Fast Car

I recently got back from a vacation and heard this song for the first time in years. Growing up songs don't really hit you because its hard to understand what they mean.. but now that I am older.. this is perhaps one of the most emotionally deep songs I have ever heard.. Tracy Chapman is severely underrated.. the song hits pretty much how I feel right now.

I know songs are interpreted different with every person, to me this song is about wanting to start a clean slate from everything that has caused anyone to feel like that are alone in this life, and to have that special someone in your life that you just feel like even if you decide to just leave everything behind and not knowing what is going to happen, that as long as that person is with you, you can feel that hope inside that only love can bring and that is all that matters as long as you have each other.

I am in love with my best friend.. and things haven't been the best for either of us personally, but she has done more for me than anyone in my life, she makes me want to be a better person.. and I just want her to be happy...

I just want to get in a car, pick her up and drive somewhere and keep everything that hurts her away from her.. never looking back. Life just isn't fair.. and that's what this song is about.. but the things I would do to keep her happy..

Like the song says, "You gotta make a decision, leave tonight or live and die this way." its about taking a risk, if you know you love someone, and they love you back, all you really need is each other.. don't let fear get in the way of possibilities..

 

"Fast Car"
You got a fast car
I want a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere
Any place is better
Starting from zero got nothing to lose
Maybe we'll make something
Me myself I got nothing to prove

You got a fast car
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
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

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
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
Is it fast enough so we can fly away?
We gotta make a decision
Leave tonight or live and die this way

So remember when we were driving driving in your car
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
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 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 bigger house and live in the suburbs

So remember when we were driving driving in your car
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
I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

You got a fast car
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 find it
I got no plans I ain't going nowhere
So take your fast car and keep on driving

So remember when we were driving driving in your car
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
I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

You got a fast car
Is it fast enough so you can fly away?
You gotta make a decision
Leave tonight or live and die this way