Fast Car - 트레이시 채프먼(Tracy Chapman)

 

Tracy Chapman

  

 

트레이시 채프먼(Tracy Chapman)은 1964년 미국 오하이오주 클리블랜드의 가난한 노동자 집안에서 태어나 1988년 미국에서 레이건 시대가 저물 무렵 통기타를 들고 나와 혁명을 노래한 흑인 처녀가 바로 그녀이다. 저항이 대중들에게 어필한다는 사실을 입증한 인물이며 1988년 채프먼의 데뷔 앨범은 바로 그 진보적인 성격이 백인들에게 어필해 엄청난 성공을 거두었다.  사회적인 이슈에 민감한 포크 정신에 투철한 싱어 송라이터의 전통을 이어나가던 채프먼은 얼마 전부터 강성 정치 메시지보다는 아름답게 퍼져가는 어쿠스틱 기타와 저음 창법으로 들려주는 사람 사이의 온화한 관계와 희망을 노래하고 있으며 늘 진지한 가사로 포크 음악의 진정성을 보여주는 가수이다.

  

Fast Car 

 

You've got a fast car
I wanna 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
Me, myself, I've got nothing to prove

You've got a fast car
I've got a plan to get us out of here
Been working at the convenience store
Managed to save just a little bit of money
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

See my old man's got a problem
Live with the bottle, that's the way it is
He says his body's too old for working
His body's too young, to look like his
When 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've got a fast car
Is it fast enough so we can fly away?
We gotta make a decision
Leave tonight or live and die this way

Say remember when we were driving, driving in your car
Speed so fast it 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've got a a fast car
We go cruising entertain ourselves
You still ain't got a job
Now 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

Say remember when we were driving, driving in your car
Speeds so fast it 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've got a fast car
I've 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 and I ain't going nowhere
So take your fast car and keep on driving

Say remember when we were driving, driving in your car
Speeds so fast it 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've got a fast car
Is it fast enough so you can fly away?
You gotta make a decision
Leave tonight or live and die this way

 

 너, 차 가지고 있지
나한테 여길 뜰 계획이 있거든
그 동안 편의점에서 일하면서
아주 조금이지만 그럭저럭 돈을 모았어

너무 멀리 가지 않아도 돼
그냥 여기만 벗어나서 가까운 도시로 가자고
우리 둘 다 일자리 구해서
사람답게 한번 살아보자

 

너, 차 가지고 있지
그거 하늘을 날 수
있을 만큼 빠르니

지금 결정해
오늘 밤 여길 떠나든지
아니면 이렇게 살다 죽든지.....