"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.
Though, it took me by surprise
One by one, I realized
There was somethin', I could do
I lost my way, that's what she said
Back to the 101
If we don't know, somewhere to go
Back to the 101
I never said, to feel relaxed
I never said, to love me back
What was I next to you?
And in my mind, it all goes black
Lost control of what I had
All my thoughts, left one by one
I lost my way, that's what she said
Back to the 101
Back to the one, another one
Back to the 101
I count the one
I count the one
I count the 101
I count the one
I count the one
I count the 101
I know
(I count the one)
I lost
(I count the one)
My way
(I count the 101)
This time
(I count the one)
We?ll find
(I count the one)
A place
(I count the 101)
I know
(I count the one)
I lost
(I count the one)
My way
(I count the 101)
This time
(I count the one)
We?ll find
(I count the one)
A place
(I count the 101)
One by one, I realized
There was somethin', I could do
I lost my way, that's what she said
Back to the 101
If we don't know, somewhere to go
Back to the 101
I never said, to feel relaxed
I never said, to love me back
What was I next to you?
And in my mind, it all goes black
Lost control of what I had
All my thoughts, left one by one
I lost my way, that's what she said
Back to the 101
Back to the one, another one
Back to the 101
I count the one
I count the one
I count the 101
I count the one
I count the one
I count the 101
I know
(I count the one)
I lost
(I count the one)
My way
(I count the 101)
This time
(I count the one)
We?ll find
(I count the one)
A place
(I count the 101)
I know
(I count the one)
I lost
(I count the one)
My way
(I count the 101)
This time
(I count the one)
We?ll find
(I count the one)
A place
(I count the 101)
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101 Lyrics as written by Albert Jr Hammond
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i think it might actually be:
What was I next to you?
In my mind it all goes back
first singel from "Yours to keep" great song and video too. Sounds like The Strokes, but I like this way. Anybody know what mean "101"?
he was (is?) apart of the strokes right?
Hwy 101 in CA.
Room 101 is a torture chamber in which a prisoner is subjected to his or her own worst nightmare. Such is the omniscience of the state in the totalitarian society of Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_101
Yeah i dont think Albert is singing about a torture chamber. I think the highway fits a little better with the song. I always imagined a train for some reason but highway might be more accurate.
I am not sure, and the album sleeve doesn't have the lyrics printed in it, but I think the lyric might be: "I caught the 101" therefore referencing the highway. Albert is originally from CA, and it might be kind of a returning home kind of thing, or maybe trying to return to someone. The whole album deals a lot with relatioships and change. Catch him in concert if you can---def an awesome show!!
i dont like the beginning.
My first thought was also back to the beginning. He got off track, maybe had a drinking problem, gambling problem (etc) and is now back to the basics.
the 101 references highway 101 in california that runs parallel to the west coast.