[Verse 1]

You got a fast car

你有一輛快車

I want a ticket to anywhere

我想去任何地方

Maybe we make a deal

也許我們可以達成協議

Maybe together we can get somewhere

也許我們一起可以去某個地方

Any place is better

任何地方都比這裡好

Starting from zero, got nothing to lose

從零開始，沒有什麼可失去

Maybe we’ll make something

也許我們能創造些什麼

Me, myself, I got nothing to prove

我自己，沒有什麼需要證明

[Chorus]

You got a fast car

你有一輛快車

I got a plan to get us out of here

我有個計劃帶我們離開這裡

I been working at the convenience store

我在便利店工作

Managed to save just a little bit of money

設法存了一點錢

Won’t have to drive too far

不用開太遠

Just ‘cross the border and into the city

只要越過邊界，進入城市

You and I can both get jobs

你和我都能找到工作

Finally see what it means to be living

終於知道什麼是真正的生活

[Verse 2]

My old man’s got a problem

我老爸有個問題

He lives with the bottle, that’s the way it is

他靠酒瓶過活，就是這樣

He says his body’s too old for working

他說他的身體太老了，幹不了活

His body’s too young to look like his

他的身體太年輕，看起來不像他

My mama went off and left him

我媽媽離開了他

She wanted more from life than he could give

她想要的生活比他能給的更多

I said, “Somebody’s gotta take care of him”

我說：「總得有人照顧他」

So I quit school and that’s what I did

所以我輟學了，這就是我做的

[Chorus]

You got a fast car

你有一輛快車

Is it fast enough so we can fly away?

它夠快嗎，讓我們飛走？

We gotta make a decision

我們得做個決定

Leave tonight or live and die this way

今晚離開，或這樣生與死

We gotta make a decision

我們得做個決定

Leave tonight or live and die this way

今晚離開，或這樣生與死

[Bridge]

I remember when we were driving, driving in your car

我記得我們開著你的車，開著車

Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk

速度太快，我感覺像醉了

City lights lay out before us

城市燈光在我們面前展開

Your arm felt nice wrapped ‘round my shoulder

你的手臂環繞我的肩膀，感覺很好

And I, I had a feeling that I belonged

而我，我有種歸屬感

I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone

我有種感覺我可以成為某人，成為某人

[Chorus]

You got a fast car

你有一輛快車

We go cruising to entertain ourselves

我們開車兜風自娛自樂

You still ain’t got a job

你還是沒找到工作

I run the streets and I man the bar

我在街上跑，管理酒吧

I got a job that pays all our bills

我找到一份能付帳單的工作

You stay out drinking late at the bar

你在酒吧喝酒到很晚

You see more of your friends than you do of your kids

你見朋友的時間比見孩子多

I’d always hoped for better

我總是希望更好

Thought maybe together you and me’d find it

以為也許你我一起能找到

I got no plans, I ain’t going nowhere

我沒有計劃，哪也不去

So take your fast car and keep on driving

所以開著你的快車繼續前進

[Chorus]

You got a fast car

你有一輛快車

Is it fast enough so we can fly away?

它夠快嗎，讓我們飛走？

We gotta make a decision

我們得做個決定

Leave tonight or live and die this way

今晚離開，或這樣生與死

We gotta make a decision

我們得做個決定

Leave tonight or live and die this way

今晚離開，或這樣生與死

[Outro]

So I remember when we were driving, driving in your car

所以我記得我們開著你的車，開著車

Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk

速度太快，我感覺像醉了

City lights lay out before us

城市燈光在我們面前展開

Your arm felt nice wrapped ‘round my shoulder

你的手臂環繞我的肩膀，感覺很好

And I, I had a feeling that I belonged

而我，我有種歸屬感

I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone

我有種感覺我可以成為某人，成為某人