"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 had a 49 Merc that I chopped myself
A chip on my shoulder and a story to tell
I was three years clean and I just woke up
So I sold all my shit and packed up the truck
Had a hand full of luck a fist full of dimes
A slouch in my stance so I made up my mind
I'm changin' my gears I'm changin' the time
Still chased by the devil that I'm leavin' behind
And so I'm
Drivin' to Kalifornia
I'm drivin' to Kalifornia
Got a full tank of gas and I lightened the load
Shined the white walls up then I hit the road
T-Roy shotgun I'm behind the wheel
All my boys got my back from the city of steel
And when I pull fifth gear man she's like a weapon
Doin' 95 on a stairway to heaven
Got my ears on bright so we can avoid the lights
Mic check one two everything's alright and so I'm
Drivin' to Kalifornia
I'm drivin' to Kalifornia
I want to know what it feels like
It feels like livin' free
Somewhere to roll where the sun shines
It shines right down on me
Drivin' to Kalifornia
Where the sun shines down and it's always around, sing
Hot Rod Betties up and down the west coast
Drivin' to Kalifornia
Where the sun shines down and it's always around, sing
Drivin' to Kalifornia
Where you feel it the most, big waves up and down the west coast
A chip on my shoulder and a story to tell
I was three years clean and I just woke up
So I sold all my shit and packed up the truck
Had a hand full of luck a fist full of dimes
A slouch in my stance so I made up my mind
I'm changin' my gears I'm changin' the time
Still chased by the devil that I'm leavin' behind
And so I'm
Drivin' to Kalifornia
I'm drivin' to Kalifornia
Got a full tank of gas and I lightened the load
Shined the white walls up then I hit the road
T-Roy shotgun I'm behind the wheel
All my boys got my back from the city of steel
And when I pull fifth gear man she's like a weapon
Doin' 95 on a stairway to heaven
Got my ears on bright so we can avoid the lights
Mic check one two everything's alright and so I'm
Drivin' to Kalifornia
I'm drivin' to Kalifornia
I want to know what it feels like
It feels like livin' free
Somewhere to roll where the sun shines
It shines right down on me
Drivin' to Kalifornia
Where the sun shines down and it's always around, sing
Hot Rod Betties up and down the west coast
Drivin' to Kalifornia
Where the sun shines down and it's always around, sing
Drivin' to Kalifornia
Where you feel it the most, big waves up and down the west coast
Lyrics submitted by Oheric2012
Drivin to Kalifornia Lyrics as written by Alexander Francis Barry Mark Kasprzyk
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Walt Disney Music Company, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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