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 well make something me myself i got nothing to proveyou got a fast car 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 wont 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 livingyou see my old mans got a problem he live with the bottle thats the way it is he says his bodys too old for working his bodys too young to look like his my mama went off and left him she wanted more from life than he could give i said somebodys got to take care of him so i quit school and thats what i didyou got a fast car is it fast enough so we can fly away we gotta make a decision leave tonight or live and die this wayso remember we were driving driving in your car speed so fast i felt like i was drunk city lights lay out before us and your arm felt nice wrapped round my shoulder i had a feeling that i belonged i had a feeling i could be someone be someone be someoneyou got a fast car we go cruising to entertain ourselves you still aint got a job i work in a market as a checkout girl i know things will get better youll find work and ill get promoted well move out of the shelter buy a bigger house and live in the suburbsi remember we were driving driving in your car speed so fast i felt like i was drunk city lights lay out before us and your arm felt nice wrapped round my shoulder i had a feeling that i belonged i had a feeling i could be someone be someone be someoneyou got a fast car i got a job that pays all our bills you stay out drinking late at the bar see more of your friends than you do of your kids id always hoped for better thought maybe together you and me would find it i got no plans i aint going nowhere so take your fast car and keep on drivingi remember we were driving driving in your car speed so fast i felt like i was drunk city lights lay out before us and your arm felt nice wrapped round my shoulder i had a feeling that i belonged i had a feeling i could be someone be someone be someoneyou got a fast car but is it fast enough so you can fly away you gotta make a decision leave tonight or live and die this way