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

I got a plan to get us outta here

I been working at the convenience store

Managed to save just a little bit of money

Won't have to drive too far

Just 'cross the border and into the city

You and I could both get jobs

Finally see what it means to be living

See, my old man's got a problem

He live with the bottle, that's the way it is

Says his body's too old for working

Body's too young to look like this

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

We go cruising, entertain ourselves

You still ain't got a job

And I work in the 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

So I remember when we were driving, driving in your car

Speed so fast, felt like I was drunk

City lights lay out before us

And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder

And I-I got a feeling that I belonged

I-I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone