Fast Car
By Tracy Chapman
You got a fast car
I want a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we 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
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 live 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
