快車

快車

大家好！又係我二少爺！今次同大家重溫一首1989年的舊歌：Tracy Chapman的《Fast Car》。

我喜歡有故事內容的歌曲，黑人歌手Tracy Chapman把社會問題變成歌曲題材。這首《Fast Car》寫一位女子為了擺脫酒鬼父親，登上男朋友的快車，遠走高飛。怎料新生活並未如理想，男朋友最後也變成酒鬼……

歌詞內容大致講：

男的有一輛快車，女的想乘搭那部快車，和男友一起商議，去任何那個地方也好。既然由零開始，不會有任何損失吧！也許可以闖出新天地，她並非想證明什麼，只想做回自己而已。

女的計劃；首先乘車離開這裡，不需去得太遠，只要過了邊界入到城裡便可。女的在便利商店上班，男的也找到工作。兩人存了一點錢，終於體會到生活的意義。

女的父親有酗酒的習慣，父親說自己已經太年老，無能力再工作。女的認為父親還有氣有力，不應這樣遊手好閒。女的媽媽對丈夫絕望，早已出走。女兒唯有退學來照顧父親。

這對男女要作出決定：趁今晚便要遠走高飛？還是就這樣留在這裡等死？

女的記得他們開著快車，車速超快，每支街燈向後飛退，感覺像喝醉酒一樣。男的手臂繞著女的肩膀，女的感到自己是屬於新生活，自己將可重新開始人生。

新生活並不如意，男的仍未找到工作，女的在一家超級市場當收銀員。女的希望一切將會好轉：希望男的將會找到工作，女的將會獲得晉升，他們將會搬離蝸居，在郊區買一座較大的房子。

女的那份工資，支付所有的帳單，無業的男友愛在酒吧酗酒，通宵達旦。他見朋友的時間比見兒子的時間還要多。女的一直期待會有改變，可惜並未找到方法，唯有繼續跟著酗酒男友，坐在生命的快車，重複不變的命運。

離家出走

我有無試過離家出走呢？無呀！我感恩自己並非來自問題家庭，所以從來未有出走的念頭。加上我的性格非常之「宅男」，深明「在家千日好、出外半朝難」和「無事出街少破財」的道理。所以除了返工和做運動之外，無乜特別嘢我都唔想出街。

我雖然未試過離家出走啫，離職就一定試過啦。每次辭職都因為對該份工作極度不滿，才毅然決定離開。而離職的時候，自然對下一份工作抱有期望，希望有更好的新景象。結果…咪好似Tracy Chapman咁囉，「天下烏鴉一樣黑，到處楊梅一樣花」。由一個地獄跳到另一個地獄。

現在人成熟了，心態轉變咗，懂得苦中作樂。預咗返工會辛苦同唔開心先，降低期望便不會容易失望。

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二少爺說：有興趣的就請重溫一吓呢首舊歌。

Fast Car – Tracy Chapman

You got a fast car

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 be 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 across 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

See 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

I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

You got a fast car

We go cruising entertain ourselves

You still ain't got 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 bigger 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'd find it

I got no plans I ain't going nowhere

So take your fast car and keep on driving