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