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FA DO
Any place is better
LAm SOL
Starting from zero, got nothing to lose
FA DO
Maybe we'll make something,
LAm SOL
Me myself, I got nothing to prove
FA DO
You got a fast car
LAm SOL
I got a plan to get us out of here
FA DO
I been working at the convenience store,
LAm SOL
Managed to save just a little bit of money
FA DO
Won't have to drive too far
LAm SOL
Just 'cross the border and into the city,
FA DO
You and I can both get jobs
LAm SOL
And finally see what it means to be living
FA DO
You see, my old man's got a problem
LAm SOL
He live with the bottle, that’s the way it is
FA DO
He says his body's too old for working,
LAm SOL
His body's too young to look like his
FA DO
My mama went off and left him,
LAm SOL
she wanted more from life than he could give,
FA DO
I said, "Somebody's got to take care of him"
LAm SOL
So I quit school and that's what I did
FA DO
You got a fast car
LAm SOL
But is it fast enough so we can fly away?
FA DO
We gotta make a decision
LAm SOL
Leave tonight or live and die this way
SOL FA
So I remember when we were driving, driving in your car,
DO
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
LAm
City lights lay out before us
SOL
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
FA LAm SOL
And I had a feeling that I belonged
FA LAm SOL
And I had a feeling I could
FA SOL
be someone, be someone, be someone
FA DO
You got a fast car
LAm SOL
And we go cruising to entertain ourselves
FA DO
you still ain't got a job
LAm SOL
And I work in a market as a checkout girl
FA DO
I know things will get better
LAm SOL
You'll find work and I'll get promoted,
FA DO
We'll move out of the shelter
LAm SOL
Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs
SOL FA
So I remember when we were driving, driving in your car,
DO
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
LAm
City lights lay out before us
SOL
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
FA LAm SOL
And I had a feeling that I belonged
FA LAm SOL
And I had a feeling I could
FA SOL
be someone, be someone, be someone
FA DO
You got a fast car
LAm SOL
And I got a job that pays all our bills
FA DO
You stay out drinking late at the bar,
LAm SOL
You see more your friends than you do your kids
FA DO
I'd always hoped for better,
LAm SOL
Thought maybe together you and me would find it,
FA DO
I got no plans I ain't going nowhere,
LAm SOL
so take your fast car and keep on driving
SOL FA
So I remember when we were driving, driving in your car,
DO
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
LAm
City lights lay out before us
SOL
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
FA LAm SOL
And I had a feeling that I belonged
FA LAm SOL
And I had a feeling I could
FA SOL
be someone, be someone, be someone
FA DO
You got a fast car
LAm SOL
But is it fast enough so we can fly away?
FA DO
We gotta make a decision
LAm SOL
Leave tonight or live and die this way
FA DO LAm SOL FA DO
CREDITS
Autore: TRACY L. CHAPMAN
Copyright: LYRICS © KOBALT MUSIC PUBLISHING LTD.