Fast Car (cover)

You've got a fast car

I've got a plan to get us out of here

Been working down the convenience store

Managed to save just a little bit of money

We won't have to drive too far,

Just cross the border and into the city

You and I can both get jobs

And finally see what it means to be living.

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 this

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.

So remember when we were driving, driving in your car

Speed so fast feel like I was drunk

City lights lay out before us

And your arm felt nice wrapped round my shoulder

And I had the feeling that I belonged

And I had a feeling i could be someone, be someone, be

someone.

(Wash Away)

An old man lying by the road

Black is night

He's got his finger on the trigger

An easy target in sight

He's got no future, no family tree

He's got a three dollar bottle

And he drinks 'till he can't see

All night, all night.....

A young girl waiting on a line

Eight a.m., she's got a six month old burden

Willpower's withering thin

An unwed mother beaten by her trade

Each week her welfare reminds her

Of mistakes she never made

Oh no.....

Chorus

Now what has that to say about tomorrow

What has that to show for today

Noah thought to build an ark

Before the heavens washed it all away

Away...

A baby crying through a dream

An afterthought

Mother is seething for pleasure

After the poison is bought

His eyes are tainted, staggered is his breath

Oh God, he's addicted

Addicted to death

Oh, no...

Chorus