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.
Yeah
The First Time I Saw You Darling I Knew I Was In Love
Tell Her Daddy
The Way You Took Your Wheelchair Up That Handicap Ramp
Mmm, It's A Mind Blower
But Now Baby I Miss Ya I Miss Ya
I Miss All The Times We Played Marco Polo In The Pool
Oh Yeah
Hide And Go Seek Beneath The Sheets
Oh Yeah
And Just The Smell Of The Oil In Your Wheelchair
I Remember The Day I Saw You Hobbling
A Weeble Wobbling You Had A Problem
You Didn't Have Any Legs Just A Smile And Some Stumps
No Smelly Feet A Torso To Hump
No Baby Love Yeah That's What We'd Be Making
Ride You Like A Sit And Spin Until Your Stumps Started Aching
Spin You Around Yeah Roll You Nearyeah
Turn You Upside Down To Hold My Beer
You Ain't Got No Legs But I Love You Just The Same Oh Baby
You Ain't Got No Legs But I Love You Just The Same
They Say Nothing Beats A Great Pair Of Legs But Somehow
Baby The Day You Walked Out Of My Life There's Nothing
I Wanted More Than, Than For You To Come Crawling Back To Me
When We Started Going Together People Said They Couldn't Believe It
That I Could Be So Happy With A Quadriplegic
We Would Wake Up Real Early And You Could Make Me Some Eggs Mmm
Girl I Didn't Care If You Ain't Got No Legs
I Loved You For You And You Loved Me For Me Oh Yeah
Wasn't Really Hard For Those More Fortunate To See
That The First Time We Made Love It Was Such A Wonderful Feeling
The Way The Suspension Wires Held You 'Cross The Ceiling
When You Rolled Out Of My Life
My Heart Just Broke
I Can Still Hear The Noise Of The Squeaks In Your Spokes
You Ain't Got No Legs But I Love You Just The Same Oh Baby
You Ain't Got No Legs But I Love You Just The Same
The First Time I Saw You Darling I Knew I Was In Love
Tell Her Daddy
The Way You Took Your Wheelchair Up That Handicap Ramp
Mmm, It's A Mind Blower
But Now Baby I Miss Ya I Miss Ya
I Miss All The Times We Played Marco Polo In The Pool
Oh Yeah
Hide And Go Seek Beneath The Sheets
Oh Yeah
And Just The Smell Of The Oil In Your Wheelchair
I Remember The Day I Saw You Hobbling
A Weeble Wobbling You Had A Problem
You Didn't Have Any Legs Just A Smile And Some Stumps
No Smelly Feet A Torso To Hump
No Baby Love Yeah That's What We'd Be Making
Ride You Like A Sit And Spin Until Your Stumps Started Aching
Spin You Around Yeah Roll You Nearyeah
Turn You Upside Down To Hold My Beer
You Ain't Got No Legs But I Love You Just The Same Oh Baby
You Ain't Got No Legs But I Love You Just The Same
They Say Nothing Beats A Great Pair Of Legs But Somehow
Baby The Day You Walked Out Of My Life There's Nothing
I Wanted More Than, Than For You To Come Crawling Back To Me
When We Started Going Together People Said They Couldn't Believe It
That I Could Be So Happy With A Quadriplegic
We Would Wake Up Real Early And You Could Make Me Some Eggs Mmm
Girl I Didn't Care If You Ain't Got No Legs
I Loved You For You And You Loved Me For Me Oh Yeah
Wasn't Really Hard For Those More Fortunate To See
That The First Time We Made Love It Was Such A Wonderful Feeling
The Way The Suspension Wires Held You 'Cross The Ceiling
When You Rolled Out Of My Life
My Heart Just Broke
I Can Still Hear The Noise Of The Squeaks In Your Spokes
You Ain't Got No Legs But I Love You Just The Same Oh Baby
You Ain't Got No Legs But I Love You Just The Same
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i think this song is about havinmg no legs and that the shher ingenuios of this song merks the self intellect of the Kobe Bryant when he fucks himself when he watches norwegian super models fuck grandmothers, because he has no legs after Bill Clinton assaisinated Billy Joe Armstrong because he made a rpa song released on def Jam about a trap called love adn the shit was shizzle bizzle lizards even ate it because the american poie devourded the power hour in the shower after the anus pained us because he got anal from Eddie Guerrerra because he shot himself with drugs he bought from Ray Charleston when he lived in Europe but the oriental bastards ate the plate of hate because jay mick ronney wouldnt date mitt ormney so they wouldnt have harcxore sex in the shower and th hoeky pokey was playing and george burns was filming it all and then he droppped the tape with all the secret CIA secrets and scooby doo thought i was a scooby snack and ate it all up because shaggy was shagging a shaggy shaginator because austin powers wasnt shagging because Dr. Evil ate up his member because it was so smalkl because mr. Lief ate yo mama's pussy os dr. evil didnt have anthing to watch mike myers get horny at because he was a transvestite and the plastic surgeon removed his hormone machine maker that the goverment injected in him, or at least thats what dr. phil said, because giant catterpillars infested his brain, buit they wouldve eaten his heart but the tapeworms and monica lewinsky were already there because monica lewinksy shot ill slincton beacues se she descoverfd he was a homosexual after bioll clinton fucked ashton ktucher doggystyle
also, i think this song is about having no legs
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this song is hust so wrong, the line i wanted you to crawl back to me is just so fucking evil
I read in an interview with Lupus that this song was written about Jimmy's love for a girl who was in a wheelchair. it's fucking amazing. haha.