"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.
I punched and hit it , trying to get it
To do what I wanted to do
I cried and scream when I saw my dream
It was dancing all around the room
Oh baby, I sing my song
I just couldn't wait for you
Energy, energy, played its trick
And I knew what I had to do
Baby baby that's no lie
Baby baby don't ask me why
Take it, bake it, break it up
Build it back together again
I'm trying to drive you
Tying it off,
Then take where it's never been
Sing it lewd,
Try it in the nude,
Try it standing on your head
Shake it, Fake it, crash it off
Now bring it on home to bed
Baby baby that's no lie
You sure find friends when your friends find time
Flying, soaring, topping it off
Riding on the crest of a wave
Power abounding as the music surrounds you
Sonically lighting your way
Oh baby, off we go
Heading for a brand new place
The song's been sung, the deed's been done
Staring you right in the face
Baby, baby watch your step
You know you really ain't seen nothing yet
To do what I wanted to do
I cried and scream when I saw my dream
It was dancing all around the room
Oh baby, I sing my song
I just couldn't wait for you
Energy, energy, played its trick
And I knew what I had to do
Baby baby that's no lie
Baby baby don't ask me why
Take it, bake it, break it up
Build it back together again
I'm trying to drive you
Tying it off,
Then take where it's never been
Sing it lewd,
Try it in the nude,
Try it standing on your head
Shake it, Fake it, crash it off
Now bring it on home to bed
Baby baby that's no lie
You sure find friends when your friends find time
Flying, soaring, topping it off
Riding on the crest of a wave
Power abounding as the music surrounds you
Sonically lighting your way
Oh baby, off we go
Heading for a brand new place
The song's been sung, the deed's been done
Staring you right in the face
Baby, baby watch your step
You know you really ain't seen nothing yet
Lyrics submitted by TheDirge, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Skunk (Sonicly Speaking) Lyrics as written by Fred Smith
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