Fast Car-Diamanda

[ti:Fast Car] [ar:Studio Sunset] [al:Greatest Hits: A Tribute to Tracey Chapman] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Fast Car - Diamanda [00:19.57]You got a fast car [00:21.47]I want a ticket to anywhere [00:22.81] [00:23.92]Maybe we make a deal [00:26.07]Maybe together we can get somewhere [00:28.17]Anyplace is better [00:30.76]Starting from zero got nothing to lose [00:32.80]Maybe we'll make something [00:35.29]But me myself I got nothing to prove [00:37.86] [00:47.10]You got a fast car [00:49.08]And I got a plan to get us out of here [00:51.35]I been working at the convenience store [00:53.66]Managed to save just a little bit of money [00:55.88]We won't have to drive too far [00:58.14]Just 'cross the border and into the city [01:00.73]You and I can both get jobs [01:02.84]And finally see what it means to be living [01:10.78] [01:14.20]You see my old man's got a problem [01:16.62]He live with the bottle that's the way it is [01:18.87]He says his body's too old for working [01:21.19]I say his body's too young to look like his [01:23.63]My mama went off and left him [01:25.80]She wanted more from life than he could give [01:27.96]I said somebody's got to take care of him [01:30.46]So I quit school and that's what I did [01:33.39] [01:42.04]You got a fast car [01:43.97]But is it fast enough so we can fly away [01:46.74]We gotta make a decision [01:48.87]We leave tonight or live and die this way [01:50.99] [01:58.98]I remember we were driving driving in your car [02:02.73]The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk [02:05.11]City lights lay out before us [02:07.15]And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder [02:09.54]And I had a feeling that I belonged [02:14.31]And I had feeling I could be someone [02:18.70]Be someone be someone [02:20.88] [02:30.94]You got a fast car [02:32.79]And we go cruising to entertain ourselves [02:35.15]You still ain't got a job [02:37.12]And I work in a market as a checkout girl [02:39.61]I know things will get better [02:41.96]You'll find work and I'll get promoted [02:44.37]We'll move out of the shelter [02:46.52]Buy a big house and live in the suburbs [02:49.46] [02:56.77]I remember we were driving driving in your car [03:00.33]The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk [03:02.89]City lights lay out before us [03:04.93]And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder [03:06.72]And I had a feeling that I belonged [03:11.82]And I had feeling I could be someone [03:15.69] [03:16.34]Be someone be someone [03:18.25] [03:28.56]You got a fast car [03:30.50]And I got a job that pays all our bills [03:32.83]You stay out drinking late at the bar [03:34.92]See more of your friends than you do of your kids [03:37.37]I'd always hoped for better [03:39.43]Thought maybe together you and me would find it [03:41.91]I got no plans I ain't going nowhere [03:44.11]So take your fast car and keep on driving [03:46.89] [03:54.38]I remember we were driving driving in your car [03:57.98]The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk [03:59.86] [04:00.49]City lights lay out before us [04:02.51]And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder [04:04.92]And I had a feeling that I belonged [04:09.38]And I had feeling I could be someone [04:14.06]Be someone be someone [04:15.89] [04:26.05]You got a fast car [04:27.71]But is it fast enough so you can fly away [04:30.59]You gotta make a decision [04:32.46]Leave tonight or live and die this way