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.
Join the cubs
See the world
Pay your subs
Meet the girls
Sell your toys
Be reborn
They love a boy in uniform
37 wasted years
Closeting his greatest fears
Still in shorts and eating jelly
He used to come and fix our telly
Akela, Akela
I will do my best
Akela, you'll have heart failure
Get your hands out of my vest
The oldest joker in the pack
Knew how to fold a union jack
Bought me chocolate, cakes and sweets
All the Cadbury's Flakes that I could eat
Akela, Akela
I will do my best
Akela, you'll have heart failure
Get your hands out of my vest
You're a bachelor for Baden Powell
And you don't know where I've been
Take your spatula and your bathing towel
And go swear your allegance to the queen
You'll get no badge for touching me
Bad health or inefficiency
Hallitosis, poison breath
Or scaring little lonely boys to death
Akela, Akela I wil do my best
Akela, Akela
You've got to get me off your chest
Akela, Akela
I think that it's time to go
Hayla Shayla, see ya later
I'm only nine years old and the answer's NO!
You're a bachelor for Baden Powell
And you don't know where I've been
So take your spatula and your bathing towel
And go swear your allegance to the queen
See the world
Pay your subs
Meet the girls
Sell your toys
Be reborn
They love a boy in uniform
37 wasted years
Closeting his greatest fears
Still in shorts and eating jelly
He used to come and fix our telly
Akela, Akela
I will do my best
Akela, you'll have heart failure
Get your hands out of my vest
The oldest joker in the pack
Knew how to fold a union jack
Bought me chocolate, cakes and sweets
All the Cadbury's Flakes that I could eat
Akela, Akela
I will do my best
Akela, you'll have heart failure
Get your hands out of my vest
You're a bachelor for Baden Powell
And you don't know where I've been
Take your spatula and your bathing towel
And go swear your allegance to the queen
You'll get no badge for touching me
Bad health or inefficiency
Hallitosis, poison breath
Or scaring little lonely boys to death
Akela, Akela I wil do my best
Akela, Akela
You've got to get me off your chest
Akela, Akela
I think that it's time to go
Hayla Shayla, see ya later
I'm only nine years old and the answer's NO!
You're a bachelor for Baden Powell
And you don't know where I've been
So take your spatula and your bathing towel
And go swear your allegance to the queen
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Great version of a great song,
I love this song so much! It's even funnier cause I'm in the Scouts lmao :)
I love this song so much! It's even funnier cause I'm in the Scouts lmao :)
In one of the live cd's Jim Bob tells how when he was in the boy scouts he was abused by the scout leader.