"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.
Now has come the day that I take the lead and I make you follow
Toast of champagne 'cause I came for greed and not for tomorrow
If it feels good then it feels good and I do it all day
You want me to play you best bring your brain, you best bring your money (Yeah!)
Make me a superstar (Yeah!)
No matter who you are.
Razor blade and lines and I walk the line without feeling no one
Damn my throat is dry, I can't taste the wine from these empty bottles
Films and magazines its all what I need and all what I planned on
Where's my limousine
It's just like a dream that I won't wake up from (Yeah!)
Make me a superstar (Yeah!)
It don't matter who you are (Yeah!)
Make me a superstar (Yeah!)
No matter who you are.
And all of my pills and all of my drinks is makin' me, makin' me, makin' me
And all that I feel and all that I see is makin' me, makin' me, makin' me
Cover me in greed, 'cause you planted the seed when you fed my ego
Needless and disease for old invincible me like some kind of hero
Is it no surprise that I'm paralyzed by my fame and fortune
As I close my eyes and dive into the sky I'm dead 27 (Yeah!)
Make me a superstar (Yeah!)
It don't matter who you are (Yeah!)
Make me a superstar (Yeah!)
No matter who you are.
And all of my pills and all of my drinks is makin' me, makin' me, makin' me
And all that I feel and all that I see is makin' me, makin' me, makin' me
And all of my pills and all of my drinks is killin' me, killin' me, killin' me
And all that I feel and all that I see is fakin' me, fakin' me, fakin' me (Yeah!)
Make me a superstar, (Yeah!)
It don't matter who you are (Yeah!)
Make me a superstar, (Yeah!)
No matter who you are (Superstar)
Toast of champagne 'cause I came for greed and not for tomorrow
If it feels good then it feels good and I do it all day
You want me to play you best bring your brain, you best bring your money (Yeah!)
Make me a superstar (Yeah!)
No matter who you are.
Razor blade and lines and I walk the line without feeling no one
Damn my throat is dry, I can't taste the wine from these empty bottles
Films and magazines its all what I need and all what I planned on
Where's my limousine
It's just like a dream that I won't wake up from (Yeah!)
Make me a superstar (Yeah!)
It don't matter who you are (Yeah!)
Make me a superstar (Yeah!)
No matter who you are.
And all of my pills and all of my drinks is makin' me, makin' me, makin' me
And all that I feel and all that I see is makin' me, makin' me, makin' me
Cover me in greed, 'cause you planted the seed when you fed my ego
Needless and disease for old invincible me like some kind of hero
Is it no surprise that I'm paralyzed by my fame and fortune
As I close my eyes and dive into the sky I'm dead 27 (Yeah!)
Make me a superstar (Yeah!)
It don't matter who you are (Yeah!)
Make me a superstar (Yeah!)
No matter who you are.
And all of my pills and all of my drinks is makin' me, makin' me, makin' me
And all that I feel and all that I see is makin' me, makin' me, makin' me
And all of my pills and all of my drinks is killin' me, killin' me, killin' me
And all that I feel and all that I see is fakin' me, fakin' me, fakin' me (Yeah!)
Make me a superstar, (Yeah!)
It don't matter who you are (Yeah!)
Make me a superstar, (Yeah!)
No matter who you are (Superstar)
Lyrics submitted by HoldURBreath
Superstar Lyrics as written by Christopher Jon Dabaldo Paul Allen Crosby
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network
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