"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.
Cure the Bieber fever
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Bieber fever is spreading across the country
Wait world, no universe
Bieber fever is spreading rapidily and is uncurable
I repeat, uncurable
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Cure the fever
Cure the fever
Cure the fever
Cure the Bieber fever
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Yeah, I got a PHD
I don't need a fake ID
Yeah you females know of me
I'm so sick with no IV
J to the U to the S to the T
Bieber fever's in the streets
Time to realize imma beast
Imma beast, imma beast
Say it 3 times, 'cause they know it's right
Catch this virus in the night
I know it's uncurable, it's terrible
But it's alright
It's just spread across the globe
Into every single home
Every city, every country
Every girl is on the phone
Oh my God, I love him
Isn't he perfect
You can be my queen
And I'll show you how I work it
How I work it, how I, how I work it
This is not a cold, not a flu, not a sickness
Baby this is good, and it doesn't hurt to get this
You were never cured, and you never will regret this
Yeah, my swag's up ridin' with Kenny in a Lexus
Oh my God, it's Bieber fever
It's everywhere
It's taking over the water
It's taking over the air streams
You cannot run from it
You cannot hide from it
That's why we call it
BIEBER FEVER
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Cure the fever
Cure the fever
Cure the fever
Cure the Bieber fever
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Cure the fever
Cure the fever
Cure the fever
Cure the Bieber fever
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Cure the fever
Cure the fever
Cure the fever
Cure the Biber fever
We know the DJ dot com
We got DJ Tay James right here
We also got Shawn Kingston
What's up, you know what it is Bieber fever
Shawty Mane, Shawty Mane
I think I caught Bieber fever too
*Coughs*
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Bieber fever is spreading across the country
Wait world, no universe
Bieber fever is spreading rapidily and is uncurable
I repeat, uncurable
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Cure the fever
Cure the fever
Cure the fever
Cure the Bieber fever
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Yeah, I got a PHD
I don't need a fake ID
Yeah you females know of me
I'm so sick with no IV
J to the U to the S to the T
Bieber fever's in the streets
Time to realize imma beast
Imma beast, imma beast
Say it 3 times, 'cause they know it's right
Catch this virus in the night
I know it's uncurable, it's terrible
But it's alright
It's just spread across the globe
Into every single home
Every city, every country
Every girl is on the phone
Oh my God, I love him
Isn't he perfect
You can be my queen
And I'll show you how I work it
How I work it, how I, how I work it
This is not a cold, not a flu, not a sickness
Baby this is good, and it doesn't hurt to get this
You were never cured, and you never will regret this
Yeah, my swag's up ridin' with Kenny in a Lexus
Oh my God, it's Bieber fever
It's everywhere
It's taking over the water
It's taking over the air streams
You cannot run from it
You cannot hide from it
That's why we call it
BIEBER FEVER
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Cure the fever
Cure the fever
Cure the fever
Cure the Bieber fever
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Cure the fever
Cure the fever
Cure the fever
Cure the Bieber fever
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Dr. Bieber
Cure the fever
Cure the fever
Cure the fever
Cure the Biber fever
We know the DJ dot com
We got DJ Tay James right here
We also got Shawn Kingston
What's up, you know what it is Bieber fever
Shawty Mane, Shawty Mane
I think I caught Bieber fever too
*Coughs*
Lyrics submitted by swaggchick
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