제가 이 코너를 맡고 처음으로 소개하는 여성 아티스트군요. Tracy Chapman은 1964년 3월 미국 오하이오에서 태어난, 가장 미국적인 싱어송라이터 중 한명입니다. 이곡 Fast car는 일약 그녀를 스타덤에 올려준 대표곡인데, 88년에 발매된 데뷔 앨범 'Tracy Chapman'은 우리나라에서도 꽤 많이 팔린 것으로 알고 있습니다.
그녀는 통기타 하나로 영국 팬들을 매료시켰고, 데뷔 첫 해 빌보드 앨범차트 1위를 기록하면서 600만장의 판매고를 올렸다는군요. 엄마가 사준 기타로 8살 때부터 노래를 시작했고, 대학시절엔 아르바이트로 카페나 바 같은 곳에서 노래를 부르기도 했답니다. 결국 한우물을 파서 성공한 케이스죠.
Fast car 이외에 'Talkin 'bout a Revolution', 'Baby Can I Hold You', 'Give Me One Reason', 'Telling Stories' 등 많은 곡들이 대중들의 사랑을 받았고요. 그래미상을 3번이나 받았다면 말 다했죠.
백문이 불여일감입니다. 일단 들어보시죠.
Fast car
You got a fast car
I want a ticket to 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
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 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
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
But is it fast enough so you can fly away
You gotta make a decision
You leave tonight or live and die this way
