"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
She put on her heels
Put on the dress
Put the address in the GPS
Pick up the girls
Look at those curls
Damn they all just lookin' so fresh
Put on the belt
Put on the shoes
Man that boy just looking so smooth
Picked up the drank pick up the boys
Pick up the beat now drop that noise
There goes the sun
Here comes the fun
Drop that bass and pop that trunk
Rollin on up, stepping on out
It's our night let's live it up
You got the lights
I got the love
Tap that keg
And fill my cup
It's our life it's our choice
Turn up the beat and drop that noise
Throw it up throw it up
Everybody's in love
And we're tearing down this place
Taking shots all night
Till the moon light hides
And the sun starts to show it's face
Throw it up throw it up
Throw it up up up
Feel the bump coming out that bass
Girls and boys make some noise
Till they kick us out
We're the kings and queens today
Turn up the beat
Turn up the glass
Only one night let's make it last
Saw that girl
Walking out back
Thought one time yeah there's my chance
Just might have to make her dance
Just might have to use my hands
Just might have to slap that
Haha damn
My eyes met hers
I wanted those curves
Walked up to her
Said a few little words
She just smiled
And we just danced
While all them other guys just said damn
Grab a hand, party down
And just fly to the beat of the sound
It's our life it's our choice
Turn up the beat and drop that noise
Throw it up throw it up
Everybody's in love
And we're tearing down this place
Taking shots all night
Till the moon light hides
And the sun starts to show it's face
Throw it up throw it up
Throw it up up up
Feel the bump coming out that bass
Girls and boys make some noise
Till they kick us out
We're the kings and queens today
Less talk, more touch
Less stress, more love
Everybody party all night
Everybody party all night, yeah
Less pain, there's too much
Less tame, we're too young
Everybody party all night
Everybody party all night uh
Less talk, more touch
Less stress, more love
Everybody party all night
Everybody party all night yeah
Less pain, there's too much
Less tame, we're too young
Everybody party all night
Everybody live your life
Throw it up throw it up
Everybody's in love
And we're tearing down this place
Taking shots all night
Till the moon light hides
And the sun starts to show it's face
Throw it up throw it up
Throw it up up up
Feel the bump coming out that bass
Girls and boys make some noise
Till they kick us out
We're the kings and queens today
We're the kings and queens to stay
Yea I say
Yea I say
Put on the dress
Put the address in the GPS
Pick up the girls
Look at those curls
Damn they all just lookin' so fresh
Put on the belt
Put on the shoes
Man that boy just looking so smooth
Picked up the drank pick up the boys
Pick up the beat now drop that noise
There goes the sun
Here comes the fun
Drop that bass and pop that trunk
Rollin on up, stepping on out
It's our night let's live it up
You got the lights
I got the love
Tap that keg
And fill my cup
It's our life it's our choice
Turn up the beat and drop that noise
Throw it up throw it up
Everybody's in love
And we're tearing down this place
Taking shots all night
Till the moon light hides
And the sun starts to show it's face
Throw it up throw it up
Throw it up up up
Feel the bump coming out that bass
Girls and boys make some noise
Till they kick us out
We're the kings and queens today
Turn up the beat
Turn up the glass
Only one night let's make it last
Saw that girl
Walking out back
Thought one time yeah there's my chance
Just might have to make her dance
Just might have to use my hands
Just might have to slap that
Haha damn
My eyes met hers
I wanted those curves
Walked up to her
Said a few little words
She just smiled
And we just danced
While all them other guys just said damn
Grab a hand, party down
And just fly to the beat of the sound
It's our life it's our choice
Turn up the beat and drop that noise
Throw it up throw it up
Everybody's in love
And we're tearing down this place
Taking shots all night
Till the moon light hides
And the sun starts to show it's face
Throw it up throw it up
Throw it up up up
Feel the bump coming out that bass
Girls and boys make some noise
Till they kick us out
We're the kings and queens today
Less talk, more touch
Less stress, more love
Everybody party all night
Everybody party all night, yeah
Less pain, there's too much
Less tame, we're too young
Everybody party all night
Everybody party all night uh
Less talk, more touch
Less stress, more love
Everybody party all night
Everybody party all night yeah
Less pain, there's too much
Less tame, we're too young
Everybody party all night
Everybody live your life
Throw it up throw it up
Everybody's in love
And we're tearing down this place
Taking shots all night
Till the moon light hides
And the sun starts to show it's face
Throw it up throw it up
Throw it up up up
Feel the bump coming out that bass
Girls and boys make some noise
Till they kick us out
We're the kings and queens today
We're the kings and queens to stay
Yea I say
Yea I say
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Kings & Queens (Throw It Up) Lyrics as written by Joseph Somers Morales Cody Tarpley
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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