"Fast Car" Xiu Xiu

you've got a fast car
i want a ticket to anywhere
maybe we can make a deal
maybe together we can get somewhere

anyplace is better
starting from zero got nothing to lose
maybe we'll make something
myself, i got nothing to prove

you've got a fast car
i've got a plan to get us out of here
i've been working at east side's health centre
and i've managed to save just a little bit of money

we won't have to drive too far
just across the border and into the city
you and I can both get jobs
finally see what it means to be living

you see, my old man's got a problem
he lives with his prescription drugs and that's the way it is
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
somebody's got to take care of him
so i quit life 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
leave tonight or live and die this way

remember we were driving
driving in your car
speed so fast it felt like i was drunk
the city lights lay out before us
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 to entertain ourselves
you still don't have a job
and i work in the 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

i remember we were driving
driving in your car
the speed so fast it felt like i was drunk
the city lights lay out before us
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
i got a job that pays all our bills
you stay out late drinking at the bar
you see your friends more than you do your kids

i'd always hoped for better
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

i remember we were driving
driving in your car
speed so fast it felt like i was drunk
the city lights lay out before us
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
but is it fast enough so we can fly away
we gotta make a decision
leave tonight or live and die this way

balloon heaven

i was middle-aged and business-normal
i was holding a little girl's hand
and she was holding a big red balloon

we were walking in the crowded city sun
the sidewalk was making us move faster

a man jumped to his death nine buildings in front of us

i told the little girl to release the balloon
so the man could go the heaven through it
while people ran past
with open, gasping faces