FAST CAR
1- You got a fast car
2- I want a ticket to anywhere
3- Maybe we make a deal
4- Maybe together we can get somewhere
5- Anyplace is better
6- Starting from zero got nothing to lose
7- Maybe we'll make something
8- But me myself I got nothing to prove
9- You got a fast car
10- And I got a plan to get us out of here
11- I been working at the convenience store
12- Managed to save just a little bit of money
13- We won't have to drive to far
14- Just across the border and into the city
15- You and I can both get jobs
16- And finally see what if means to be living
17- You see my old man's got a problem
18- He live with the bottle that's the way it is
19- He says his body's too old for working
20- I say his body's to young to look like his
21- My mama went off and left him
22-3- She wanted more from life than he could give
24- I said somebody's got to take care of him
25- So I quit school and that's what what I did
26- You got a fast car
27- But is it fast enough so we can fly away
28- We gotta make a decision
29- We leave tonight or live and die this way
30-1 I remember we were driving, driving in your car
32- The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
33- City lights lay out before us
34-5 And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
36- And I had a feeling that I belonged
37-8 And I had a feeling I could be someone be someone
39- You got a fast car
40- And we go cruising to entertain ourselves
41- You still ain't got a job
42- And I work in a market as a checkout girl
43- I know things will get better
44- You'll find work and I'll get promoted
45- We'll move out of the shelter
46- Buy a big house and live in the suburbs
47- You got a fast car
48- And I got a job that pays all our bills
49- You stay out driving late at the bar
50-1 See more of your friends that you do of your kids
52- I'd always hoped for better
53-4 I thought maybe together you and me would find it
55- I got no plans I ain't going nowhere
56- So take your fast car and keep on driving
57- You got a fast car
58- but is it fast enough so you can fly away
59- You gotta make a decision
60- You leave tonight or live and die this way
--Tracy Chapman