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.
Now the devil said, â??Come on and walk with me.
I'll show you some things that you may not ever see.
It's time that I made myself real clear
And if things are cool, we'll stop off and grab a beer.
[Repeat: x4]
Ohhh
Well, I never wanted to start any type of fight.
I always wanted to make things just real right.
But Jesus is mad and he's blaming it all on me,
When the problem is you, it's very plain to see.
[Repeat: x4]
Ohhh
Now the horse out back has got a dirty mind,
And the man on the moon is drinking up all the shine.
The witch on the broom is fixing soon to crash,
But I'll be around to pick up all the trash.â??
Ohhh Jesus said, â??Ohhh.â??
And the devil said, â??Ohhh.â??
And the angels said, â??Ohhh.â??
Coyote said, â??Ohhh.â??
The white rabbit said, â??Ohhh.â??
The little yetti said, â??Ohhh.â??
And we all said, â??Ohhh.â??
I'll show you some things that you may not ever see.
It's time that I made myself real clear
And if things are cool, we'll stop off and grab a beer.
[Repeat: x4]
Ohhh
Well, I never wanted to start any type of fight.
I always wanted to make things just real right.
But Jesus is mad and he's blaming it all on me,
When the problem is you, it's very plain to see.
[Repeat: x4]
Ohhh
Now the horse out back has got a dirty mind,
And the man on the moon is drinking up all the shine.
The witch on the broom is fixing soon to crash,
But I'll be around to pick up all the trash.â??
Ohhh Jesus said, â??Ohhh.â??
And the devil said, â??Ohhh.â??
And the angels said, â??Ohhh.â??
Coyote said, â??Ohhh.â??
The white rabbit said, â??Ohhh.â??
The little yetti said, â??Ohhh.â??
And we all said, â??Ohhh.â??
Lyrics submitted by brideonfire
Dirty Horse Lyrics as written by Todd Rutherford Johnson Jessica Jo Leischow
Lyrics © THE ROYALTY NETWORK INC.
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well looking at the lyrics takes some of the love away, they kinda suck, but the song is fuckin good, and if they can hide mediocre lyrics in music like that, then they COULD be making some good music, but unfortunately the rest of their itinerary sucks, sucks about a thousand times as hard as these lyrics, which aren't that bad. and the film clips: fuck.
hidden potential or fluke?