[音樂台] 跨代貧窮之哀歌 – Fast Car（附歌詞）

 前言：

園丁除了熱愛科技之外，對聽音樂的興趣是從少已養成，所以我在iGarden 開設一個音樂台，與大家們分享園丁另一方面的學習經歷，盼大家多多like和留言啊！

園丁兒時是聽Michael Jackson^W長大的，感覺上大部份黑人歌手都是以跳舞勁成名，直至在1988年接觸到 Tracy Chapman 才改觀。

 

 

她的成名作Fast car是充滿社會寫實和悲哀，歌詞自白一位女子為了逃離貧窮和嗜酒父親，搭上男友的快車(Fast Car)遠走高飛到城市尋找機會，沒想到新生活也不如她想的如意，於是她想再搭上Fast Car卻感到有些絕望，用近年香港的政治術語，這是「跨代貧窮^W」。

MV版：

現場演唱版：
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHiM63vWPXU

身處香港，這幾年再聽這廿幾年前的歌，心裡別有一番感觸，更有一番共鳴。

Fast car 歌詞：

You got a fast car
And I want a ticket to go 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