"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.
All alone here on the internet
Looking for cures that aren't invented yet
If I don't wanna die
Then I'm not gonna die
I need validation for your parking lot
No, I'm not sure your science is even worth the cost
She said, "Now mister, sit down, and I'll tell you again
There ain't a magic potion for the state that you're in"
Well I'll get another opinion, see you, thanks a lot
I need another prescription from illegal stock
And why I'm so denied is a mystery that no key unlocks
I said, "You might as well give enough for six weeks, hey
And have you any more info? I'll be quiet and pay"
Oh, I really can't be dealing with these crooked dogs
I see a rare-looking bird out the cold window
Flying like a sun, like a saying I know
This isn't my time to die
You're never really gonna die
I never really wanna die
I'm never really gonna die
Life, it holds a whip and beats you to the clock
But why it peaks all night is an unfairness I can't resolve
I've done the juices and the cleanses, but it's too New Age
I'm waiting for the gold that the big lads make
And I'm getting near my wits end with this feudal hark
I find a penny on the floor, at the late-night show
And a girl called Lucky, well, what do you know?
This isn't my time to die, I'm never really gonna die
I call my daughter right up just to say hello
I'm holding up the bottom of an all-time low
Am I really gonna die?
Am I really gonna die?
Am I really gonna die?
Am I really gonna die?
Am I really gonna die?
Am I really gonna die? (Hey, Dad, don't say that, hey, Dad, don't say that)
Am I really gonna die?
Am I really gonna die? (Hey, Dad, don't say that, hey, Dad, don't say that)
Looking for cures that aren't invented yet
If I don't wanna die
Then I'm not gonna die
I need validation for your parking lot
No, I'm not sure your science is even worth the cost
She said, "Now mister, sit down, and I'll tell you again
There ain't a magic potion for the state that you're in"
Well I'll get another opinion, see you, thanks a lot
I need another prescription from illegal stock
And why I'm so denied is a mystery that no key unlocks
I said, "You might as well give enough for six weeks, hey
And have you any more info? I'll be quiet and pay"
Oh, I really can't be dealing with these crooked dogs
I see a rare-looking bird out the cold window
Flying like a sun, like a saying I know
This isn't my time to die
You're never really gonna die
I never really wanna die
I'm never really gonna die
Life, it holds a whip and beats you to the clock
But why it peaks all night is an unfairness I can't resolve
I've done the juices and the cleanses, but it's too New Age
I'm waiting for the gold that the big lads make
And I'm getting near my wits end with this feudal hark
I find a penny on the floor, at the late-night show
And a girl called Lucky, well, what do you know?
This isn't my time to die, I'm never really gonna die
I call my daughter right up just to say hello
I'm holding up the bottom of an all-time low
Am I really gonna die?
Am I really gonna die?
Am I really gonna die?
Am I really gonna die?
Am I really gonna die?
Am I really gonna die? (Hey, Dad, don't say that, hey, Dad, don't say that)
Am I really gonna die?
Am I really gonna die? (Hey, Dad, don't say that, hey, Dad, don't say that)
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow, edited by BlueCornMoon
Am I Really Going To Die Lyrics as written by Harry Mcveigh Charles Cave
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