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.
Hopes dashed to the floor
Like shattered teenage dreams
Boys living next door
Are never what they seem, oooh
A walk in the park can become a bad dream
People are staring and following me
This is my only escape from it all
Watching a film or a face on the wall
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian (Talking Italian)
Robert De Niro's waiting
I don't need a boy
I've got a man of steel
Don't come any closer
I don't wanna feel, oooh
You're breathing, you're touching
But nothing's for free
I never want this to happen to me
Don't try to change me you're wasting your time
Now I've got something much better in mind
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian (Talking Italian)
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talk talk talk talk talk
Talking oooh
Talk talk talk talk talk
Talking
A walk in the park can become a bad dream
People are staring and following me
This is my only escape from it all
Watching a film or a face on the wall
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian (Talking Italian)
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian (Italian)
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian (Talking Italian)
Robert De Niro's waiting (Talking Italian)
(Italian)
Talking italian
(Talking Italian)
Talking Italian (Italian)
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian (Talking Italian)
Like shattered teenage dreams
Boys living next door
Are never what they seem, oooh
A walk in the park can become a bad dream
People are staring and following me
This is my only escape from it all
Watching a film or a face on the wall
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian (Talking Italian)
Robert De Niro's waiting
I don't need a boy
I've got a man of steel
Don't come any closer
I don't wanna feel, oooh
You're breathing, you're touching
But nothing's for free
I never want this to happen to me
Don't try to change me you're wasting your time
Now I've got something much better in mind
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian (Talking Italian)
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talk talk talk talk talk
Talking oooh
Talk talk talk talk talk
Talking
A walk in the park can become a bad dream
People are staring and following me
This is my only escape from it all
Watching a film or a face on the wall
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian (Talking Italian)
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian (Italian)
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian (Talking Italian)
Robert De Niro's waiting (Talking Italian)
(Italian)
Talking italian
(Talking Italian)
Talking Italian (Italian)
Robert De Niro's waiting
Talking Italian (Talking Italian)
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Millennium Evil's second interpretation is spot on.
The whole second verse makes more sense when read as one piece, i think:
I don't need a boy I've got a man of steel Don't come any closer I don't wanna feel Your breathing your touching but nothing's for free I never want this to happen to me. Don't try to change me you're wasting your time Now I've got something much better in mind
An innocent young girl is approached in a park, by a "boy next door" who turned out not to be what he seemed.
She rebuffed his advances- I don't need a boy... don't come any closer
He went ahead anyway, and as she realised what was about to happen, and couldn't stop it, she retreated in her head to thinking about her idol to help her escape from it "now I've got something much better in mind"
Very sad.