"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.
t least it's all about you
I think the blondes are done with fun
At least it's all about you
I think the blondes are done
We're all too cool for fun
I go blonde when I'm sad
Blew motivation I had
To make my still beating-something
Not hurt that bad
Haven't been home in some months
I haven't loved myself
Just watching friends online
Look like they need some help
I never wanted to be thinking this loud
I never asked about the when, why or how
I wanted privacy, routine and everything between
While they're just finding me out
I never wanted to be thinking this loud
At least it's all about you
I think the blondes are done with fun
At least it's all about you
I think the blondes are done
We're all too cool for fun
No plastic or paper can take her or make her
Shake from the fact she's my world devastator
You...
I think the blondes are done
We're all too cool for fun
I go blue when I've had
A blink at home to breathe
I used to, to crave a getaway
Now I don't wanna leave
I was stuck at home for some months
I didn't love myself
Before we sold out shows
Before I needed help
I never wanted to be thinking this loud
I never asked about the when, why or how
I wanted privacy, routine and everything between
While they're just finding me out
I never wanted to be thinking this loud
At least it's all about you
I think the blondes are done with fun
At least it's all about you
I think the blondes are done
We're all too cool for fun
No plastic or paper can take her or make her
Shake from the fact she's my world devastator
You...
I think the blondes are done
We're all too cool for fun
I'm falling from my couch across these states for you
I feel trapped in contracts, I'm depressed, tied in gift wrap
I'm seconds from bottles when these seconds feel awful
But now I don't for you
At least it's all about you
I think the blondes are done
(We're all too cool for fun)
At least it's all about you
I think the blondes are done with fun
At least it's all about you
I think the blondes are done
We're all too cool for fun
No plastic or paper can take her or make her
Shake from the fact she's my world devastator
You...
I think the blondes are done
We're all too cool for fun
I think the blondes are done with fun
At least it's all about you
I think the blondes are done
We're all too cool for fun
I go blonde when I'm sad
Blew motivation I had
To make my still beating-something
Not hurt that bad
Haven't been home in some months
I haven't loved myself
Just watching friends online
Look like they need some help
I never wanted to be thinking this loud
I never asked about the when, why or how
I wanted privacy, routine and everything between
While they're just finding me out
I never wanted to be thinking this loud
At least it's all about you
I think the blondes are done with fun
At least it's all about you
I think the blondes are done
We're all too cool for fun
No plastic or paper can take her or make her
Shake from the fact she's my world devastator
You...
I think the blondes are done
We're all too cool for fun
I go blue when I've had
A blink at home to breathe
I used to, to crave a getaway
Now I don't wanna leave
I was stuck at home for some months
I didn't love myself
Before we sold out shows
Before I needed help
I never wanted to be thinking this loud
I never asked about the when, why or how
I wanted privacy, routine and everything between
While they're just finding me out
I never wanted to be thinking this loud
At least it's all about you
I think the blondes are done with fun
At least it's all about you
I think the blondes are done
We're all too cool for fun
No plastic or paper can take her or make her
Shake from the fact she's my world devastator
You...
I think the blondes are done
We're all too cool for fun
I'm falling from my couch across these states for you
I feel trapped in contracts, I'm depressed, tied in gift wrap
I'm seconds from bottles when these seconds feel awful
But now I don't for you
At least it's all about you
I think the blondes are done
(We're all too cool for fun)
At least it's all about you
I think the blondes are done with fun
At least it's all about you
I think the blondes are done
We're all too cool for fun
No plastic or paper can take her or make her
Shake from the fact she's my world devastator
You...
I think the blondes are done
We're all too cool for fun
Lyrics submitted by emmamilliken11
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