Conducting A Purpose

you got a fast car

and I want a ticket to anywhere

maybe we make a deal

maybe together we can get somewhere

any place 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 outta here

I been working at the convenience store

managed to save a little bit of money

we wont 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 lives with the bottle that's the way it is

he says his body's to old for working

his body's young to look like his

my mama went off and left him

she wanted more to 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 carthe 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 check out gir

lI 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 could fly away

you gotta make a decision

you leave tonight or live and die this way

Tracy Chapman-Fast Car

Probably my biggest fear in life; for all my dreams to shatter right in front of me. To run away at the slightest disturbance in my life. To hide away from the world that has so much to offer.

I don't want to lose any moments in my life.

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I had an interesting conversation with David last weekend. We talked about relationships and the like. We talked about feelings and he mentioned how there was nothing wrong with infatuation....

"Feelings are so subjective. It's hard to tell whether you're feeling something or not."

"But why do people try to make sure of their feelings so much?"

"Because the uncertainty is unbearable. It's the one aspect of life that contradicts itself."

No matter how I sometimes hate that he's right, I couldn't have put it better than he did.