"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.
If all we talk about is money
Nothing will be funny, honey
And now that everyone's a critic
It's makin' my mascara runny
If we only talk about the "Heathers"
Making it together, is crazy
If we don't get a new situation
For our busted nation, we're lazy
But it's gonna be
It's gonna be
Please make it be
It's gonna be
Now if a princess becomes human
Don't stone her on a talk show, you'll ruin
Cause there's a fine line between a skewer
And a decent sense of humor
Aim at the ones who've really hurt us
They should be arrested for murders
But then all the cameras were turned on
Some skinny naked blond eating burgers
But it's gonna be
It's gonna be
It's gonna be
It's gonna be
It's gonna be
It's gonna be
Please make it be
Let's make it be
It's gonna be
It's gonna be
It's gonna be
Be, be, be, be
Nothing will be funny, honey
And now that everyone's a critic
It's makin' my mascara runny
If we only talk about the "Heathers"
Making it together, is crazy
If we don't get a new situation
For our busted nation, we're lazy
But it's gonna be
It's gonna be
Please make it be
It's gonna be
Now if a princess becomes human
Don't stone her on a talk show, you'll ruin
Cause there's a fine line between a skewer
And a decent sense of humor
Aim at the ones who've really hurt us
They should be arrested for murders
But then all the cameras were turned on
Some skinny naked blond eating burgers
But it's gonna be
It's gonna be
It's gonna be
It's gonna be
It's gonna be
It's gonna be
Please make it be
Let's make it be
It's gonna be
It's gonna be
It's gonna be
Be, be, be, be
Lyrics submitted by shakelly_blackmouth
It's Gonna Be Lyrics as written by Jonathon Glynne Jones Bryon Glynne Jones
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Perhaps you had a different version, but I hear the lyrics differently.
It should be:
If all we talk about is money Nothing will be funny honey Now that everyone's a critic It's making my mascara runny If we only talk about the Heathers Making it together is crazy If we don't get a new situation for our busted nation, We're lazy
It's gonna be It's gonna be Please make it be It's gonna be
Now if a princess becomes human Don't stone her on a talk show You'll ruin 'Cause there's a fine line between a skewer And a decent sense of humor And all the ones who really hurt us They should be arrested for murders And then all the cameras were turned on to Some skinny naked blonde eating burgers
It's gonna be It's gonna be It's gonna be It's gonna be
It's gonna be It's gonna be Please make it be Make it be
It's gonna be x3
The Heathers reference is to the movie where these pretty and wealthy but messed up girls waste their lives and create all sorts of drama in the lives of others and in their own. I think she's using this to say that our culture spends a lot of time giving the Paris' and Lindsays and Britneys of the world too much attention. We concern ourselves with such trivial trash when we should be focusing on more important issues. I think the second verse is just a comment on how our society is obsessed with image and weight and food. The song itself is her way of saying look at the condition of our society.Letting ourselves be constantly concerned with the state of the economy or our body image or the lives of others isn't getting us anywhere. We need more positive, intelligent images and thoughts because otherwise, we're just sucking the joy out of life.