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The Fast Life
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Written by: Greg Graffin
Released in: 2000
BPM: 162
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The silent stray inertia,
No burden on my back.
No determinance, no ballast,
No chance of looking back.
It doesn't matter what's ahead,
It's time I'll hit it hard.
No fixing my position,
No sign of ritard.

It's the fast life,
There's nothing I can do.
The fast life,
Suck it in and follow through.
The fast life,
Just learning as I go.
You might call it careless,
But this fast life
Is all I've ever known.

Like a wispy feather
Defying gravity,
Or a rolling cobble
In the middle of the stream,
Propelled by a ghost force
That never shows his face,
Increase the ante
Of this perpetual pace.

It's the fast life,
There's nothing I can do.
The fast life,
Suck it in and follow through.
The fast life,
Just learning as I go.
You might call it careless,
But this fast life
Is all I've ever known.

Ever since the day
I came out of the womb,
My head was always bouncing
Off the walls in the room,
Always scratching gravel,
Covering new ground.
No matter how hard they tried,
They couldn't pin me down.

It's the fast life,
There's nothing I can do.
The fast life,
Suck it in and follow through.
The fast life,
Just learning as I go.
You might call it careless,
But this fast life
Is all I've ever known.
Yeah, it's all I've ever known.

Versions
Version Length Release Catalog ID Country Format Year
Album version
2:01 The New America 6998-2 Europe CD 2008
2:01 The New America QDCA 93300 Japan CD 2000
2:01 The New America n/a Thailand MC 2000
2:01 The New America Europe CD 2000
2:01 The New America ESCA 8152 Japan CD 2000
2:01 The New America ESCA 8152 Japan CD 2000
2:01 The New America DRA 498124 5 Europe CD 2000
2:01 The New America DRA 498124 7 | 498124 7000 Germany CD 2000
2:01 The New America 2-498124 Argentina CD 2000
2:01 The New America Europe CD 2000
2:01 The New America Ukraine CD 2000
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