"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.
(I got a bad feeling 'bout you)
When the moon hits the sky, I'm a little unwell
'Cause the truth is a lie that nobody can tell
Every kid on the block talks in riddles and prose
Then we dance 'til we drop, drop
Drop
(They say) everything's perfect here
And the sun is shining
(Hey, hey) everything's perfect here
There's nobody crying
Oompa Loompa, doompety doo
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
Oompa Loompa, I don't know, dude
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
Bad feeling, bad feeling
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
Bad feeling, bad feeling
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
Animals, animals, all misunderstandable
Carnivores and cannibals
I want it on demand-able
Mandible, jaw split
Hit me with the gossip, gossip
(Are you fucking serious?)
(They say) everything's perfect here
And the sun is shining
(Hey, hey) everything's perfect here
There's nobody crying
Oompa Loompa, doompety doo
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
Oompa Loompa, I don't know, dude
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
Bad feeling, bad feeling
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
Bad feeling, bad feeling
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
Everything's perfect here
And the sun is shining
Everything's perfect here
There's nobody crying
Oompa Loompa, doompety doo
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
Oompa Loompa, I don't know, dude
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
Bad feeling, bad feeling
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
Bad feeling, bad feeling
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
It's true
When the moon hits the sky, I'm a little unwell
'Cause the truth is a lie that nobody can tell
Every kid on the block talks in riddles and prose
Then we dance 'til we drop, drop
Drop
(They say) everything's perfect here
And the sun is shining
(Hey, hey) everything's perfect here
There's nobody crying
Oompa Loompa, doompety doo
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
Oompa Loompa, I don't know, dude
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
Bad feeling, bad feeling
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
Bad feeling, bad feeling
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
Animals, animals, all misunderstandable
Carnivores and cannibals
I want it on demand-able
Mandible, jaw split
Hit me with the gossip, gossip
(Are you fucking serious?)
(They say) everything's perfect here
And the sun is shining
(Hey, hey) everything's perfect here
There's nobody crying
Oompa Loompa, doompety doo
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
Oompa Loompa, I don't know, dude
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
Bad feeling, bad feeling
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
Bad feeling, bad feeling
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
Everything's perfect here
And the sun is shining
Everything's perfect here
There's nobody crying
Oompa Loompa, doompety doo
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
Oompa Loompa, I don't know, dude
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
Bad feeling, bad feeling
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
Bad feeling, bad feeling
I got a bad feeling 'bout you
It's true
Lyrics submitted by DEADMAN68687
Bad Feeling (Oompa Loompa) Lyrics as written by Brandon Wronski Anthony Newley
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing
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