"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.
After nine years in the army
They took away his brain
They tattooed 'Defect' on his brow
And signed him up again
He killed ten thousand Germans
A hundred Japanese
A family of Hindus
And a lot of Portuguese, nine plan failed
I could never see the point
Of showing them you're boss
When they drag you through the city streets
And nail you to a cross
They took him to the office
They strapped him to the bed
They fastened lots of pretty wires
Securely to his head
They wheeled him down the corridor
Upon a metal trolley
Now he wears big spectacles
And he sings like Buddy Holly, nine plan failed
I could never see the point
Of showing them you're boss
When they drag you through the city streets
And nail you to a cross
The world declared its armistice
And took away his guns
And now he satisfies himself
On piss-week, tea and buns
On piss-week, tea and buns
Oh oh, at the disco
Rome is very pretty and Rome is very grand
But the Pope lost his four fingers
When they gave this boy his hand to kiss
When they gave this boy his hand to kiss
It wasn't funny, no
He wasn't very good at school
His highest grade was C
But he believed the managers
When they said,"You leave it all to me"
They gave him suits from Seville Row
The quality so fine
So now he sits in the desert wastes
Just waiting for a sign, nine plan failed
They took away his brain
They tattooed 'Defect' on his brow
And signed him up again
He killed ten thousand Germans
A hundred Japanese
A family of Hindus
And a lot of Portuguese, nine plan failed
I could never see the point
Of showing them you're boss
When they drag you through the city streets
And nail you to a cross
They took him to the office
They strapped him to the bed
They fastened lots of pretty wires
Securely to his head
They wheeled him down the corridor
Upon a metal trolley
Now he wears big spectacles
And he sings like Buddy Holly, nine plan failed
I could never see the point
Of showing them you're boss
When they drag you through the city streets
And nail you to a cross
The world declared its armistice
And took away his guns
And now he satisfies himself
On piss-week, tea and buns
On piss-week, tea and buns
Oh oh, at the disco
Rome is very pretty and Rome is very grand
But the Pope lost his four fingers
When they gave this boy his hand to kiss
When they gave this boy his hand to kiss
It wasn't funny, no
He wasn't very good at school
His highest grade was C
But he believed the managers
When they said,"You leave it all to me"
They gave him suits from Seville Row
The quality so fine
So now he sits in the desert wastes
Just waiting for a sign, nine plan failed
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Nine Plan Failed Lyrics as written by Adam Ant
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