"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.
Everybody here is a freak, And if you disagree you¹re even weirder...The world should disinherit the meek, So let¹s go for broke and arm the gates of authority ...It's what we allow, And if we¹re better looking then victory is ours... To spin the bottle, baby, and how, We¹ve got a war to win, let¹s win it now
The love war was won with a single love bullet from a love gun And the Plan has love for everyone! Don¹t be left out when a love war breaks out Yeah, oh-wah-oh-wah-oh-oh *** in this town to not be getting down Yeah, oh-wah-oh-wah-oh-oh And every day could be Valentine¹s Day (Oh, oh, oh, YEAH!)
Lovin¹ is a threat to The Man, And if he had his way he¹d squash it out right... Despising what he can¹t understand, So arm yourself and defend your letter Try to make a joke of it might But the history of freedom will never be denied... The carriers of liberty's lights: Oh, Jefferson, Voltaire, Thomas Paine, and Barry White! The love war was waged by a million love soldiers in a love rage, And the Plan is fighting every day! Better pick a side when the love war arrived Yeah, oh-wah-oh-wah-oh-oh Lives to be loved and the love war needs you all Yeah, oh-wah-oh-wah-oh-oh *** in this town to not be getting down Yeah, oh-wah-oh-wah-oh-oh And every day would be Valentine's Day And everyone would love to choose to love in their own way So do your part; the traitors are kissed at dawn, that¹s what they say And every day could be Valentine's Day
The love war was won with a single love bullet from a love gun And the Plan has love for everyone! Don¹t be left out when a love war breaks out Yeah, oh-wah-oh-wah-oh-oh *** in this town to not be getting down Yeah, oh-wah-oh-wah-oh-oh And every day could be Valentine¹s Day (Oh, oh, oh, YEAH!)
Lovin¹ is a threat to The Man, And if he had his way he¹d squash it out right... Despising what he can¹t understand, So arm yourself and defend your letter Try to make a joke of it might But the history of freedom will never be denied... The carriers of liberty's lights: Oh, Jefferson, Voltaire, Thomas Paine, and Barry White! The love war was waged by a million love soldiers in a love rage, And the Plan is fighting every day! Better pick a side when the love war arrived Yeah, oh-wah-oh-wah-oh-oh Lives to be loved and the love war needs you all Yeah, oh-wah-oh-wah-oh-oh *** in this town to not be getting down Yeah, oh-wah-oh-wah-oh-oh And every day would be Valentine's Day And everyone would love to choose to love in their own way So do your part; the traitors are kissed at dawn, that¹s what they say And every day could be Valentine's Day
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