"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.
Okay, until then
We love you, we love you, and we are Paramore
Woo, hey, hey
Put those dancing shoes on
I wanna see your moves
I don't mind
Lettin' you down easy but just give it time (c'mon)
If it don't hurt now, but just wait, just wait a while
You're not the big fish in the pond no more
You are what they're feedin' on
So what are you gonna do
When the world don't orbit around you?
Alright, sing it out
Hey
Ain't it fun
Livin' in the real world?
Ain't it good
Bein' all alone?
Where you're from
You might be the one who's runnin' things
Well, you can ring anybody's bell and get what you want
See, it's easy to ignore trouble, what
When you're livin' in a bubble
So, what are you gonna do
When the world don't orbit around you? (Oh, ah)
So, what are you gonna do
When nobody wants to fool with you, ah, hey
Ain't it fun
Livin' in the real world?
Ain't it good
Bein' all alone? Alright, you help me sing this one, come on
Ain't it good to be on your own?
Ain't it fun you can't count on no one?
Ain't it good to be on your own?
Ain't it fun you can't count on no one?
Ain't it fun
Livin' in the real world?
Alright, we're gonna take y'all to church, let's go
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world, hey
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world
Ain't it fun? Ain't it fun?
Baby, now you're one of us
Ain't it fun? Ain't it fun?
Ain't it fun?
Ain't it fun
Livin' in the real world?
Ain't it good, ain't it good
Bein' all alone?
Don't go cryin' to your mama (now to your mama)
'Cause you're on your own in the real world
Don't go cryin' to your mama (to your mama)
'Cause you're on your own (hey) in the real world (world)
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own, this is the real world
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world (this is the real world)
Don't go cryin' (this is the real world) to your mama (don't go cryin')
'Cause you're on your own in the real world
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world (alright, everybody I want you to sing it with me)
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real, you
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own, sing it louder
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world (alright, this time louder than never, louder than ever, go)
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world (that's right, sing it for me one more time)
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world, ah-ha, wooh, yeah
We love you, we love you, and we are Paramore
Woo, hey, hey
Put those dancing shoes on
I wanna see your moves
I don't mind
Lettin' you down easy but just give it time (c'mon)
If it don't hurt now, but just wait, just wait a while
You're not the big fish in the pond no more
You are what they're feedin' on
So what are you gonna do
When the world don't orbit around you?
Alright, sing it out
Hey
Ain't it fun
Livin' in the real world?
Ain't it good
Bein' all alone?
Where you're from
You might be the one who's runnin' things
Well, you can ring anybody's bell and get what you want
See, it's easy to ignore trouble, what
When you're livin' in a bubble
So, what are you gonna do
When the world don't orbit around you? (Oh, ah)
So, what are you gonna do
When nobody wants to fool with you, ah, hey
Ain't it fun
Livin' in the real world?
Ain't it good
Bein' all alone? Alright, you help me sing this one, come on
Ain't it good to be on your own?
Ain't it fun you can't count on no one?
Ain't it good to be on your own?
Ain't it fun you can't count on no one?
Ain't it fun
Livin' in the real world?
Alright, we're gonna take y'all to church, let's go
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world, hey
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world
Ain't it fun? Ain't it fun?
Baby, now you're one of us
Ain't it fun? Ain't it fun?
Ain't it fun?
Ain't it fun
Livin' in the real world?
Ain't it good, ain't it good
Bein' all alone?
Don't go cryin' to your mama (now to your mama)
'Cause you're on your own in the real world
Don't go cryin' to your mama (to your mama)
'Cause you're on your own (hey) in the real world (world)
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own, this is the real world
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world (this is the real world)
Don't go cryin' (this is the real world) to your mama (don't go cryin')
'Cause you're on your own in the real world
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world (alright, everybody I want you to sing it with me)
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real, you
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own, sing it louder
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world (alright, this time louder than never, louder than ever, go)
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world (that's right, sing it for me one more time)
Don't go cryin' to your mama
'Cause you're on your own in the real world, ah-ha, wooh, yeah
Lyrics submitted by SongMeanings, edited by piecexo, nanders, cosmickiss, dancedarling73
Ain't It Fun Lyrics as written by Taylor Benjamin York Hayley Nichole Williams
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Lyrics powered by LyricFind
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
Lord Huron
This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Gentle Hour
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Head > Heels
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Head > Heels” is a track that aims to capture what it feels like to experience romance that exceeds expectations. Ed Sheeran dedicates his album outro to a lover who has blessed him with a unique experience that he seeks to describe through the song’s nuanced lyrics.
Essentially, we all have to grow up and make our own decisions. We each have to be our own person and not depend entirely on others. You can try and avoid life, but soon it catches up to you. To learn how to be independent, you must take chances and make mistakes and learn from them. No one will be with you every step of the way and no one will be there to clean up your messes. This is the real world and the world will not wait for you.
I sound like a fortune cookie