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.
Heavens above, I could never hate her
She’s done nothing wrong
A photograph of Rita Hayworth
A Latin bombshell, an atom bomb
Lovely Rita, America’s sweetheart
The girl next door and a whole lot more
From Hollywood to Hiroshima
From the silver screen to the Second World War
And of course she’s gorgeous
But this is grotesque
If only angels have wings
Then she’s an angel of death
She’s done nothing wrong
A photograph of Rita Hayworth
A Latin bombshell, an atom bomb
Lovely Rita, America’s sweetheart
The girl next door and a whole lot more
From Hollywood to Hiroshima
From the silver screen to the Second World War
And of course she’s gorgeous
But this is grotesque
If only angels have wings
Then she’s an angel of death
Lyrics submitted by BlueAndStarry
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I checked online, & discovered that someone had already done the research, & found the image on the bomb, which you can read about & view here:
conelrad.blogspot.com/2013/08/atomic-goddess-revisited-rita-hayworths.html