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've been working at a convenience store

managed to save just a little bit of money

we won't have to drive too far

just across the border and into the city

you and i can both get jobs

and finally see what it means to be living

you got a fast car

is it fast enough so we can fly away?

we gotta make a decision

we leave tonight or live and die this way

so i remember we were driving

driving in your car

the speed so fast

i felt like i was drunk

city lights lay out before us

and your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder

and i

i had a feeling that i belonged

and i

i had a feeling that i could be someone

had a feeling that i could be someone

you see

my old man's got a problem

he lives with the bottle

that's the way it is

he says his body's too old for working

i say

his body's too young to look like his

my mama went off and left him

she wanted more from 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

and we go cruising to entertain ourselves

you still ain't got a job

and i work in a market as a checkout girl

i know things will get better

you'll find work and i'll get promoted

we'll move out of the shelter

buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs

you got a fast car

is it fast enough so we can fly away?

we gotta make a decision

we leave tonight or live and die this way

so i remember we were driving

driving in your car

the speed so fast

i felt like i was drunk

city lights lay out before us

and your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder

and i

i had a feeling that i belonged

and i

i had a feeling that i could be someone

had a feeling that i could be someone