you got a fast car and 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 we won t 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 living you see my old man s got a problem he live with the bottle that s the way it is he says his body s too old for working i say his body s too young to look like his my 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 but is it fast enough so we can fly away we gotta make a decision we leave tonight or live and die this way i remember we were driving driving in your car the 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 and i had a feeling i could be someone be someone be someone you got a fast car and we go cruising to 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 we ll move out of the shelter buy a big house and live in the suburbs you got a fast car and 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 i d always hoped for better thought maybe together you and me would find it i got no plans i ain t going nowhere so take your fast car and keep on driving you got a fast car but is it fast enough so you can fly away you gotta make a decision you leave tonight or live and die this way