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