"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.
É melhor ser alegre que ser triste
Alegria é a melhor coisa que existe
É assim como a luz no coração
Mas prá fazer um samba com beleza
É preciso um bocado de tristeza
Senão não se faz um samba não
Fazer samba não é contar piada
E quem faz samba assim não é de nada
O bom samba é uma forma de oração
Porque o samba é a tristeza que balança
E a tristeza tem sempre uma esperança
De um dia não ser mais triste não
Põe um pouco de amor numa cadência
E vai ver que ninguém no mundo vence
A beleza que tem um samba não
Porque o samba nasceu lá na Bahia
E se hoje ele é branco na poesia
Ele é negro demais no coração
É melhor ser alegre que ser triste
Alegria é a melhor coisa que existe
É assim como a luz no coração
Porque o samba nasceu lá na Bahia
E se hoje ele é branco na poesia
Ele é negro demais no coração
Alegria é a melhor coisa que existe
É assim como a luz no coração
Mas prá fazer um samba com beleza
É preciso um bocado de tristeza
Senão não se faz um samba não
Fazer samba não é contar piada
E quem faz samba assim não é de nada
O bom samba é uma forma de oração
Porque o samba é a tristeza que balança
E a tristeza tem sempre uma esperança
De um dia não ser mais triste não
Põe um pouco de amor numa cadência
E vai ver que ninguém no mundo vence
A beleza que tem um samba não
Porque o samba nasceu lá na Bahia
E se hoje ele é branco na poesia
Ele é negro demais no coração
É melhor ser alegre que ser triste
Alegria é a melhor coisa que existe
É assim como a luz no coração
Porque o samba nasceu lá na Bahia
E se hoje ele é branco na poesia
Ele é negro demais no coração
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Samba da Bencao (Samba of the Blessing) Lyrics as written by Marcelo Peixoto Baden Powell
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(FROM PORTUGESE TO ENGLISH:)
SAMBA OF THE BLESSING
And better to be happy to be sad Alegria e a melhor coisa que existe Joy and the best thing that exists E assim como a luz no coracao And as the light at heart Mas pra fazer um samba com beleza But to make a samba with beauty E preciso um bocado de tristeza It takes a bit of sadness Senao nao se faz um samba nao Senao is not a samba does not
Fazer samba nao e contar piada Do not samba and tell jokes E quem faz samba assim nao e de nada And who does not like samba and nothing O bom samba e uma forma de oracao The good samba and a form of prayer Porque o samba e a tristeza que balanca Because the samba and the sadness that balance- E a tristeza tem sempre uma esperanca And sadness is always a hope De um dia nao ser mais triste nao From one day not be sadder not
Poe um pouco de amor numa cadencia Poe a little love in a cadence E vai ver que ninguem no mundo vence And you'll see that nobody in the world wins A beleza que tem um samba nao The beauty that is not a samba Porque o samba nasceu la na Bahia Because samba was born in Bahia la E se hoje ele e branco na poesia And today he is in poetry and white Ele e negro demais no coracao He and others in the black heart
[Translation:] [Translation:]
Samba Of The Blessing Samba Of The Blessing
It's better to be happy than sad It's better to be happy than sad Happiness is the best thing there is Happiness is the best thing there is It is like a light in the heart It is like a light in the heart But to make a samba with beauty But to make a samba with beauty It's needed a bit of sadness It's needed a bit of sadness If not the samba can't be made If not the samba can not be made
To make a samba is not like telling a joke To make a samba is not like telling a joke And who makes samba like this is worth nothing And who makes samba like this is worth nothing The good samba is a kind of prayer The good samba is a kind of prayer Because samba is the sadness that sways Because samba is the sadness That sways And sadness is always hopeful And sadness is always hopeful Of one day not being sad any more Of one day not being wellness sad any more
Put a little love in the cadence Put a little love in the cadence And you'll see that in this world nobody wins And you'll see That in this world nobody wins The beauty that a samba have The Beauty That Samba have Because samba was born in Bahia Because samba was born in Bahia And if today it is white in it's poetry And if today it is white in it's poetry It is very black in it's heart It is very black in it's heart