"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.
No, I like when people talk in the beginning of songs,
I think that's kind of rad,
I don't think you should use it
Well, something kind of introspective,
Something that means a little bit to me,
Like a little more...
Personal?
You say you gotta go, but what does that mean?
Do you wanna be together or is it just me?
Sometimes I think you're in, until I think you're out
It's like I'm swimming in the deep end, pull me out
Wanted to feel, want you to know,
Wanted to steal a little piece of heaven, I could call my own
Could we try a little more personal?
Can we throw away all the casual,
Cause the more I know about you, and the more you know about me
It's easier to be, a little more personal
It's like we do a dance when no one wants to move,
But if I take the first step, maybe we can find a groove,
I'm really trying hard, to not just walk away
I think that its about time someone said
Want me to feel want me to know
Wanted to steal a little piece of heaven I can call my own
Can we try a little more personal
Can we throw away all the casual
'Cause the more I know about you and the more you know about me
It's easier to be a little more personal
I wanna know what goes on in your mystery
I think that I could have the key to unlock everything
Can we try a little more personal
'cause the more I know about you and the more you know about me
It's easier to be a little more personal
Can we try a little more personal
Can we throw away all the casual
'Cause the more I know about you and the more you know about me
It's easier to be a little more personal
You say you gotta go but what does that mean
Do you wanna be together or is it just me
I think that's kind of rad,
I don't think you should use it
Well, something kind of introspective,
Something that means a little bit to me,
Like a little more...
Personal?
You say you gotta go, but what does that mean?
Do you wanna be together or is it just me?
Sometimes I think you're in, until I think you're out
It's like I'm swimming in the deep end, pull me out
Wanted to feel, want you to know,
Wanted to steal a little piece of heaven, I could call my own
Could we try a little more personal?
Can we throw away all the casual,
Cause the more I know about you, and the more you know about me
It's easier to be, a little more personal
It's like we do a dance when no one wants to move,
But if I take the first step, maybe we can find a groove,
I'm really trying hard, to not just walk away
I think that its about time someone said
Want me to feel want me to know
Wanted to steal a little piece of heaven I can call my own
Can we try a little more personal
Can we throw away all the casual
'Cause the more I know about you and the more you know about me
It's easier to be a little more personal
I wanna know what goes on in your mystery
I think that I could have the key to unlock everything
Can we try a little more personal
'cause the more I know about you and the more you know about me
It's easier to be a little more personal
Can we try a little more personal
Can we throw away all the casual
'Cause the more I know about you and the more you know about me
It's easier to be a little more personal
You say you gotta go but what does that mean
Do you wanna be together or is it just me
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A Little More Personal Lyrics as written by Lindsay Lohan Kara Dioguardi
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naww so cute the bit at the beginning.. AND TO ALL THE HATERS GO EFFIN DIE. LINDSAY HATERS ARE ALL UGLY AND FAT.
no one actually commented on this song...lol
i like this song, it's catchy. I think it's about a girl getting mixed signals from a guy, wanting to know whether he wants to actually be with her or not. She really wants to get more 'personal' with him but he's being all 'casual' about it and so she's just saying come on let's get together, theres nothing to lose.
I fuckin hate lindsay burn her before i go deaf!!!!
i dont necessarily think this song is about a guy...i think it can be anyone....b/c if u get to know someone then it's easier to talk to them and get personl..."the more i know about you and the more you know about me it's easier to be a little more personal"
k the talking at the start is retarded, she should have listened to whoever that firl was that was talking LOL.