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Fast car
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You got a fast car
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I want a ticket to anywhere
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Maybe we make a deal
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Maybe together we can get somewhere
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Anyplace is better
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Starting from zero got nothing to lose
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Maybe we'll make something
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But me myself I got nothing to prove
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You got a fast car
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And I got a plan to get us out of here
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I been working at the convenience store
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Managed to save just a little bit of money
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We won't have to drive too far
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Just 'cross the border and into the city
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You and I can both get jobs
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And finally see what it means to be living
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You see my old man's got a problem
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He live with the bottle that's the way it is
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He says his body's too old for working
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I say his body's too young to look like his
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My mama went off and left him
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She wanted more from life than he could give
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I said somebody's got to take care of him
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So I quit school and that's what I did
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You got a fast car
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But is it fast enough so we can fly away
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We gotta make a decision
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We leave tonight or live and die this way
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I remember we were driving driving in your car
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The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
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City lights lay out before us
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And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
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And I had a feeling that I belonged
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And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone
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You got a fast car
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And we go cruising to entertain ourselves
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You still ain't got a job
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And I work in a market as a checkout girl
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I know things will get better
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You'll find work and I'll get promoted
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We'll move out of the shelter
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Buy a big house and live in the suburbs
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You got a fast car
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And I got a job that pays all our bills
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You stay out drinking late at the bar
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See more of your friends than you do of your kids
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I'd always hoped for better
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Thought maybe together you and me would find it
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I got no plans I ain't going nowhere
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So take your fast car and keep on driving
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You got a fast car
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But is it fast enough so you can fly away
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You gotta make a decision
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You leave tonight or live and die this way
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Fast car
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| Tracy Chapman |
