You got a fast car 你有速度快的汽车

I want a ticket to anywhere 我想一票在任何地方

Maybe we make a deal 也许我们做个交易

Maybe together we can get somewhere 也许我们可以一起得到的地方

   

Anyplace is better 任何地方比较好

Starting from zero, got nothing to lose 由零开始，没有什么可输

Maybe we'll make something 也许我们会做的东西

But me, myself, I got nothing to prove 但是我，我自己，我没有什么要证明

   

You got a fast car 你有速度快的汽车

And I got a plan to get us out of here 我有一个计划，让我们离开这里

I been working at the convenience store 我一直工作在便利店

Managed to save just a little bit of money 设法省钱只是一点点

   

We won't have to drive too far 我们不会把车开得太远

Just 'cross the border and into the city 只是过关，进入城市

You and I can both get jobs 我和你既可以找到工作

And finally see what it means to be living 终于明白它的意思是生活

   

You see my old man's got a problem 你看我的老男人的麻烦了

He live with the bottle, that's the way it is 他住在一起的瓶子，这是事情是这样的

He says his body's too old for working 他说，他的身体太旧的工作

I say his body's too young to look like his 我说他的身体太年轻，看起来像他

   

My mama went off and left him 我妈妈走了，离开了他

She wanted more from life than he could give 她想从生活中比他更可以给

I said somebody's got to take care of him 我说有人在得照顾他

So I quit school and that's what I did 所以，我离开学校，这就是我所做的

   

You got a fast car 你有速度快的汽车

But is it fast enough so we can fly away? 但它是速度不够快，所以我们可以飞走？

We gotta make a decision 我们得做出决定

We leave tonight or live and die this way 让我们今晚或生活和死亡这种方式

   

I remember we were driving, driving in your car 我记得我们开车，驾驶你的车

The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk 速度如此之快，我觉得像我醉了

City lights lay out before us 城市的灯光铺陈在我们面前

And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder 和你的手臂感觉很好包裹“圆了我的肩膀

   

And I had a feeling that I belonged 我不得不说我属于的感觉

And I had a feeling I could be someone 我有一种感觉，我可能是一个人

Be someone, be someone 有人，有人

   

You got a fast car 你有速度快的汽车

And we go cruising to entertain ourselves 我们去巡航，以自娱自乐

You still ain't got a job 你还没有找到工作了

And I work in a market as a checkout girl 我在市场工作的收银员

   

I know things will get better 我知道事情会变得更好

You'll find work and I'll get promoted 你会找到工作，我会得到提升

We'll move out of the shelter 我们将迁出住所

Buy a big house and live in the suburbs 买一个大房子，住在郊区

   

You got a fast car 你有速度快的汽车

And I got a job that pays all our bills 而我得到的支付所有账单的作业

You stay out drinking late at the bar 你留出去喝酒晚在酒吧

See more of your friends than you do of your kids 看到您更多的朋友而不是你做了你的孩子

   

I'd always hoped for better 我总是希望更好

Thought maybe together you and me would find it 想，也许在一起你和我会觉得

I got no plans, I ain't going nowhere 我没有计划，我是不是无处可去

So take your fast car and keep on driving 所以，把你的汽车快，继续驾驶

   

You got a fast car 你有速度快的汽车

But is it fast enough so you can fly away? 但它是速度不够快，所以你可以飞走？

You gotta make a decision 你必须做出决定

You leave tonight or live and die this way 你离开今晚或生活和死亡这种方式