[Intro]
Gmaj7 D Bm A x4
[Verse 1]
Gmaj7 D
You got a fast car.
Bm A
I want a ticket to anywhere.
Gmaj7 D
Maybe we make a deal,
Bm A
Maybe together we can get somewhere.
Gmaj7 D
Any place is better.
Bm A
Starting from zero, got nothing to lose.
Gmaj7 D
Maybe we'll make something,
Bm A
Me myself, I got nothing to prove.
[Instrumental]
Gmaj7 D Bm A x2
[Verse 2]
Gmaj7 D
You got a fast car.
Bm A
I got a plan to get us out of here:
Gmaj7 D
I been working at the convenience store,
Bm A
Managed to save just a little bit of money.
Gmaj7 D
Won't have to drive too far
Bm A
Just 'cross the border and into the city,
Gmaj7 D
You and I can both get jobs
Bm A
And finally see what it means to be living.
[Instrumental]
Gmaj7 D Bm A x2
[Verse 3]
Gmaj7 D
You see, my old man's got a problem:
Bm A
He live with the bottle, that's the way it is.
Gmaj7 D
He says his body's too old for working,
Bm A
His body's too young to look like his.
Gmaj7 D Bm A
My mama went off and left him, she wanted more from life than he could give,
Gmaj7 D
I said, "Somebody's got to take care of him."
Bm A
So I quit school and that's what I did.
[Instrumental]
Gmaj7 D Bm A x2
[Verse 4]
Gmaj7 D
You got a fast car.
Bm A
But is it fast enough so we can fly away?
Gmaj7 D
We gotta make a decision:
Bm A
Leave tonight or live and die this way.
[Instrumental]
Gmaj7 D Bm A
Gmaj7 D Bm
[Chorus]
Bm G Bm* G
So I remember when: we were driving, driving in your car,
Bm* G
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
Bm G
City lights lay out before us
Bm G
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder.
G Bm A
And I had a feeling that I belonged
G Bm A Bm G Bm
And I had a feeling I could -- be someone, be someone, be someone.
[Instrumental]
Gmaj7 D Bm A x2
[Verse 5]
Gmaj7 D
You got a fast car.
Bm A
And we go cruising to entertain ourselves;
Gmaj7 D
you still ain't got a job
Bm A
And I work in a market as a checkout girl.
Gmaj7 D
I know things will get better:
Bm A
You'll find work and I'll get promoted,
Gmaj7 D
We'll move out of the shelter
Bm A
Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs.
[Instrumental]
Gmaj7 D Bm A
Gmaj7 D Bm
[Chorus]
Bm G Bm G
So I remember when: we were driving, driving in your car,
Bm G
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
Bm G
City lights lay out before us
Bm G
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder.
G Bm A
And I had a feeling that I belonged
G Bm A Bm G Bm
And I had a feeling I could -- be someone, be someone, be someone.
[Instrumental]
Gmaj7 D Bm A x2
[Verse 6]
Gmaj7 D
You got a fast car.
Bm A
And I got a job that pays all our bills.
Gmaj7 D
You stay out drinking late at the bar,
Bm A
You see more your friends than you do your kids.
Gmaj7 D
I'd always hoped for better,
Bm A
Thought maybe together you and me would find it,
Gmaj7 D
I got no plans I ain't going nowhere,
Bm A
so take your fast car and keep on driving.
[Instrumental]
Gmaj7 D Bm A
Gmaj7 D Bm
[Chorus]
Bm G Bm G
So I remember when: we were driving, driving in your car,
Bm G
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk,
Bm G
City lights lay out before us
Bm G
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder.
G Bm A
And I had a feeling that I belonged
G Bm A Bm G Bm
And I had a feeling I could -- be someone, be someone, be someone.
[Instrumental]
Gmaj7 D Bm A x2
[Verse 7]
Gmaj7 D
You got a fast car.
Bm A
But is it fast enough so you can fly away?
Gmaj7 D
You gotta make a decision:
Bm A
Leave tonight or live and die this way.
[Outro]
Gmaj7 D Bm A x3
Gmaj7 D