Fast Car - 1988-The Eighty Ballad Group

[ti:Fast Car - 1988] [ar:The Eighty Ballad Group] [al:80'S Love Songs Vol.4] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Fast Car - 1988 - The Eighty Ballad Group [00:19.90]You got a fast car [00:21.16] [00:21.98]I want a ticket to anywhere [00:23.55] [00:24.23]Maybe we can make a deal [00:25.39] [00:26.60]Maybe together we can get somewhere [00:28.81]Anyplace is better [00:30.06] [00:31.08]Starting from zero got nothing to lose [00:32.96] [00:33.62]Maybe we'll make something [00:34.99] [00:35.84]But me myself I got nothing to prove [00:38.08] [00:47.69]You got a fast car [00:49.01] [00:49.76]And I got a plan to get us out of here [00:51.99]I been working at the convenience store [00:53.79] [00:54.55]Managed to save just a little bit of money [00:56.88]We won't have to drive too far [00:59.02]Just across the border and into the city [01:01.31]You and I can both get jobs [01:03.59]And finally see what it means to be living [01:05.71] [01:15.05]You see my old man's got a problem [01:17.34]He lives with the bottle that's the way it is [01:19.74]He says his body's too old for working [01:22.17]I say his body's too young to look like his [01:24.56]My mama went off and left him [01:26.58]She wanted more from life than he could give [01:29.13]I said somebody's got to take care of him [01:31.17]So I quit school and that's what I did [01:32.97] [01:43.00]You got a fast car [01:44.22] [01:44.84]But is it fast enough so we can fly away [01:46.74] [01:47.33]We gotta make a decision [01:48.90] [01:49.45]We leave tonight or live and die this way [01:51.36] [01:59.74]See I remember we were driving driving in your car [02:03.10]The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk [02:05.61]City lights lay out before us [02:07.25] [02:07.92]And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder [02:10.35]And I had a feeling that I belonged [02:13.87] [02:14.81]I had a feeling I could be someone be someone be someone [02:21.01] [02:30.81]You got a fast car [02:32.14] [02:32.81]We go cruising entertain ourselves [02:35.17]You still ain't got a job [02:36.41] [02:37.30]And I work in the market as a checkout girl [02:39.80]I know things will get better [02:41.14] [02:42.15]You'll find work and I'll get promoted [02:43.87] [02:44.49]We'll move out of the shelter [02:46.75]Buy a big house and live in the suburbs [02:48.68] [02:56.92]See I remember when we were driving driving in your car [03:00.34]The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk [03:03.08]City lights lay out before us [03:04.33] [03:04.88]And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder [03:06.65]And I had a feeling that I belonged [03:11.50] [03:12.01]I had a feeling I could be someone be someone be someone [03:17.73] [03:28.07]You got a fast car [03:29.09] [03:30.03]And I got a job that pays all our bills [03:32.44]You stay out drinking late at the bar [03:33.92] [03:34.47]See more of your friends than you do of your kids [03:36.89]I'd always hoped for better [03:39.01]Thought maybe together you and me'd find it [03:41.44]I got no plans I ain't going nowhere [03:43.75]So take your fast car and keep on driving [03:46.12] [03:55.28]You got a fast car [03:56.62] [03:57.27]But is it fast enough so you can fly away [03:59.44] [03:59.97]You gotta make a decision [04:01.29] [04:02.01]Leave tonight or live and die this way