"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.
Take me to the big show
Take me anywhere but here
Put me in the front row,
Make my problems disappear
Drag these high wires,
Without a safety net
For the present admission,
I wanna witness life or death
All the pretty girls get cut in half
While the sad clowns make us laugh
I wanna make friends with the friends with the freaks,
I wanna throw it down with the clowns that I meet,
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
Invite all the carnies
And the crazy acrobats
And bearded ladies
And the fire breathers
All the people
Just like me.
Are you ready to risk it all,
And be a human cannon ball?
Sharpen up those knives and throw 'em,
At the fool against the wall,
We're all against that wall
I wanna make friends with the friends with the freaks,
I wanna throw it down with the clowns that I meet,
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
Invite all the carnies
And the crazy acrobats
And bearded ladies
And the fire breathers
All the people
Just like me.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Boys and girls,
Come one, come all
To the Cirque dans la rue!
Check your troubles at the door,
You don't need em anymore!
Leave reality outside,
And come along for the ride,
But just remember
While you're watching us,
Do the things that we do!
We're watching you
All the pretty girls get cut in half
While the sad clowns make us laugh.
All the pretty girls get cut in half
While the sad clowns make us laugh.
I wanna make friends with the friends with the freaks,
I wanna throw it down with the clowns that I meet,
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
Invite all the carnies
And the crazy acrobats
And bearded ladies
And the fire breathers
All the people
Just like me
Just like me.
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
Invite all the carnies
And the crazy acrobats
And bearded ladies
And the fire breathers
All the people
Just like me.
All the pretty girls get cut in half
While the sad clowns make us laugh.
Take me anywhere but here
Put me in the front row,
Make my problems disappear
Drag these high wires,
Without a safety net
For the present admission,
I wanna witness life or death
All the pretty girls get cut in half
While the sad clowns make us laugh
I wanna make friends with the friends with the freaks,
I wanna throw it down with the clowns that I meet,
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
Invite all the carnies
And the crazy acrobats
And bearded ladies
And the fire breathers
All the people
Just like me.
Are you ready to risk it all,
And be a human cannon ball?
Sharpen up those knives and throw 'em,
At the fool against the wall,
We're all against that wall
I wanna make friends with the friends with the freaks,
I wanna throw it down with the clowns that I meet,
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
Invite all the carnies
And the crazy acrobats
And bearded ladies
And the fire breathers
All the people
Just like me.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Boys and girls,
Come one, come all
To the Cirque dans la rue!
Check your troubles at the door,
You don't need em anymore!
Leave reality outside,
And come along for the ride,
But just remember
While you're watching us,
Do the things that we do!
We're watching you
All the pretty girls get cut in half
While the sad clowns make us laugh.
All the pretty girls get cut in half
While the sad clowns make us laugh.
I wanna make friends with the friends with the freaks,
I wanna throw it down with the clowns that I meet,
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
Invite all the carnies
And the crazy acrobats
And bearded ladies
And the fire breathers
All the people
Just like me
Just like me.
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
Invite all the carnies
And the crazy acrobats
And bearded ladies
And the fire breathers
All the people
Just like me.
All the pretty girls get cut in half
While the sad clowns make us laugh.
Lyrics submitted by azeanpryde
Cirque Dans la Rue Lyrics as written by Tom Higgenson Martin Edward Dodson
Lyrics © Anthem Entertainment, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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I think the guy thinks hes a nobody and fits in with the carnies, like in
"I wanna have a party in the middle of the street Invite all the carnies and the crazy acrobats and bearded ladies and the fire breathers all the people just like me"
And then when he says
"Check your troubles at the door, You don't need them anymore! Leave reality outside, And come along for the ride."
I think he is saying to forget your problems and start over in life, be different.
And FYI Cirque Dans La Rue means Circus on the Street.
BTW LOL at "We're Watching You"