Fast Car

You got a fast car

I want a ticket to anywhere

Maybe we can make a deal

Maybe together we can get somewhere

Anyplace is better

Starting from zero, got nothing to lose

Maybe we'll make something

Me myself, I've got nothing to prove, yeah

I just wanna be someone

Get somewhere, baby

And you got a fast car

I've got a plan, it'll get us out of here

Been working at the convenience store

I managed to save this little bit of money

And we don't have to drive too far

Just cross the border and into the city

You and I can both get jobs

Finally, see what it means to be living

To be someone and get somewhere, don't 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 what he could give

I said, somebody's got to take care of him

So I quit school, it's what I did

And you got a fast car

Is it fast enough, could we both fly away?

We gotta make a decision

To leave tonight or live and die this way

Live and die this way, yeah

Remember we were driving, driving in your car

Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk

And the city lights laid 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

Be someone, get somewhere

You got a fast car

We go cruising, entertain ourselves

You still ain't got a job

And I work at the 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 bigger house and live in the suburbs

Be someone, get somewhere baby

Remember we were driving, driving in your car

Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk

And the city lights laid out before us

And your arm felt nice wrapped around my shoulder

And I had a feeling that I belonged

And I had a feeling I could be someone

Be somebody, be someone

You got a fast car

You got a fast car

Yes, you got a fast car

I've got a job, pays all our bills

You stay out drinking late at the bar

See more of your friends than you do your kids

I'd always hoped for better

Maybe thought that you and me would find it

I got no plans, I ain't going nowhere

So take your fast car and keep on driving

Be someone, get somewhere baby

So you got a fast car

But is it fast enough that we could fly away?

You gotta make a decision

To leave tonight or live and die this way

You wanna be someone and get somewhere

Remember we were driving, driving in your car

Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk

And the city lights laid 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, yeah