Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

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You got a fast car
你有一台快車

I want a ticket to anywhere
我只想要一張隨便能去那裡的車票

Maybe we make a deal
也許我能跟著你吧

Maybe together we can get somewhere
也許在其它地方我們會過得更好

Anyplace is better
反正去什麼地方，應該都比我家好

Starting from zero got nothing to lose
一切從零開始，也沒什麼可以失去的

Maybe we'll make something
我們也許能搞出什麼名堂？

But me myself I got nothing to prove
但是我自己沒法證實我能作的到

You got a fast car
你有一台快車

And I got a plan to get us out of here
我對我倆離開這裡也有了計畫

I been working at the convenience store
我去便利商店工作

Managed to save just a little bit of money
我倆省吃儉用，存一點錢

We won't have to drive too far
我倆不必走的太遠

Just 'cross the border and into the city
只要我能離開家就好

You and I can both get jobs
我倆可以找到工作

And finally see what it means to be living
最後就可以知道活著的意義

You see my old man's got a problem
你知道我爸，他有點不太正常

He live with the bottle that's the way it is
他每天酗酒

He says his body's too old for working
他說自己太老，沒法工作

I say his body's too young to look like his
我說對工作來說，他是夠年輕了

My mama went off and left him
我媽已離家出走

She wanted more from life than he could give
她對自己的人生所想要的，遠超過我爸能給的！

I said somebody's got to take care of him
我說還是有人得照顧我爸呀

So I quit school and that's what I did
於是我休學了

You got a fast car
你有一台快車

But is it fast enough so we can fly away
不過，這台車真的夠快讓我倆離開嗎？

We gotta make a decision
我們該作個決定了

We leave tonight or live and die this way
我們要離開這裡，還是要繼續過現在的生活？

I remember we were driving driving in your car
我記得那天你開得特別快

The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
我可能也喝醉了

City lights lay out before us
城市的霓虹在我倆之前閃耀

And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
你溫暖地摟著我

And I had a feeling that I belonged
我覺得我終於有了歸宿

And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone
我感覺我有機會成為其他人,其他人,其他人

You got a fast car
你有一台快車

And we go cruising to entertain ourselves
我們四處閒晃自嗨

You still ain't got a job
你一直沒有找到工作

And I work in a market as a checkout girl
我在超市作收銀員

I know things will get better
不過我對未來還是有信心

You'll find work and I'll get promoted
你一定會找到一份工作，而我會升職

We'll move out of the shelter
我們不用再住在組合屋裡了

Buy a big house and live in the suburbs
我們會在郊區買個大房子住

I remember we were driving driving in your car
我還記得那天的感覺，你開車開得特別快

The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
我也喝醉了

City lights lay out before us
城市的霓虹在我倆之前閃耀

And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
你溫暖地摟著我

And I had a feeling that I belonged
我覺得我終於有了歸宿

And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone
我感覺我有機會成為其他人,其他人,其他人

You got a fast car
你有一台快車

And I got a job that pays all our bills
我工作養你和孩子

You stay out drinking late at the bar
你也開始喝酒了，整天流連酒吧

See more of your friends than you do of your kids
見你的酒友比見到你孩子的時間還多

I'd always hoped for better
我曾希望一切都會變得更好

Thought maybe together you and me would find it
我以為我們兩個人真的能創造未來

I got no plans I ain't going nowhere
這次我真的沒有計畫了

So take your fast car and keep on driving
於是我開走那台車，我不敢停下來

You got a fast car
你有一台快車

But is it fast enough so you can fly away
但是那台車真的夠快嗎？快得能讓妳遠走高飛嗎？

You gotta make a decision
妳應該作個決定了

You leave tonight or live and die this way
妳要離開這個男人，還是繼續過現在的生活？