The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Your street is littered with houses, of people that|You've never met|Names that you would thought you'd remember|But knew you'd always forget|Memories stripped from the past|The questions that never got asked|Like a broken down car in an old parking lot|Means nothing at all but it's that you got|And the moment is slippin' away|The answers you give aren't that great|It's like all the you do it's just old and they're new|And they're lost||[Piping solo]||All of your mistresses lied|To save your relationships, save you from time|When you slip into knowing that nothing is going to|Kill you faster than life|In the end you're just moments away|From the chances you thought you might take|It's like all that you do is just old and then new and|Then lost|And the words that you tried hard to say get caught in||The noose that you make|It's like all that you do is just old and then new and|Then lost||In the end you're just moments away from the chances|You thought you might take|It's like all that you do is just old and then new and|Then lost (x3)||[Guitar solo]||( all that you are is not, all that you do's forgot,|Hold on to what you got (x2)||In the end you're just moments away from the chances|You thought you might take|It's like all that you do is just old and then new and|Then lost|Your street is littered with houses of people that|You've never met|Names that you thought you'd remember|But knew that you'd always forget|All that you are is not, all that you was forgot hold|On to what you got (x3)|Hold on to what you got (x4)|
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