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.
Hey, I geuss I'll figure it out
The reasons why things went the way they did
And why we can't accept it
We'd Fall asleep, but not before we excorcised the evil things that everyone
Hides
We would lie there in my bed,
Do you remember all those nights we never slept
No clothes, sweaty doing all those things I never thought I'd do
And I did them with you
and hey, don't feel bad.
No one can ever take away the boardwalk trips or the subways
I think we grew up
Past the hang-ups and the evil stares
The fuck you toos and I don't cares
We would lie there in my bed,
Do you remember all those nights we never slept
No clothes, sweaty doing all those things I never thought I'd do
And I did them with you
Hey, I geuss I'll figure it out
The reasons why things went the way they did
And why we can't accept it
We'd Fall asleep, but not before we excorcised the evil things that everyone
Hides
We would lie there in my bed,
Do you remember all those nights we never slept
And even though we brought it crashing to an end, I loved it all
And now I love my friend
I loved it all,
I love the girl,
I love my friend.
The reasons why things went the way they did
And why we can't accept it
We'd Fall asleep, but not before we excorcised the evil things that everyone
Hides
We would lie there in my bed,
Do you remember all those nights we never slept
No clothes, sweaty doing all those things I never thought I'd do
And I did them with you
and hey, don't feel bad.
No one can ever take away the boardwalk trips or the subways
I think we grew up
Past the hang-ups and the evil stares
The fuck you toos and I don't cares
We would lie there in my bed,
Do you remember all those nights we never slept
No clothes, sweaty doing all those things I never thought I'd do
And I did them with you
Hey, I geuss I'll figure it out
The reasons why things went the way they did
And why we can't accept it
We'd Fall asleep, but not before we excorcised the evil things that everyone
Hides
We would lie there in my bed,
Do you remember all those nights we never slept
And even though we brought it crashing to an end, I loved it all
And now I love my friend
I loved it all,
I love the girl,
I love my friend.
Lyrics submitted by BrandNew1208
Hey Lyrics as written by Shel Silverstein
Lyrics © Capitol CMG Publishing
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No one can ever take away the boardwalk trips or us away
I think its "take away the boardwalk trrips and subways"