[Intro]
C#maj7 G# Fm D# x4
[Verse 1]
C#maj7 G#
You got a fast car.
Fm D#
I want a ticket to anywhere.
C#maj7 G#
Maybe we make a deal,
Fm D#
Maybe together we can get somewhere.
C#maj7 G#
Any place is better.
Fm D#
Starting from zero, got nothing to lose.
C#maj7 G#
Maybe we'll make something,
Fm D#
Me myself, I got nothing to prove.
[Instrumental]
C#maj7 G# Fm D# x2
[Verse 2]
C#maj7 G#
You got a fast car.
Fm D#
I got a plan to get us out of here:
C#maj7 G#
I been working at the convenience store,
Fm D#
Managed to save just a little bit of money.
C#maj7 G#
Won't have to drive too far
Fm D#
Just 'cross the border and into the city,
C#maj7 G#
You and I can both get jobs
Fm D#
And finally see what it means to be living.
[Instrumental]
C#maj7 G# Fm D# x2
[Verse 3]
C#maj7 G#
You see, my old man's got a problem:
Fm D#
He live with the bottle, that's the way it is.
C#maj7 G#
He says his body's too old for working,
Fm D#
His body's too young to look like his.
C#maj7 G# Fm D#
My mama went off and left him, she wanted more from life than he could give,
C#maj7 G#
I said, "Somebody's got to take care of him."
Fm D#
So I quit school and that's what I did.
[Instrumental]
C#maj7 G# Fm D# x2
[Verse 4]
C#maj7 G#
You got a fast car.
Fm D#
But is it fast enough so we can fly away?
C#maj7 G#
We gotta make a decision:
Fm D#
Leave tonight or live and die this way.
[Instrumental]
C#maj7 G# Fm D#
C#maj7 G# Fm
[Chorus]
Fm C# Fm* C#
So I remember when: we were driving, driving in your car,
Fm* C#
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
Fm C#
City lights lay out before us
Fm C#
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder.
C# Fm D#
And I had a feeling that I belonged
C# Fm D# Fm C# Fm
And I had a feeling I could -- be someone, be someone, be someone.
[Instrumental]
C#maj7 G# Fm D# x2
[Verse 5]
C#maj7 G#
You got a fast car.
Fm D#
And we go cruising to entertain ourselves;
C#maj7 G#
you still ain't got a job
Fm D#
And I work in a market as a checkout girl.
C#maj7 G#
I know things will get better:
Fm D#
You'll find work and I'll get promoted,
C#maj7 G#
We'll move out of the shelter
Fm D#
Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs.
[Instrumental]
C#maj7 G# Fm D#
C#maj7 G# Fm
[Chorus]
Fm C# Fm C#
So I remember when: we were driving, driving in your car,
Fm C#
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
Fm C#
City lights lay out before us
Fm C#
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder.
C# Fm D#
And I had a feeling that I belonged
C# Fm D# Fm C# Fm
And I had a feeling I could -- be someone, be someone, be someone.
[Instrumental]
C#maj7 G# Fm D# x2
[Verse 6]
C#maj7 G#
You got a fast car.
Fm D#
And I got a job that pays all our bills.
C#maj7 G#
You stay out drinking late at the bar,
Fm D#
You see more your friends than you do your kids.
C#maj7 G#
I'd always hoped for better,
Fm D#
Thought maybe together you and me would find it,
C#maj7 G#
I got no plans I ain't going nowhere,
Fm D#
so take your fast car and keep on driving.
[Instrumental]
C#maj7 G# Fm D#
C#maj7 G# Fm
[Chorus]
Fm C# Fm C#
So I remember when: we were driving, driving in your car,
Fm C#
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
Fm C#
City lights lay out before us
Fm C#
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder.
C# Fm D#
And I had a feeling that I belonged
C# Fm D# Fm C# Fm
And I had a feeling I could -- be someone, be someone, be someone.
[Instrumental]
C#maj7 G# Fm D# x2
[Verse 7]
C#maj7 G#
You got a fast car.
Fm D#
But is it fast enough so you can fly away?
C#maj7 G#
You gotta make a decision:
Fm D#
Leave tonight or live and die this way.
[Outro]
C#maj7 G# Fm D# x3
C#maj7 G#