"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.
Kad sam je sreo bila je mlada,
Ljubavi puna i napola gladna.
Nije zbog rime i nije iz vica -
I ja sam tada jeo ko ptica.
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
Svaka je njena potreba mala,
Živi uglavnom od ideala.
Čitam joj pjesme, ona mi guče,
Na stolu hladan gulaš od juče.
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
Na stolu skroman paket od kuće,
Smrznuta jela, ali postelje vruće.
Divno je rasla, sa stasom breze,
Na plodnom tlu studentske menze.
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
Ali kao i drugi kad život srede
I ljubav moja sad više jede,
A ponekad i ja dok misli lete
Oborim pogled na kotlete.
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
Nježno me gleda moja metresa
I smiješi preko miješanog mesa.
"O, nikom ne dam tu ljubav staru" -
Šapćem joj preko šnicle na žaru.
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
I uskoro tako, htjeli ne htjeli,
Svi mi ljubimo manje a više bi jeli,
Pa ipak nježne riječi se nađu :
"Hoćes li, mila, malo gorču ili malo slađu ?"
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
Kažu da još je lijepa ko slika,
Al’ je ne vidim od jelovnika.
To biva tako svuda na svijetu,
Naša je ljubav već pri desertu.
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
Ljubavi puna i napola gladna.
Nije zbog rime i nije iz vica -
I ja sam tada jeo ko ptica.
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
Svaka je njena potreba mala,
Živi uglavnom od ideala.
Čitam joj pjesme, ona mi guče,
Na stolu hladan gulaš od juče.
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
Na stolu skroman paket od kuće,
Smrznuta jela, ali postelje vruće.
Divno je rasla, sa stasom breze,
Na plodnom tlu studentske menze.
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
Ali kao i drugi kad život srede
I ljubav moja sad više jede,
A ponekad i ja dok misli lete
Oborim pogled na kotlete.
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
Nježno me gleda moja metresa
I smiješi preko miješanog mesa.
"O, nikom ne dam tu ljubav staru" -
Šapćem joj preko šnicle na žaru.
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
I uskoro tako, htjeli ne htjeli,
Svi mi ljubimo manje a više bi jeli,
Pa ipak nježne riječi se nađu :
"Hoćes li, mila, malo gorču ili malo slađu ?"
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
Kažu da još je lijepa ko slika,
Al’ je ne vidim od jelovnika.
To biva tako svuda na svijetu,
Naša je ljubav već pri desertu.
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
La la lala, lala laaa,
La la lala, lalalala !
Lyrics submitted by Mad Woman Moon
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