insane and really intense live. and yeah i heard the original a few times before and it wasn't really memorable. but this song really adds life and makes it a damn better song. 5FDP for life! Love for the troops as well (see 5FDP bad company video)
only thing wrong with the lyrics are "Chose a gun, and threw away the sword" should be "Chose a gun, and threw away the sun", kick Ass song,
blade - I was just listening to the "Official Video" and to me it sounds like he says, "Chose a gun, and threw away the sun." Regardless, this some rocks. Great cover.