[Verse 1]

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 somethin'

Me, myself, I got nothing to prove

[Verse 2]

You got a fast car

I got a plan to get us outta 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

Finally see what it means to be living

[Verse 3]

See, my old man's got a problem

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

He says his body's too old for workin'

His body's too young to look like his

When mama went off and left him

She wanted more from life than he could give

I said, "Somebody's gotta take care of him"

I quit school and that's what I did

[Pre-Chorus]

You 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 way

[Chorus]

So I remember when we were drivin', drivin' 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

And I had a feeling that I belonged

I had a feelin' I could be someone

Be someone, be someone

[Verse 4]

You got a fast car

We go cruisin', 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

And we'll move out of the shelter

Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs

[Chorus]

So I remember when we were drivin', drivin' 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

And I had a feeling that I belonged

I had a feelin' I could be someone

Be someone, be someone

[Verse 5]

You got a fast car

I got a job that pays all our bills

You stay out drinkin' late at the bar

See more of your friends than you do of your kids

I'd always hoped for better

Thought maybe together, you and me'd find it

I got no plans, I ain't going nowhere

So take your fast car and keep on drivin'

[Chorus]

So I remember when we were drivin', drivin' 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

And I had a feeling that I belonged

I had a feelin' I could be someone

Be someone, be someone

[Outro]

You got a fast car

Is it fast enough so you can fly away?

You gotta make a decision

Leave tonight or live and die this way