"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.
Hey, golden girl, with your hair swinging down
All of this love you have going round
What will you do when the gold turns to grey?
Have you thought now
Well, what the hay, give us some
Cover yourself with the safety of lies
You'll find it's easier 'til you face dying
Oh, sweetest smile in a confident come along
All of this longing you will done
Up and out, goes to your heart
And you will make yourself higher up, little fool
And love and go down and pay to go on
We'll lie on water, and oh
On the way back I slip on the ceiling
Caught you just then, hands were in the cookie jar
How can we share when you sneak up and go?
I've no intention of losing by beard
How they design and then we go again
Oh God, them horses were racing
And, oh, bring me down
Could put Humpty Dumpty back together again
Now the wall won't hold anyone
I walk in the slide
Wait and reach your lady
This is the short one
Short way to lay in
Oh, let her leave my hand I've given up
Whoa, how is too late now
Oh, free, just...
Were you lying?
All of this love you have going round
What will you do when the gold turns to grey?
Have you thought now
Well, what the hay, give us some
Cover yourself with the safety of lies
You'll find it's easier 'til you face dying
Oh, sweetest smile in a confident come along
All of this longing you will done
Up and out, goes to your heart
And you will make yourself higher up, little fool
And love and go down and pay to go on
We'll lie on water, and oh
On the way back I slip on the ceiling
Caught you just then, hands were in the cookie jar
How can we share when you sneak up and go?
I've no intention of losing by beard
How they design and then we go again
Oh God, them horses were racing
And, oh, bring me down
Could put Humpty Dumpty back together again
Now the wall won't hold anyone
I walk in the slide
Wait and reach your lady
This is the short one
Short way to lay in
Oh, let her leave my hand I've given up
Whoa, how is too late now
Oh, free, just...
Were you lying?
Lyrics submitted by Nelly
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I think people have a fear of being the first comment or something. Anyway, come talk about this song! I know I've heard this b4 but I can't remember it right now and I can't focus to interpret right now so someone else do it PLEASE! Thanks :)
ok well no one did and I'm back....I can't believe he they recorded it instrumental on Busted Stuff. I dunno I just wasn't expecting that. I love it tho...it has so much energy. I still can't fcus enough to think about this, but it sounds like she's lying about loving someone and maybe is cheating?...I dunno
This was like #34, had words, then recorded instrumental. Talk about back to basics for DMB! Okay, so meaning, i think there's a chick who's very fake in waht she does. She's superficial, and her appereance, and all that jazz. But he's like, 'what's gunna happen when you don't have all these material things anymore, and your beauty fades?' see she will be left with nothing becasue her whole life has been built on lies.
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I loved this song live!!! I saw them July 23rd.. WHAT A NIGHT!!!
hahahahahaa i watched it on july 23rd also!!!!!!!! hahaha. thi song is awesome and has a ton of energy. very very cool. i dunno why they would've done it without lyrics. maybe didn't have time to finish writing them or somtehing? no clue. but good nonetheless. =)
ok. well, first off. there's not too much of a point to comment on these lyrics because they change LIKE WHOA every concert. at one of the shows i went to (7/31/02) nothing about a golden girl but instead about a little brown mouse leaving little brown lumps everywhere. but these lyrics i guess where from LS so this is what people wanna comment on.
If anyone has the lyrics to the "Plastic Asshole" version, posting it would rock! Even though it sounds silly, the lyrics really are great and meaningful. : "why not believe that a good God'll save us all?/ Cause then we won't save ourselves and that's the only way to go!"
The "Plastic God" version of Kit Kat Jam is by far the best. I can't find the lyrics anywhere. I'll have to listen to a version I have and interpret them on here. But It is a little pointless (like dpu2002 said) because since it is a jam, the lyrics are mostly improvised and changed everytime. Which is why i am so amazed by this song. It seems as though he can create his best songs/ lyrics on the fly. And this is why I LOVE Dave.
Hey golden boy with your hair hanging down <br /> Oh such a lovely world if you're wearing a crown <br /> What will you do when the gold turns to grey? <br /> Wear all the wigs that you find to hide yourself away <br /> <br /> Sometimes desire to be hidden away <br /> Away from the screams and of the voices of the day <br /> Wouldn't deaf be nice, to be quiet like a church mouse <br /> All looking for cheese and all you find is holy wine <br /> <br /> I have a dream to be a plastic superhero <br /> And I would wear my plastic cape and I'd flap along <br /> A big old zero <br /> When I walk no forces would win against my proton plastic power <br /> And all, and someday I'd wave my plastic asshole and I'm over <br /> <br /> All know the song, your hands in the cookie jar <br /> What all of later wait, you get what you can now <br /> Oh but don't complain when the cookie jar echoes thin <br /> No more sweet treats for you and I will solve this all again <br /> <br /> Oh and I would love <br /> I dream to be a spaceman in a chair, oh <br /> And I would blow away all the dark forces <br /> And I'd wear in front a big zero <br /> All night long oh I desire <br /> And go fast as the speed of light travel, <br /> And no enemy could withstand the plastic powers would save us all over <br />
Hey golden boy with your hair hanging down <br /> Oh such a lovely world if you're wearing a crown <br /> What will you do when the gold turns to grey? <br /> Wear all the wigs that you find to hide yourself away <br /> <br /> Sometimes desire to be hidden away <br /> Away from the screams and of the voices of the day <br /> Wouldn't deaf be nice, to be quiet like a church mouse <br /> All looking for cheese and all you find is holy wine <br /> <br /> I have a dream to be a plastic superhero <br /> And I would wear my plastic cape and I'd flap along <br /> A big old zero <br /> When I walk no forces would win against my proton plastic power <br /> And all, and someday I'd wave my plastic asshole and I'm over <br /> <br /> All know the song, your hands in the cookie jar <br /> What all of later wait, you get what you can now <br /> Oh but don't complain when the cookie jar echoes thin <br /> No more sweet treats for you and I will solve this all again <br /> <br /> Oh and I would love <br /> I dream to be a spaceman in a chair, oh <br /> And I would blow away all the dark forces <br /> And I'd wear in front a big zero <br /> All night long oh I desire <br /> And go fast as the speed of light travel, <br /> And no enemy could withstand the plastic powers would save us all over <br />
Hey golden man with your head hangin' down Oh pretty pretty love (too late?) and I wish I was (your sign?) Come bear it all play with wonder in your eyes (no color?/don't cower?) away from me I'll be your big surprise
Don't you smell watch that growing/glowing in the air I'm out of (loathing?) I'm folding again I'm growing used to the filth in the air Ain't just so proud of it and makes us (affairs?)
And only this I dreamed that I was all climbing (upthrown?) and counting the stars they were laughing and they kept on counting this all greatest dream I could be some kindof superhero and then i would wear my plastic cape with a great big bouncing glowing painted zerooo
A mounted assault on everything that busts through I roll my (grass?) all far into the middle of what (you don't toke?) oh dearest prayers to the great big plastic god plotting us love through the I suck (bear this rather bone?)
If all is all I would swoop through the clouds like an angel and I would smile my plastic smile and I would save it if (back to fall back in here?) oh no no Maybe we all my arms swear they are not from here if all from way the beyond why do I sometimes have a (coffee?)
But not a name (said?) over why your head in the cloud now fly fly fly from (fright?) oh now I'm far away this all watching me one more plastic star falling
These are the lyrics for the version on the gorge album. May not be the exact version your thinking of but are most likely performed very close to eachother, because of Dave's extensive use of the plastic motif. The lyrics are a rough draft, and meant to be worked on and added to. I have trouble making out the words sometimes
Hey golden boy with your hair hanging down Oh such a lovely world if you're wearing a crown What will you do when the gold turns to grey? Wear all the wigs that you find to hide yourself away
Sometimes desire to be hidden away Away from the screams and of the voices of the day Wouldn't deaf be nice, to be quiet like a church mouse All looking for cheese and all you find is holy wine
I have a dream to be a plastic superhero And I would wear my plastic cape and I'd flap along A big old zero When I walk no forces would win against my proton plastic power And all, and someday I'd wave my plastic asshole and I'm over
All know the song, your hands in the cookie jar What all of later wait, you get what you can now Oh but don't complain when the cookie jar echoes thin No more sweet treats for you and I will solve this all again
Oh and I would love I dream to be a spaceman in a chair, oh And I would blow away all the dark forces And I'd wear in front a big zero All night long oh I desire And go fast as the speed of light travel, And no enemy could withstand the plastic powers would save us all over