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.
She's lost she's late
She's zooming on a couch somewhere
Or high or home
I'm not supposed to call her there
I wait I smoke
I stare into my coke
It's happening again
I tell myself that it's over and done amen
Her skin like milk
It's like she's never seen the sun
Some hearts to crunch
Is more like her idea of fun
I know she's ill
I'm cruising for a spill
I'm hanging just the same
I need to be in the heat
Of her cold white flame
[Chorus]
Another negative girl
At the edge of the frame
Deliciously toxic
The original classic thing, more of the same
She's in the zone
Crying on the phone
I need you here
I'm on the street again
Staggering out into the burn of the brain dead dawn
To arrive in time to find her gone
She's on the train
To somewhere up by Fordham Road
Her reptile brain
Locked down and ready in combat mode
Some cash, a key
This guy she has to see
A doctor friend uptown
And maybe she gets to me when she comes back down
[Chorus]
A goof, a buzz
If that is what it was
Then how do you explain
The way she looks when she's
Dragging me out to dance with her
In the summer rain
[Chorus]
She's zooming on a couch somewhere
Or high or home
I'm not supposed to call her there
I wait I smoke
I stare into my coke
It's happening again
I tell myself that it's over and done amen
Her skin like milk
It's like she's never seen the sun
Some hearts to crunch
Is more like her idea of fun
I know she's ill
I'm cruising for a spill
I'm hanging just the same
I need to be in the heat
Of her cold white flame
[Chorus]
Another negative girl
At the edge of the frame
Deliciously toxic
The original classic thing, more of the same
She's in the zone
Crying on the phone
I need you here
I'm on the street again
Staggering out into the burn of the brain dead dawn
To arrive in time to find her gone
She's on the train
To somewhere up by Fordham Road
Her reptile brain
Locked down and ready in combat mode
Some cash, a key
This guy she has to see
A doctor friend uptown
And maybe she gets to me when she comes back down
[Chorus]
A goof, a buzz
If that is what it was
Then how do you explain
The way she looks when she's
Dragging me out to dance with her
In the summer rain
[Chorus]
Lyrics submitted by blackiswhite
Negative Girl Lyrics as written by Walter Carl Becker Donald Jay Fagen
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
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Guys her issue is she is a heroine addict... she's lost, she's late she's zooming on a couch... she gets the nods, which people do when on smack. her skin is like milk... she's anemic, skinny, sickly like she has never seen the sun...She's on a train updown to visit a "doctor friend" he is her supplier, might be a real doctor, more likely not...and maybe she will get to me when she "comes back down" not from the Bronx but from her high...
Now here is my twist... he may not know she is a drug addict cause when she is functionable she is fun and does fun things like dancing in the rain... he knows she has issues but he may not know its smack... This guy is hooked cause how many girls do you date that you are not allowed to call at home? Coolest lyric in the song is... Deliciously toxic...I know/knew a few girls in my life like that!
Lastly he stares into his coke is likely not drug related... he might be so "straight" he misses her drug problem completely.
This song is about a junkie girl friend who is on crack. She, gone with a reptile brain locked in combat zone to go cop and meet her dealer. her white flame is the bunson burner that is used to cook the crack and you hear the crunch. She,s on the way to fordam road to cop crack. There is bo mention about the drug heroin but the white flame tells me it is crack.of course her boyfriend knows he loves her and of course the doctor friend is her dealer. he knows she`s ill and cruising for a spill but he loves her so much that he listens to the lies.No heroin addict id going to dance in the rain because they are nodding.Stare into my coke justifies what iam saying.