"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.
Failures in Outer Space, failures and crimes.
Let's get something straight, s'not for mine.
Before you were born and after you die.
Failures in Outer Space, failures and crimes.
It's in the water, it's in the earth.
It's in the unit to measure the curse.
it's depth, whatever it's worth.
It's in the unit to measure the curse.
It's in the set up, yeah it's built in.
whatever the get up, yeah it's built in.
Wait for the rubout, wait for the purge.
Wipe the last howlie the fuck off our turf.
Forget what you thought, forget what you heard
wipe the last HAOLE the fuck off our turf.
Aloha (aloha)
Suit Up!
Luau (luau)
Kill all the tourists, and we'll all sleep sound
cash all their filling, blow it in town
Yeah we'll blow it on rifles, blow it on drinks.
Head for the corner, head in the sink.
Let's get something straight, s'not for mine.
Before you were born and after you die.
Failures in Outer Space, failures and crimes.
It's in the water, it's in the earth.
It's in the unit to measure the curse.
it's depth, whatever it's worth.
It's in the unit to measure the curse.
It's in the set up, yeah it's built in.
whatever the get up, yeah it's built in.
Wait for the rubout, wait for the purge.
Wipe the last howlie the fuck off our turf.
Forget what you thought, forget what you heard
wipe the last HAOLE the fuck off our turf.
Aloha (aloha)
Suit Up!
Luau (luau)
Kill all the tourists, and we'll all sleep sound
cash all their filling, blow it in town
Yeah we'll blow it on rifles, blow it on drinks.
Head for the corner, head in the sink.
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It's "wipe the last HAOLE the fuck off our turf." Haole is a Hawaiian word for foreigners.
i dont think some of these lyrics are correct...but i dont know the right corrections.
wait til the rubout - wait til the purge - forget what you saw forget what you heard wipe the last ahole the fuck off our turf - forget what you saw forget what you heard
that is one correction i can make
actually that isn't quite it.
also, i think some of the "'til"s should be "for"
this song is life.
He definitely says, "wipe the last alley the fuck off our turf." This makes a lot more sense.
Actually, I'm pretty sure he says "wipe the last howlie". It goes more with the ALOHA and LUAU vibe. That's always what I thought he said from when I listened to it.<br /> <br /> HOWLIE-<br /> Term used by locals in the state of Hawaii to refer to white people who moved to the state/island from the mainland. <br />
Failures in Outer Space, failures and crimes. Let's get something straight, s'not for mine. Before you were born and after you die. Failures in Outer Space, failures and crimes.
It's in the water, it's in the earth. It's in the unit to measure the curse. it's depth, whatever it's worth. It's in the unit to measure the curse.
It's in the set up, yeah it's built in. whatever the get up, yeah it's built in.
Wait for the rubout, wait for the purge. Wipe the last howlie the fuck off our turf. Forget what you thought, forget what you heard Wipe the last howlie the fuck off our turf.
Aloha (aloha) Suit Up! Luau (luau)
Kill all the tourists, and we'll all sleep sound cash all their filling, blow it in town Yeah we'll blow it on rifles, blow it on drinks. Head for the corner, head in the sink.