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