"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.
ASH AND SCOTT
What the fuck was that?
SCOTT
Your sister has turned into a zombie
ASH AND SCOTT
What the fuck was that?
ASH
Your girlfriend was a demon too
ASH AND SCOTT
What the fuck was that?
SCOTT
She just ripped my pre-ripped Abercrombie
ASH AND SCOTT
What the fuck was that?
ASH
I got some Shelly on my shoe
SCOTT
"Ewww"
ASH AND SCOTT
What darkness lurks beyond this wooden sanctum?
What the fuck was that?
SCOTT
Dude, these hoes been zombefied!
I cannot stay here anymore
I'm getting out of here!
ASH
No, we cannot leave, Linda's ankle won't make it, I fear
SCOTT
I cannot stay, I killed my lay!
I must go now
ASH
You can't go now
SCOTT
I must!
ASH
You can't!
SCOTT
I must
ASH
You can't!
SCOTT
Bitch's out for blood!
I can't take this anymore
ASH
We don't even know if there's a way back,
except for that damn broken footbridge
SCOTT
Gotta go!
Right now!
I'll find a road where I'll flag down a van!
ASH
Just listen to me
SCOTT
No I won't!
ASH
Linda can't walk
SCOTT
It's time to go!
ASH
Cannot hike
Can't even stand
SCOTT
Then we'll leave her
That's our brand-new...
ASH AND SCOTT
Plan
What the fuck was that?
SCOTT
Now I'll put an end to this vacation
ASH AND SCOTT
What the fuck was that?
ASH
Scott, don't leave me all alone
ASH AND SCOTT
Necronomicon
The Book of the Dead
ASH
The Chant
SCOTT
A curse
ASH
The chicks
SCOTT
I'm gone!
ASH AND SCOTT
What the fuck was that?
It's the Evil Dead!
What the fuck was that?
SCOTT
Your sister has turned into a zombie
ASH AND SCOTT
What the fuck was that?
ASH
Your girlfriend was a demon too
ASH AND SCOTT
What the fuck was that?
SCOTT
She just ripped my pre-ripped Abercrombie
ASH AND SCOTT
What the fuck was that?
ASH
I got some Shelly on my shoe
SCOTT
"Ewww"
ASH AND SCOTT
What darkness lurks beyond this wooden sanctum?
What the fuck was that?
SCOTT
Dude, these hoes been zombefied!
I cannot stay here anymore
I'm getting out of here!
ASH
No, we cannot leave, Linda's ankle won't make it, I fear
SCOTT
I cannot stay, I killed my lay!
I must go now
ASH
You can't go now
SCOTT
I must!
ASH
You can't!
SCOTT
I must
ASH
You can't!
SCOTT
Bitch's out for blood!
I can't take this anymore
ASH
We don't even know if there's a way back,
except for that damn broken footbridge
SCOTT
Gotta go!
Right now!
I'll find a road where I'll flag down a van!
ASH
Just listen to me
SCOTT
No I won't!
ASH
Linda can't walk
SCOTT
It's time to go!
ASH
Cannot hike
Can't even stand
SCOTT
Then we'll leave her
That's our brand-new...
ASH AND SCOTT
Plan
What the fuck was that?
SCOTT
Now I'll put an end to this vacation
ASH AND SCOTT
What the fuck was that?
ASH
Scott, don't leave me all alone
ASH AND SCOTT
Necronomicon
The Book of the Dead
ASH
The Chant
SCOTT
A curse
ASH
The chicks
SCOTT
I'm gone!
ASH AND SCOTT
What the fuck was that?
It's the Evil Dead!
Lyrics submitted by Susinko
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