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    The song "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman tells the story of a young woman who dreams of escaping her current situation by getting a "fast car" with her partner. However, he stays out drinking and doesn't have a job, while she works as a checkout girl to pay the bills. In the end, she remembers feeling a sense of belonging and potential when they drove together in the past, but now questions whether their "fast car" is fast enough to help them "fly away" from their struggling lives.

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    The song "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman tells the story of a young woman who dreams of escaping her current situation by getting a "fast car" with her partner. However, he stays out drinking and doesn't have a job, while she works as a checkout girl to pay the bills. In the end, she remembers feeling a sense of belonging and potential when they drove together in the past, but now questions whether their "fast car" is fast enough to help them "fly away" from their struggling lives.

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    The song "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman tells the story of a young woman who dreams of escaping her current situation by getting a "fast car" with her partner. However, he stays out drinking and doesn't have a job, while she works as a checkout girl to pay the bills. In the end, she remembers feeling a sense of belonging and potential when they drove together in the past, but now questions whether their "fast car" is fast enough to help them "fly away" from their struggling lives.

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    Tracy Chapman: Fast Car (1988)

    You got a fast car You got a fast car


    I want a ticket to anywhere I got a job that pays all our bills
    Maybe we make a deal You stay out drinking late at the bar
    Maybe together we can get somewhere See more of your friends than you do of your kids
    Any place is better I'd always hoped for better
    Starting from zero got nothing to lose Thought maybe together you and me'd find it
    Maybe we'll make something I got no plans, I ain't going nowhere
    Me, myself, I got nothing to prove Take your fast car and keep on driving

    You got a fast car So I remember when we were driving, driving in your
    I got a plan to get us outta here car
    I been working at the convenience store Speed so fast it felt like I was drunk
    Managed to save just a little bit of money City lights lay out before us
    Won't have to drive too far And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
    Just 'cross the border and into the city And I-I had a feeling that I belonged
    You and I can both get jobs I-I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be
    And finally see what it means to be living someone

    See, my old man's got a problem You got a fast car


    He live with the bottle, that's the way it is Is it fast enough so you can fly away?
    He says his body's too old for working You gotta make a decision
    His body's too young to look like his Leave tonight or live and die this way
    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 Writer/s: Tracy L. Chapman
    Publisher: DistroKid
    You got a fast car Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind
    Is it fast enough so we can fly away?
    We 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 it felt like I was drunk
    City lights lay out before us
    And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round 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 go cruising, entertain ourselves
    You still ain't got a job
    And I work in the 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 bigger house and live in the suburbs

    So I remember when we were driving, driving in your


    car
    Speed so fast it felt like I was drunk
    City lights lay out before us
    And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
    And I-I had a feeling that I belonged
    I-I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be
    someone


    Tracy Chapman: Fast Car (1988)

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