Fast Car

You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere Maybe we make a deal Maybe together we can get somewhere Any place is better Starting from zero got nothing to lose Maybe we'll make something Me, myself, I got nothing to prove You got a fast car And I got a plan to get us out of here I been working at a convenience store Managed to save just a little bit of money And we won't have to drive too far Just across the border and into the city You and I can both get jobs Finally see what it means to be living You see my old man's got a problem He live with the bottle, that's the way it is He says his body's too old for working His body's too young to look like his My mama went off and left him She wanted more than life than he could give I said somebody's got to take care of him So I quit school and that's what I did You got a fast car Is it fast enough so we can fly away? We gotta make a decision Leave tonight or live and die this way 'Cause I remember we were driving Driving in your car The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk And the city lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I had a feeling that I belonged And I had a feeling I could be someone Be someone, be someone Oh, you got a fast car We go cruising to entertain ourselves You still ain't got a job And I work in a market as a checkout boy I know things will get better You'll find work and I'll get promoted We'll move out of the shelter Buy a big house and live in the suburbs And I remember we were driving Driving in your car The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk And the city lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I had a feeling that I belonged And I had a feeling I could be someone Be someone, be someone You got a fast car And I got a job that pays all our bills You stay out drinking late at the bar See more of your friends than you do of your kids I'd always hoped for better Thought maybe together, me and you would find it I got no plans I ain't going nowhere So take your fast car and keep on driving I remember we were driving Driving in your car The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk And the city lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I had a feeling that I belonged And I had a feeling I could be someone Be someone, be someone Oh, you got a fast car Is it fast enough so you can fly away? You gotta make a decision Leave tonight or live and die this way