"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.
Chihuahua
Chihuahua
Chihuahua
(Oh, Chihuahua) Chihuahua
Chihuahua
Chihuahua
Chihuahua
(Oh, Chihuahua)
I'm walkin' in the street and the moon shines bright
A little melody keeps spinning on my mind tonight
I gotcha, it's the song about Chihuahua
Yeah, that's cool, alright (Chihuahua)
It was fun
And a life without sorrow feels young
When you think about tomorrow
Say yo, when you're about to freak out
Just go and then shout it out loud
Chihuahua here, Chihuahua there
Everybody wants it everywhere
Sing it loud and life can be so easy (Chihuahua)
What can make you move? (Chihuahua)
Can you feel the groove? (Chihuahua)
What can make you dance? (Chihuahua)
Oh, Chihuahua (Chihuahua)
What can make you sing? (Chihuahua)
Take it and you win (Chihuahua)
What can bring you joy? (Chihuahua)
Oh, Chihuahua
I'm driving in my car looking for a parking space
There it is, my place, someone else wins the race
No, I give up, today is not my day
But then I take a deep breathe and say
Calm down, when you're about to go crazy
Turn around and feel as fresh as a daisy
Just run because it's time to go
Have fun and let the whole world know (Chihuahua)
Chihuahua here, Chihuahua there
Everybody wants it everywhere
Sing it loud and life can be so easy (Chihuahua)
What can make you move? (Chihuahua)
Can you feel the groove? (Chihuahua)
What can make you dance? (Chihuahua)
Oh, Chihuahua (Chihuahua)
What can make you sing? (Chihuahua)
Take it and you win (Chihuahua)
What can bring you joy? (Chihuahua)
Oh, Chihuahua (Chihuahua)
Chihuahua
Chihuahua
Chihuahua
Chihuahua
(Chihuahua)
(Chihuahua)
(Chihuahua)
Oh, Chihuahua (Chihuahua)
What can make you move? (Chihuahua)
Can you feel the groove? (Chihuahua)
What can make you dance? (Chihuahua)
Oh, Chihuahua (Chihuahua)
What can make you sing? (Chihuahua)
Take it and you win (Chihuahua)
What can bring you joy? (Chihuahua)
Oh, Chihuahua
Chihuahua
Chihuahua
(Oh, Chihuahua) Chihuahua
Chihuahua
Chihuahua
Chihuahua
(Oh, Chihuahua)
I'm walkin' in the street and the moon shines bright
A little melody keeps spinning on my mind tonight
I gotcha, it's the song about Chihuahua
Yeah, that's cool, alright (Chihuahua)
It was fun
And a life without sorrow feels young
When you think about tomorrow
Say yo, when you're about to freak out
Just go and then shout it out loud
Chihuahua here, Chihuahua there
Everybody wants it everywhere
Sing it loud and life can be so easy (Chihuahua)
What can make you move? (Chihuahua)
Can you feel the groove? (Chihuahua)
What can make you dance? (Chihuahua)
Oh, Chihuahua (Chihuahua)
What can make you sing? (Chihuahua)
Take it and you win (Chihuahua)
What can bring you joy? (Chihuahua)
Oh, Chihuahua
I'm driving in my car looking for a parking space
There it is, my place, someone else wins the race
No, I give up, today is not my day
But then I take a deep breathe and say
Calm down, when you're about to go crazy
Turn around and feel as fresh as a daisy
Just run because it's time to go
Have fun and let the whole world know (Chihuahua)
Chihuahua here, Chihuahua there
Everybody wants it everywhere
Sing it loud and life can be so easy (Chihuahua)
What can make you move? (Chihuahua)
Can you feel the groove? (Chihuahua)
What can make you dance? (Chihuahua)
Oh, Chihuahua (Chihuahua)
What can make you sing? (Chihuahua)
Take it and you win (Chihuahua)
What can bring you joy? (Chihuahua)
Oh, Chihuahua (Chihuahua)
Chihuahua
Chihuahua
Chihuahua
Chihuahua
(Chihuahua)
(Chihuahua)
(Chihuahua)
Oh, Chihuahua (Chihuahua)
What can make you move? (Chihuahua)
Can you feel the groove? (Chihuahua)
What can make you dance? (Chihuahua)
Oh, Chihuahua (Chihuahua)
What can make you sing? (Chihuahua)
Take it and you win (Chihuahua)
What can bring you joy? (Chihuahua)
Oh, Chihuahua
Lyrics submitted by Spellchamp
Chihuahua Lyrics as written by Louis Oliveira Axel Breitung
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Peermusic Publishing
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I don't know whether this is true or not, but there was a persistent rumour at my high school that this song was originally about TEQUILA, and they changed it to Chihuahua at the last moment, passing the censors but no longer making any sense. Hence "What can make you dance? Oh, Chihuahua, What can bring you love, oh, Chihuahua." It makes a LOT more sense if you consider it might have been "tequila".
Hm, it does fit better. But if it were named "Tequila" its a possibility I might not like it. Chihuahua, I guess, is more play-safe. But y'know, once in a while I'd hear someone say "aye chihuahua" when something is a bother to them.
Chihuahua/Chiwawa is a slang term for Ecstasy. The song is about partaking in/distributing Ecstasy. Quite simple.
Personally i have a personal suspicion that it's about doing drugs. Just think about the lyrics.