You got a fast car And 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 something Me, myself, I got nothing to prove You got a fast car And I got a plan to get us out of here 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 And you and I can both get jobs Finally see what it means to be living See, my old man's got a problem He lived with the bottle, that's the way it is Said his body's too old for working His body's too young to look like his So, Mama went off and left him She wanted more from life than he could give I said, "Somebody's got to take care of him" So, I quit school and that's what I did You got a fast car Is it fast enough so we could fly away? Still gotta make a decision Leave tonight, or live and die this way So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights laid out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped around my shoulder And I, I had a feeling that I belonged I, I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car We