"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.
You've got a great car
Yeah, what's wrong with it today?
I used to have one too
Baby, oh, come and have a look
I really love your hairdo, yeah
I'm glad you like mine too
See we're lookin' pretty cool
Look at ya
So, what do you do?
Oh, yeah, I wait tables too
No, I haven't heard your band
'Cause you guys are pretty new
But if you dig
On vegan food
Well, come over to my work
I'll have 'em cook you something
That you'll really love
'Cause I like you
Yeah, I like you
And I'm feelin' so bohemian like you
Yeah, I like you
Yeah, I like you
And I feel, whoa, woo
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Wait, who's that guy?
Just hangin' at your pad
He's lookin' kinda (bummed)
Yeah, you broke up that's too bad
I guess it's fair
If he always pays the rent
And he doesn't get bent
About sleepin' on the couch when I'm there
'Cause I like you
Yeah, I like you
And I'm feelin' so bohemian like you
Yeah, I like you
Yeah, I like you
And I feel, whoa, woo
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
I'm getting wise and I'm feelin' so bohemian like you
It's you that I want, so please
Just a casual, casual easy thing
Is it? It is for me
And I like you
Yeah, I like you
And I like you, I like you, I like you
I like you, I like you, I like you, I like you
And I feel whoa, woo
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Yeah, what's wrong with it today?
I used to have one too
Baby, oh, come and have a look
I really love your hairdo, yeah
I'm glad you like mine too
See we're lookin' pretty cool
Look at ya
So, what do you do?
Oh, yeah, I wait tables too
No, I haven't heard your band
'Cause you guys are pretty new
But if you dig
On vegan food
Well, come over to my work
I'll have 'em cook you something
That you'll really love
'Cause I like you
Yeah, I like you
And I'm feelin' so bohemian like you
Yeah, I like you
Yeah, I like you
And I feel, whoa, woo
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Wait, who's that guy?
Just hangin' at your pad
He's lookin' kinda (bummed)
Yeah, you broke up that's too bad
I guess it's fair
If he always pays the rent
And he doesn't get bent
About sleepin' on the couch when I'm there
'Cause I like you
Yeah, I like you
And I'm feelin' so bohemian like you
Yeah, I like you
Yeah, I like you
And I feel, whoa, woo
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
I'm getting wise and I'm feelin' so bohemian like you
It's you that I want, so please
Just a casual, casual easy thing
Is it? It is for me
And I like you
Yeah, I like you
And I like you, I like you, I like you
I like you, I like you, I like you, I like you
And I feel whoa, woo
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Lyrics submitted by magicnudiesuit, edited by xL4n1x
Bohemian Like You Lyrics as written by Courtney Taylor
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it's about a guy picking up a girl - thinks he's smooth, thinks he's playing the girl. Turns out, the girl is a complete maneater and he doesn't even realise it. In 2 months time, he will be the poor sap sleeping on the couch, not getting any, while this girl brings home a succession of guys and bangs them right under his nose.
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