"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.
I'm feeling hungry
Empty tummy
And I want to make it full
So I spend a day
At Wong's buffet
And eat till I explode
There's sixty types
Of Oriental delights
I gotta have them all
Chicken wings
And onion rings
And sweet and sour balls
At Wong's!
(Come and sail with me)
At Wong's!
(On the sea of gluttony)
At Wong's!
(Eat until it hurts)
At Wong's!
(But don't forget there's pudding for dessert)
The chicken's tough
The noodles are rough
And the chowmein's three days old
But it's quantity
Not quality that
Has got my soul
So fill that plate
No Mistake
There's no holding back
I won't stop
Until I got
A packed digestive tract
At Wong's!
(No dish is a loss)
At Wong's!
(Covered in red sauce)
At Wong's!
(Everything is battered)
At Wong's!
(What's inside doesn't even matter)
Stop!
(Oooohh!)
Second plate!
(Huuh!)
Third plate!
(Ohhh.)
Fourth plate!
(Ooooooh.)
Dessert..
(Ugggh.)
Fortune cookie..
(I think I ate the fortune)
I try to leave
I want to heave
My whole body hurts
Can barely stand
I tell you man,
I got my money's worth
If I get the time
I'm going to go to China
And eat at their
Ancient buffets
But I'm wonderin'
How they stay so thin
Eating like this every day!
At Wong's!
(Give chopsticks a try)
At Wong's!
(To pick up your French Fry)
At Wong's!
(You know I'm coming back)
Eating here is
Worth the heart attack
Wong's Chinese Buffet!
Empty tummy
And I want to make it full
So I spend a day
At Wong's buffet
And eat till I explode
There's sixty types
Of Oriental delights
I gotta have them all
Chicken wings
And onion rings
And sweet and sour balls
At Wong's!
(Come and sail with me)
At Wong's!
(On the sea of gluttony)
At Wong's!
(Eat until it hurts)
At Wong's!
(But don't forget there's pudding for dessert)
The chicken's tough
The noodles are rough
And the chowmein's three days old
But it's quantity
Not quality that
Has got my soul
So fill that plate
No Mistake
There's no holding back
I won't stop
Until I got
A packed digestive tract
At Wong's!
(No dish is a loss)
At Wong's!
(Covered in red sauce)
At Wong's!
(Everything is battered)
At Wong's!
(What's inside doesn't even matter)
Stop!
(Oooohh!)
Second plate!
(Huuh!)
Third plate!
(Ohhh.)
Fourth plate!
(Ooooooh.)
Dessert..
(Ugggh.)
Fortune cookie..
(I think I ate the fortune)
I try to leave
I want to heave
My whole body hurts
Can barely stand
I tell you man,
I got my money's worth
If I get the time
I'm going to go to China
And eat at their
Ancient buffets
But I'm wonderin'
How they stay so thin
Eating like this every day!
At Wong's!
(Give chopsticks a try)
At Wong's!
(To pick up your French Fry)
At Wong's!
(You know I'm coming back)
Eating here is
Worth the heart attack
Wong's Chinese Buffet!
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