"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.
Found a head and an arm in da garbage can
Don't know why I'm here
Livin' on the run for oh so long
I gotta go collect
Double talkin' jive get the money motherfucker
'Cause I got no more patience
Double talkin' I got (lies)
No more patience man
Back in town an'a all new friends
They sayin' how ya been?
Fucked up and outta place
That's how I felt back then
Double talkin' jive get the money motherfucker
'Cause I got no more patience
Double talkin' (lies) no more patience man
You dig what I'm sayin'?
Don't know why I'm here
Livin' on the run for oh so long
I gotta go collect
Double talkin' jive get the money motherfucker
'Cause I got no more patience
Double talkin' I got (lies)
No more patience man
Back in town an'a all new friends
They sayin' how ya been?
Fucked up and outta place
That's how I felt back then
Double talkin' jive get the money motherfucker
'Cause I got no more patience
Double talkin' (lies) no more patience man
You dig what I'm sayin'?
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there actually was a head and an arm found out the back of the recording studio in a dumpster, where they were recording parts of the illusion album
the solo is Exxxxxxxtra Ordddddddinary !!!!!
Double Talking Jive is medaphore for Lying.
It's basicly what it's about.
Axl said in Tokyo
"This is to all the Mother Fuckers who said you wouldn't get anywhere in life."
I love how it changes tempo at the end, it goes from a rocker to a spanish love song.
Its a pretty staighforward song, just read the lyrics as you listen to the song. cant look at the lyrics alone, though, gotta have the music with it or you wont get it as well
is this song about a drugs? Or a drug dealer or drug dealing? Something along that line...
very powerfull song with an amazing solo. one of the best songs of UYI though the lyrics don't make much of a sense to me
this song reminds me of a criminal/or anti-criminal gang member, "double talkin' jive get the money motha' fucka' cause I got no more patience", this also makes me think of the Godfather, or some other Gangsta film, maybe Scareface, Goodfella's, etc.
good song.
The song (lyrics EXCLUSIVELY) was written by Izzy. There were multiple occasions when Axl said so himself live before singing it. He would follow that up by saying "FUCK IZZY". Pretty sure the song was written towards and about Axl. They apparently were getting along none too well at the time..