Fast Car By: Erica Berg
Fast Car By: Tracy Chapman 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 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 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 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 Is it fast enough so you can fly away? You gotta make a decision Leave tonight or live and die this way
Literal meaning: A couple who drives away in a fast car trying to start a new life together. http://www.weddingsutra.com/blog/wp-content/IMG_3231-2.jpg
Figurative meaning: She's always dreaming of how things could turn out better, except for when she's in the car she still has hope. https://thisoldheartblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/happy-place.jpg
Figurative Language: “fast enough so we can fly away” Theme: The idea that if we could get in our car and drive away, imagine what we could do. (Chasing our dreams) Figurative Language: “fast enough so we can fly away” https://i.ytimg.com/vi/seDCG7ONmtk/maxresdefault.jpg
Purpose for writing the song: To show that everyone faces challenges but there is still hope out there. “And I had a feeling that I belonged, I had a feeling I could be someone” http://images.8tracks.com/cover/i/002/079/601/AAAAAAA-4127.jpg?rect=0,61,500,500&q=98&fm=jpg&fit=max
“So remember when we were driving driving in your car Imagery: “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” Someone who is so hopeful for her future but never reached her full potential. http://images.8tracks.com/cover/i/000/582/559/night-drive-4fea564e8399c_hires-2884.jpg?rect=57,0,593,593&q=98&fm=jpg&fit=max
The song goes in a circle, at the end she is older and in a different place but she sees the same thing beginning to repeat itself. http://previews.123rf.com/images/fmarsicano/fmarsicano1402/fmarsicano140200108/26001479-Man-drinking-alcohol-while-wife-is-screaming-in-bed-Stock-Photo.jpg
“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” http://previews.123rf.com/images/mg7/mg71509/mg7150900009/44776067-sad-girl-siitng-by-brick-wall-Stock-Photo-girl-young.jpg
Parents have a huge influence on their kids lives and relationships. http://www.drugs.ie/images/uploads/childrenAffectedByPartnersDrinking.jpg