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.
Yeah, alright
Everyone I know needs love like drugs
Like a common cold we could never shrug
My baby and me
We're missing the same stuff
We've all got a disease
Deficiency of love
Every day we still try
Every night we still cry
Driving home on the 805
We don't know what we're doing
We do it again
We're just amateur lovers
With amateur friends
I can tell you what you're thinking now
Before you think it you can settle down
We don't know what we're doing
Let's do it again
Let's do it again
You try to play it down
But it never stuck
I tried to bail this town
I'm getting no such luck, yeah
When nobody's around
I keep my eyes on the clock
There ain't a cure I've found
In all my times around this block
Everyday we still try
Every night we still cry
We drive it home on the 405
We don't know what we're doing
We do it again
We're just amateur lovers
With amateur friends, yeah
I can tell you what you're thinking now
Before you think it you can settle down
We don't know what we're doing
Let's do it again, yeah
Let's do it again
Let's do it again
We don't know what we're doing
Let's do it again, yeah
You know
We're just amateur lovers
With amateur friends
I can tell you what you're thinking now
Before you think it you can settle down
Our loving isn't gonna burn us out
We don't know what we're doing
Let's do it again, yeah
Let's do it again, yeah
Let's do it again, alright
Let's do it again
Professional, professional
Professional, professional
Professional, professional
Professional, professional
Professional, professional
Professional
Yeah, alright
Everyone I know needs love like drugs
Like a common cold we could never shrug
My baby and me
We're missing the same stuff
We've all got a disease
Deficiency of love
Every day we still try
Every night we still cry
Driving home on the 805
We don't know what we're doing
We do it again
We're just amateur lovers
With amateur friends
I can tell you what you're thinking now
Before you think it you can settle down
We don't know what we're doing
Let's do it again
Let's do it again
You try to play it down
But it never stuck
I tried to bail this town
I'm getting no such luck, yeah
When nobody's around
I keep my eyes on the clock
There ain't a cure I've found
In all my times around this block
Everyday we still try
Every night we still cry
We drive it home on the 405
We don't know what we're doing
We do it again
We're just amateur lovers
With amateur friends, yeah
I can tell you what you're thinking now
Before you think it you can settle down
We don't know what we're doing
Let's do it again, yeah
Let's do it again
Let's do it again
We don't know what we're doing
Let's do it again, yeah
You know
We're just amateur lovers
With amateur friends
I can tell you what you're thinking now
Before you think it you can settle down
Our loving isn't gonna burn us out
We don't know what we're doing
Let's do it again, yeah
Let's do it again, yeah
Let's do it again, alright
Let's do it again
Professional, professional
Professional, professional
Professional, professional
Professional, professional
Professional, professional
Professional
Yeah, alright
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well, you cant say that it cant be about god's love and Christianity. after all the band members are Christians so what they write comes from their beliefs. if their lyrics are true then who are the professionals? if we're amateur lovers that means there has to be someone that knows true love. to me that one person is God and we we can only learn that through him.