Tracy Chapman – Fast Car

Posted on agosto 31, 2009
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Como cada final de mes, aprovecho para recordar, recomendar o simplemente comentar una canción relacionada con el mundo del automóvil.
Hoy le toca a una preciosa canción que le sirvió a Tracy Chapman para llegar al gran público en el año 1988.

Era Fast Car, primer single de la artista, que estaba incluido en su album de debut, llamado como la cantante de Ohio. Comenzó a subir en ventas después de que la interpretase en el homenaje a Nelson Mandela, y llegó a ser nominada a varios Grammys, llevándose el de mejor cantante femenina.

Como tantas otras veces, un coche rápido es nuevamente un símbolo de libertad. Tracy le canta a alguien pidiéndole que lo usen para huir de una vida llena de penurias y miserias, en busca de una nueva vida. Sin embargo, a veces si se tarda en tomar una decisión la carretera se hace más estrecha, como ocurre al final de la canción.

Todo un hit ochentero, luego la han versionado bandas como R.E.M., Xiu Xiu, Matchbox Twenty, The Wilkinsons o Hitomi Yaida.

La letra:

You got a fast car
I want a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere

Anyplace is better
Starting from zero got nothing to lose
Maybe we’ll make something
But me myself I got nothing to prove

You got a fast car
And 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
We 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

You 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
I say 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
But is it fast enough so we can fly away
We gotta make a decision
We leave tonight
or live and die this way

I remember we were driving driving in your car
The 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
And I had a feeling I could be someone,
be someone, be someone

You got a fast car
And we go cruising to 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 big house
and live in the suburbs
You got a fast car
And 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 would find it
I got no plans I ain’t going nowhere
So take your fast car and keep on driving

You got a fast car
But is it fast enough
so you can fly away
You gotta make a decision
You leave tonight
or live and die this way

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