"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.
with christmas upon us it's time to be honest
and follow my dreams and to face
a life of delusion and gender confusion
no longer will be the case
i never wanted army men or basketballs
i only wanted pantyhose and barbie dolls
and dressing up in mother's clothing
my whole life i've been feeling only feminine
it always seemed so useless trying to be a man
now that's a ghost of christmas past
now it feels like the very first time
cuz it's going to be the very first time
that christmas feels right to me
and i know that i'm looking good
just like a real girl should
it's my first christmas as a woman
a doctor reconstructed my genitals
and now i'm waiting underneath the mistletoe
for a guy who could love a girl like me
i took the hormones and i got my breasts
this season's gonna be the best to me
i won't have to tuck it behind me
since i got my brand new vagina
it's my first christmas as a woman
chop it off! chop it off! chop it off!
my penis, chop it off it's no use to me
cut it off! chop it off! chop it off!
my penis, cut it off so i can finally be a woman...
now i'm finally happy cuz i made my goal
to be a post operation transsexual
now i'm a pretty lady
now it feels like the very first time
cuz it's going to be the very first time
that christmas feels right to me
cuz i know that i'm looking good
just like a real girl should
it's my first christmas as a woman
and follow my dreams and to face
a life of delusion and gender confusion
no longer will be the case
i never wanted army men or basketballs
i only wanted pantyhose and barbie dolls
and dressing up in mother's clothing
my whole life i've been feeling only feminine
it always seemed so useless trying to be a man
now that's a ghost of christmas past
now it feels like the very first time
cuz it's going to be the very first time
that christmas feels right to me
and i know that i'm looking good
just like a real girl should
it's my first christmas as a woman
a doctor reconstructed my genitals
and now i'm waiting underneath the mistletoe
for a guy who could love a girl like me
i took the hormones and i got my breasts
this season's gonna be the best to me
i won't have to tuck it behind me
since i got my brand new vagina
it's my first christmas as a woman
chop it off! chop it off! chop it off!
my penis, chop it off it's no use to me
cut it off! chop it off! chop it off!
my penis, cut it off so i can finally be a woman...
now i'm finally happy cuz i made my goal
to be a post operation transsexual
now i'm a pretty lady
now it feels like the very first time
cuz it's going to be the very first time
that christmas feels right to me
cuz i know that i'm looking good
just like a real girl should
it's my first christmas as a woman
Lyrics submitted by bouncing soles
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