[Wyclef Jean: Intro (Talking)]
Yeah, it's those Jersey boys
[Wyclef Jean: Verse 1]
I heard a man say +Jesus Walks+
Me, myself, I heard Jesus talk
Cause when I heard his beat I felt Jesus' force
I heard it +Through The Wire+ that he made it out the coma
From a fast car
It was a fast car
Yeah
[Wyclef Jean: Verse 2]
Everyday is like the wild wild west
Some of us are +Bad Boys+
Some of us are +Outlaws+
Unsolved mystery, the killer get away
L.A., Vegas, at the end of the day
In the fast car
Driving the fast car
Yeah
[Wyclef Jean: Hook]
You don't got to be no billionaire
To get a ticket up to the moon
We all know somebody up there
You need a helping hand, look, I'm right here
To help you see clearly now, yeah
To help you see clearly now, yeah
I hope you see clearly now
Yeah
[Wyclef Jean: Verse 3]
What would you do after your bachelor party?
In the bar celebrating with all your homies
Go outside, and you're ready to ride
And over fifty-one shots but you ain't ready to die
In your fast car, yeah
In your fast car, whoa (Paul Simon talk to 'em)
[Paul Simon: Bridge]
When that fast car picks you up
You will have no choice
You may hear the tires screaming
But you will have no voice
But as the fast car picks you up
You will weep and smile
And see heaven in the headlights
Mile after, mile
After, mile after mile
(Yeah)
[Wyclef Jean: Hook]
You don't got to be no billionaire
To get a ticket up to the moon
We all know somebody up there
You need a helping hand? Look, I'm right here
To help you see clearly now, yeah
To help you see clearly now, yeah
I hope you see clearly now
Yeah
[Wyclef Jean: Verse 4]
Everybody need some TLC
So she headed to Honduras for some TLC (Tender Loving Care)
Yeah, having fun in Central America
Well she was a passenger, never a driver
In that fast car, yeah
Riding that fast car
Yeah
[Wyclef Jean: Verse 5]
Sweet sixteen, I see her leaving the scene
Crossing the street, she won't see seventeen
Blink of an eye, DWI
Hit and run, the assailant flees
In the fast car
Riding the fast car
Yeah
[Paul Simon: Bridge]
When that fast car picks you up
You will have no choice
You may hear the tires screaming
But you will have no voice
But as the fast car picks you up
You will weep and smile
And see heaven in the headlights
Mile after, mile
After, mile after mile
(Yeah)
[Wyclef Jean: Hook]
You don't got to be no billionaire
To get a ticket up to the moon
We all know somebody up there
You need a helping hand? Look, I'm right here
To help you see clearly now, yeah
To help you see clearly now, yeah
I hope you see clearly now
Yeah
[Scratching & Instrumental Interlude]
[Wyclef Jean: Hook]
You don't got to be no billionaire
To get a ticket up to the moon
We all know somebody up there
You need a helping hand? Look, I'm right here
To help you see clearly now, yeah
To help you see clearly now, yeah
I hope you see clearly now
Yeah