Hey Mike, if you listening,
I'm calling home to tell you how it is.
It's real bad, it's cold out here.
It's been a long and lonely year (It's been a long and lonely year)
It's been so long

Chorus
Don't give up, don't give in.
Don't give up, be my friend.

Hey Mike, when the check arrives,
hope you're gonna buy your girlfriend something nice.
A fat ring, a slick new ride.
Just let her know that it should have been mine
(Just let her know it should have been mine).
Just let her know

Chorus
Don't give up, don't give in.
Don't give up, be my friend.
Don't give up, don't give in.

I'm ending a better for this in the end
You'll get a letter adressed to a friend.
A friend who's like no friend that I've ever known.
When this is over.
I'm ending a better for this in the end
You'll get a letter adressed to a friend.
A friend who's like no friend that I've ever known.
When this is over I'm wanting to know his dark side chose,
His dark side glows. Dark side glows.

Chorus
Don't give up, don't give in.
Don't give up, be my friend.
Don't give up
Don't give in
Don't give up
Be my friend
Don't give up, don't give in

Hey Mike is your shiny car
fast enough to catch a shooting star
the one that we all wished on?


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Hey Mike Lyrics as written by William Ryan Key Benjamin Eric Harper

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    Well, I was thinking about this song and I tried to find it some sense. After a few minutes of discussing with myself (that time, i was thinking about it since I heard that song for the first time, enjoying just the music 'cause the lyrics had no sense to me) and I guessed something.

    The guy who's singing is talking about someone called Mike, and he want him to be his friend, he sends him money, he's waiting Mike's girlfriend enjoys Mike's gifts and a ride on a car (or something like that), but, for some weird reason, Mike doesn't seem to like this guy...

    "It's real bad, it's cold out here It's been a long and lonely year"

    Well, it seems they don't see each other al last the one whole year before. I guess it means they don't see a lot each other, in fact I believe they hardly see each other.

    "Don't give up, Be my friend"

    ...

    If I knew someone called Mike no matter how great was this guy, if he was so mean to me I wouldn't send him money!

    But I was thinking about it a little more and I concluded the only one person I could try to get happy no matter what happen was my own son.

    That's the point!

    Listen to my theory:

    Ryan (Let's call him so) is a middle-aged man who was searching for a job in his own city, but he could'nt find it, so he decided to try to get a job in another place, like another state, another city or, inclusive, another country.

    But Ryan has a son: Mike. They had to separate when Mike was too young and that made Mike angry about his own father, for let him alone... (just saying)...

    Well, that cold and hard year could mean Ryan was working so hard and he send Mike money, but not just Mike, but all his family (possibly his wife, i don't think he had another son or daughter)...

    Mike is angry to Ryan 'cause he broke a promise. I dunno why, but I guess that when I hear "The [shooting star] we all wished on", that's why mike is so mean to Ryan, and why he doesn't want to return his calls or being his friend...

    Ryan can't talk directly to Mike, that's why he's writing a letter. He's talking about someone great, a great friend, in fact, the best of them, but he recognize he could get angry (Remember "The Dark side shows, the dark side grows"), that could mean despite everything, Ryan gets hurt by Mike's Attitude to him.

    End of the Theory

    ...Was I high when I thought about this?

    Remember that guy of Yellowcard who's got Latin roots... That song could sound like the migration problem... That is the strongest reason I got to believe in my own theory... :]

    ixatoon April 26, 2008   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    "But I grew up, wishing on a star" - Starstruck

    "Hey Mike, is your shiny car fast enough to catch a shooting star, The one that we all wished on?"

    SkyscraperDreamson May 02, 2004   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    I think I just realized what this song is about. I kinda didn't like the lyrics to this but thinking about them. I think it's a Father, and his son's name is Mike. Parents love to be their kids friends. And they also send money to their kids that don't live with them. Also, who calls their parents when they move out? It's probably a Father talking to his son.

    XXXBurningStarIVon March 03, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Does anyone know what this song means?

    osubuckeye4on May 03, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    prolly about one of the guys g/fs back home. when the left a friend might of moved in...???

    daveurfaveon September 18, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    well for me this sounds like "Mike" was a good friend to him... but then he stole his girlfriend and started to become a bastard.

    RDurikon November 10, 2004   Link
  • 0
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    what cd is this on?

    SuzieSweetie0022on December 01, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Less Than Jake LTD Tour EP

    oshkshposhjoshon January 07, 2005   Link
  • 0
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    this song is about someone using someone else. "when the check arrives" is could be a metaphor for his sharing everything with one person and them telling everyone like its nothing...

    abandoned07on February 03, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    This song is all about this X telling "Mike" the X wants Mike to buy his girlfriend something nice like a ring or a car of some sort hence: "Hope you're gonna buy your girlfriend something nice A fat ring, a slick new ride" thats my interpitation :)

    Anti-Heroon July 18, 2005   Link

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