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.
Call us fearless, call us crazy.
Say what you want, say we're lazy!
Say we're just, the violent type.
Time has come y'know we're not too bright...
We don't care what you say. Fuck you!
We don't care what you say. Fuck you!
Tell your friends we're really sick,
Lie on yer backs an' comin' in trick
This you should know cause you're so cool,
Yer number one, yer nobody's fool.
We don't care what you say. Fuck you!
We don't care what you say. Fuck you!
Fuck you!!!
We don't care what you say. Fuck you!
We don't care what you say. Fuck you!
Step on over, baby, jump right in.
This is one game that everybody's in.
Don't care where you been, I don't care how you look,
It's all fire now, we're gonna cook.
We don't care what you say. Fuck You!
We don't care what you say, Fuck you!
We don't care what you say,
We don't care what you say,
We don't care what you say,
Fuck you.
Fuck you.
Fuck you.
Fuck you!!!
Say what you want, say we're lazy!
Say we're just, the violent type.
Time has come y'know we're not too bright...
We don't care what you say. Fuck you!
We don't care what you say. Fuck you!
Tell your friends we're really sick,
Lie on yer backs an' comin' in trick
This you should know cause you're so cool,
Yer number one, yer nobody's fool.
We don't care what you say. Fuck you!
We don't care what you say. Fuck you!
Fuck you!!!
We don't care what you say. Fuck you!
We don't care what you say. Fuck you!
Step on over, baby, jump right in.
This is one game that everybody's in.
Don't care where you been, I don't care how you look,
It's all fire now, we're gonna cook.
We don't care what you say. Fuck You!
We don't care what you say, Fuck you!
We don't care what you say,
We don't care what you say,
We don't care what you say,
Fuck you.
Fuck you.
Fuck you.
Fuck you!!!
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You call us weirdos, you call us crazy Say what you want, see what they say Say we’re just the violent type Kind of dumb, you know maybe not too bright
We don’t care what you say Fuck you We don’t care what you say Fuck you
Tell your friends we’re really sick Long-haired fags on a commie trip And you should know cause you’re so cool You're number one, you're nobody’s fool
We don’t care what you say Fuck you We don’t care what you say Fuck you FUCK YOU!!!
We don’t care what you say Fuck you We don’t care what you say Fuck you
Step on over baby jump right in This is one game that everybody's in Don’t care where you’ve been, don’t care how you look It's on fire now, really gotta cook
We don’t care what you say Fuck you We don’t care what you say We don’t care what you say We don’t care what you say Fuck you
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