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.
[Tommy] What did i do wrong?
[Cerys] Oh you nearly drove me cuckoo
[Tommy] Am i really all that bad?
[Cerys] You're worse than hannibal lecter, charlie manson, freddy Krueger
[Tommy] Why are we still together?
[Cerys] Oh i can't leave you till you're dead f
[Tommy] You mean till death do us part
[Cerys] I mean like cyanide, strangulation or an axe to your head
[Tommy] It was lucky for us i turned the radio on
[Cerys] They say that music soothes the savage
[Tommy] There was something in that voice that stopped us seeing red
[Both] The two of us would surely have ended up dead
You stopped us from killing each other (tom jones, tom jones)
You'll never know but you saved our lives (tom jones, tom jones)
[Cerys] I've never thrown my knickers at you
[Tommy] And i don't come from wales
[Tommy] Still haven't solved our problem
[Cerys] You mean we hate each other's guts
[Tommy] Still want to poison your
[Cerys] And i still want to cut off your
[Tommy] I phoned the marriage guidance
[Cerys] I tied the phone line round your
[Tommy] I'm sick of all this hatred
[Cerys] Well that'll be the arsenic making you sick
[Tommy] You were about to drive me over the edge of a cliff
[Cerys] Oh you nearly drove me cuckoo
[Tommy] Am i really all that bad?
[Cerys] You're worse than hannibal lecter, charlie manson, freddy Krueger
[Tommy] Why are we still together?
[Cerys] Oh i can't leave you till you're dead f
[Tommy] You mean till death do us part
[Cerys] I mean like cyanide, strangulation or an axe to your head
[Tommy] It was lucky for us i turned the radio on
[Cerys] They say that music soothes the savage
[Tommy] There was something in that voice that stopped us seeing red
[Both] The two of us would surely have ended up dead
You stopped us from killing each other (tom jones, tom jones)
You'll never know but you saved our lives (tom jones, tom jones)
[Cerys] I've never thrown my knickers at you
[Tommy] And i don't come from wales
[Tommy] Still haven't solved our problem
[Cerys] You mean we hate each other's guts
[Tommy] Still want to poison your
[Cerys] And i still want to cut off your
[Tommy] I phoned the marriage guidance
[Cerys] I tied the phone line round your
[Tommy] I'm sick of all this hatred
[Cerys] Well that'll be the arsenic making you sick
[Tommy] You were about to drive me over the edge of a cliff
Lyrics submitted by Tony_P 5000
The Ballad of Tom Jones Lyrics as written by Francis Griffiths James Edwards
Lyrics © Phoenix Music International Ltd, Ultra Tunes
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EEEEEEEEEYYYY!!! how come no comment? i think cerys and that bloke with bad teeth from Space (tommy? timmy?) did one hell of a job with this song. This is my wedding song. you know it.
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