Fast Car (Acoustic Version)

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

But 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 the convenience store

Managed to save just a little bit of money

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 see, my old man's got a problem

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

He say 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 from life than he could give

Said somebody's gotta take care of him

So I quit school, that's what I did

You got a fast car

But is it fast enough so we can fly away?

We have gotta make a decision

We leave tonight, or live and die this way

I remember we were driving, driving in your car

Speeding so fast, felt like I was drunk

The city lights laid out before us

But your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder

And I, I had a feeling that I belonged

And I, I had a feeling I could be someone

Be someone, be someone

You got a fast car

And we go cruising to entertain ourselves

You still ain't got a job

And I work in 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 big house and live in the suburbs

I remember we were driving, driving in your car

Speeding so fast, felt like I was drunk

The city lights laid out before us

But your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder

And I, I had a feeling that I belonged

And I, I had a feeling I can be someone

Be someone, be someone

You got a fast car

And I got a job that pays all our bills

You say out drinking late at the bar

Seeing more of your friends than you do of your kids

I'd always hoped for better

Thought maybe together you and me would find it

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

Speeding so fast, felt like I was drunk

The city lights laid out before us

But your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder

And I, I had a feeling that I belonged

And I, I had a feeling I can be someone

Be someone, be someone

You got a fast car

But is it fast enough so you can fly away?

You have gotta make a decision

You leave tonight, or live and die this way