"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.
hello perry
you think you're so fucking scary
well, i've got news for you
hello perry
hello perry
hello [?]
this is the news for you, perry
and it's not so fucking scary
here it is:
it's talking about you
it's talking about growing up in england
it's talking about being the slave boy
it's talking about giving head when you're 6 years old
it's talking about doing these things
the coming apart of you
the coming apart of your faith
and meeting the popping cherry of the brain
and the part of passing it around to the other boys
and then once you know it…
hello perry
i think it's all too fucking scary
well, i've got news for you, perry
do you...hey!
i really care, perry
about your money
your mother died of cancer
Cancer, cancer, cancer, cancer, cancer, cancer, cancer ,cancer, cancer
See, perry
i can be there […?…]
it's about coming of age
it's about learning how to do it
it's about learning how to experience things the way they ought to be experienced
it's about growing up
it's about licking the shit off the floor
it's about doing the things that you ought to do
it's about being a butthole surfer
it's about doing promotional work
it's about
it's about PR
it's about all these things
it's about loving yourself
it's about loving your mom
it's about loving your dad
it's about doing the things
it's about going to the go-kart track
it's about loving everything
your pop, your kitty
all the things
the catfood, the little bits of crayons
the melted pieces
the loving friends
all the things you wish you had
you think you're so fucking scary
well, i've got news for you
hello perry
hello perry
hello [?]
this is the news for you, perry
and it's not so fucking scary
here it is:
it's talking about you
it's talking about growing up in england
it's talking about being the slave boy
it's talking about giving head when you're 6 years old
it's talking about doing these things
the coming apart of you
the coming apart of your faith
and meeting the popping cherry of the brain
and the part of passing it around to the other boys
and then once you know it…
hello perry
i think it's all too fucking scary
well, i've got news for you, perry
do you...hey!
i really care, perry
about your money
your mother died of cancer
Cancer, cancer, cancer, cancer, cancer, cancer, cancer ,cancer, cancer
See, perry
i can be there […?…]
it's about coming of age
it's about learning how to do it
it's about learning how to experience things the way they ought to be experienced
it's about growing up
it's about licking the shit off the floor
it's about doing the things that you ought to do
it's about being a butthole surfer
it's about doing promotional work
it's about
it's about PR
it's about all these things
it's about loving yourself
it's about loving your mom
it's about loving your dad
it's about doing the things
it's about going to the go-kart track
it's about loving everything
your pop, your kitty
all the things
the catfood, the little bits of crayons
the melted pieces
the loving friends
all the things you wish you had
Lyrics submitted by Vordhosbn
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No idea, I wish someone from the Surfers would get online and explain half of their songs! haha