"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.
Ohhhh
Ok
Like you all that
No way
Quit running your big mouth like you all that
Nobody catch ya ass when ya fall back
Bitch I look away I never saw that
I was running through the trenches in a war mask
Stop looking at me like I was deranged (ok)
Do you ever think I feel your pain (no way)
Extraordinary specimen, lit til the day I die
Smoke clouds help me float on by
I been high my whole goddamn life
Even my momma couldn't tell me why
Why I'm such a sick motha fucka
Let me take a hit (ok)
Now let me take another
I'm falling and I can't stand up
My dad used to tell me man up
Me and my brother put the gloves on
But now I'm too fucked up to function (no way)
I collapsed in the middle of the street just a block away
I fell down to earth
From 100 miles away and
Somehow I still make it work
But it's overrated and somehow played out
3 doors down so you can't ignore it
I'll hunt you down like a tyrannosaurus
My teeth are sharp like a great white shark
Let me taste that flesh, it's my favorite part
Got an eagle beak with the ostrich feet
7 spider eyes for everyday of the week
Means I'm still out working while your bitch ass sleeps
I'm an alien among the human beings
I fell down to earth
From a 100 miles away and somehow I still make it work
But it's overrated and somehow played out
Ahhhhhh
I won't be here long, at all
I fell down to earth
From a 100 miles away and somehow I still make it work
But it's overrated and somehow played out
Ok
Like you all that
No way
Quit running your big mouth like you all that
Nobody catch ya ass when ya fall back
Bitch I look away I never saw that
I was running through the trenches in a war mask
Stop looking at me like I was deranged (ok)
Do you ever think I feel your pain (no way)
Extraordinary specimen, lit til the day I die
Smoke clouds help me float on by
I been high my whole goddamn life
Even my momma couldn't tell me why
Why I'm such a sick motha fucka
Let me take a hit (ok)
Now let me take another
I'm falling and I can't stand up
My dad used to tell me man up
Me and my brother put the gloves on
But now I'm too fucked up to function (no way)
I collapsed in the middle of the street just a block away
I fell down to earth
From 100 miles away and
Somehow I still make it work
But it's overrated and somehow played out
3 doors down so you can't ignore it
I'll hunt you down like a tyrannosaurus
My teeth are sharp like a great white shark
Let me taste that flesh, it's my favorite part
Got an eagle beak with the ostrich feet
7 spider eyes for everyday of the week
Means I'm still out working while your bitch ass sleeps
I'm an alien among the human beings
I fell down to earth
From a 100 miles away and somehow I still make it work
But it's overrated and somehow played out
Ahhhhhh
I won't be here long, at all
I fell down to earth
From a 100 miles away and somehow I still make it work
But it's overrated and somehow played out
Lyrics submitted by quapet
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