"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.
Al pastor me echo una gringa
mas lechuga a la pechuga
Muslo aqui muslo aca y papas
a la francesa
quisiera comer mas de esa
pero esta mas buena la hamburguesa
ella quiere un king de polla
sushilitto no la llena
traiga un caldo pal Tlalpeño
un spagetti al albañil
traele un trio de Mac a Anita
y traete un combo para mi
pero mira nomas que tortas
oh se ven tan deliciosas
cubana o una hawaiana
sin chile y sin cebollas
No quiero comer mas Kentuchy chota
o pincho a la española
la de Sanders mas discreta
no revela su receta
estan muy buenas sus garnachas
pero quiero echar bailon
quiere su chorizo en papas
o en barras de camaron
Changuich a changuich a
changuich a la Chichona
Now if you´re hungry for some bologna
and you got some buns that you wanna show me
open up wide you can eat
this Oscar Meyer that´s really boney
I want to get down into your juju bees
and I think i´m gonna flick em´
you tities are smelin like chocolate chip
ice-cream n´ I think I wanna lick em.
I got some hot beef for that rump roast
but you gotta say please
I'll dig into that thigh everytime but
but hold the cottage cheese
And for dessert we can do the works
I´ll put my whip cream in your pie hole
and don´t flinch when you feel a pinch on
that pretty litlle taco
Cuz I´ve tried to pry
a bearded clam that would no budge
so I went around the corner to keep on trying
and I got a little fudge
Changuich a changuich a
changuich a la chichona
changuich a changuich a
changuicha la chichona
Para papas las de Wendy´s
pero no las presta
mas mueve un par de tetas
qur chinguero de carretas
traiga un espaggeti al burro
con una cerveza en lata
la de malas que en la horchata
le pisen su quinta pata
guardenle unos chilaquiles
pa mañana el desayuno
y unos huevos divorciados
no queremos enredarnos
bimbo blanco o integral
no me importa me da igual
papa chapata mama chapata
y aqui estan sus chapatines
dinotriple o brontodoble
quarter pounder whopper doble
quiero hacerle un sandwichito
baile mas apretadito
mejor que la lambada
una pecada a la italiana
quiero bailar con la bola
pero con la mas chichona
Changuich a Changuich a
Changuich a la chichona
(Changuich) Changuich a (changuich) Changuicha
(Changuich) changuicha la chichona.
mas lechuga a la pechuga
Muslo aqui muslo aca y papas
a la francesa
quisiera comer mas de esa
pero esta mas buena la hamburguesa
ella quiere un king de polla
sushilitto no la llena
traiga un caldo pal Tlalpeño
un spagetti al albañil
traele un trio de Mac a Anita
y traete un combo para mi
pero mira nomas que tortas
oh se ven tan deliciosas
cubana o una hawaiana
sin chile y sin cebollas
No quiero comer mas Kentuchy chota
o pincho a la española
la de Sanders mas discreta
no revela su receta
estan muy buenas sus garnachas
pero quiero echar bailon
quiere su chorizo en papas
o en barras de camaron
Changuich a changuich a
changuich a la Chichona
Now if you´re hungry for some bologna
and you got some buns that you wanna show me
open up wide you can eat
this Oscar Meyer that´s really boney
I want to get down into your juju bees
and I think i´m gonna flick em´
you tities are smelin like chocolate chip
ice-cream n´ I think I wanna lick em.
I got some hot beef for that rump roast
but you gotta say please
I'll dig into that thigh everytime but
but hold the cottage cheese
And for dessert we can do the works
I´ll put my whip cream in your pie hole
and don´t flinch when you feel a pinch on
that pretty litlle taco
Cuz I´ve tried to pry
a bearded clam that would no budge
so I went around the corner to keep on trying
and I got a little fudge
Changuich a changuich a
changuich a la chichona
changuich a changuich a
changuicha la chichona
Para papas las de Wendy´s
pero no las presta
mas mueve un par de tetas
qur chinguero de carretas
traiga un espaggeti al burro
con una cerveza en lata
la de malas que en la horchata
le pisen su quinta pata
guardenle unos chilaquiles
pa mañana el desayuno
y unos huevos divorciados
no queremos enredarnos
bimbo blanco o integral
no me importa me da igual
papa chapata mama chapata
y aqui estan sus chapatines
dinotriple o brontodoble
quarter pounder whopper doble
quiero hacerle un sandwichito
baile mas apretadito
mejor que la lambada
una pecada a la italiana
quiero bailar con la bola
pero con la mas chichona
Changuich a Changuich a
Changuich a la chichona
(Changuich) Changuich a (changuich) Changuicha
(Changuich) changuicha la chichona.
Lyrics submitted by ElrondPunk
Changuich A La Chichona Lyrics as written by Randy Ebright Miguel Angel Huidobro Preciado
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Peermusic Publishing
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