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.
Look, here comes another man
With another sorry story to tell
And you can bet he'll tell me all about
The time he fell from Heaven to Hell
Well, I don't wanna listen but he tells me all the same
[Incomprehensible] from his life's little games
Leave me alone, you're not a dog, I'm not a bone
But you're gonna bury me with your total misery
And when I'm out on Saturday with Charlie and Bill
I know for a while I shouldn't, I don't know if I will or I won't
If I do or I don't 'cause nothing is for definite and nothing is for sure
I am getting desperate as I am getting poor
All the fucked up fuck ups fucking me up
With their stories and their tears and their cigarettes and beers
All the fucked up fuck ups fucking me up
I think they're killing me with their grim reality
Look, here comes another drunk
With a face longer than Bin Laden's
And he has drunk so much alcohol
He can no longer get a hard-on
Not that he'll ever get a chance to use it
Women are intelligent, he is stupid
Lost and lonely he will remain
No amount of alcohol will wash his misery away
And when I'm out on Saturday with Charlie and Bill
I know for a while I shouldn't, I don't know if I will or I won't
Will I do or I don't 'cause nothing is for definite and nothing is for sure
All the fucked up fuck ups fucking me up
With their stories and their tears and their cigarettes and beers
All the fucked up fuck ups fucking me up
I think they're killing me with their grim reality
Well, a thirty-three year old grandma
Comes up to me and says
""My family's gonna take over this council estate
If we keep on giving birth at this rate""
""I'm gonna be a great-great-great-grandma
By the age of seventy-five
And I will be clad in fake Burberry, I don't care if I'm dead or alive
I don't care if I'm dead or alive""
All the fucked up fuck ups fucking me up
With their stories and their tears and their cigarettes and beers
All the fucked up fuck ups fucking me up
I think they're killing me with their grim reality
All the fucked up fuck ups fucking me up
If your live is going wrong, you'd better sing along
All the fucked up fuck ups fucking me up
You fucked up fuck ups
With another sorry story to tell
And you can bet he'll tell me all about
The time he fell from Heaven to Hell
Well, I don't wanna listen but he tells me all the same
[Incomprehensible] from his life's little games
Leave me alone, you're not a dog, I'm not a bone
But you're gonna bury me with your total misery
And when I'm out on Saturday with Charlie and Bill
I know for a while I shouldn't, I don't know if I will or I won't
If I do or I don't 'cause nothing is for definite and nothing is for sure
I am getting desperate as I am getting poor
All the fucked up fuck ups fucking me up
With their stories and their tears and their cigarettes and beers
All the fucked up fuck ups fucking me up
I think they're killing me with their grim reality
Look, here comes another drunk
With a face longer than Bin Laden's
And he has drunk so much alcohol
He can no longer get a hard-on
Not that he'll ever get a chance to use it
Women are intelligent, he is stupid
Lost and lonely he will remain
No amount of alcohol will wash his misery away
And when I'm out on Saturday with Charlie and Bill
I know for a while I shouldn't, I don't know if I will or I won't
Will I do or I don't 'cause nothing is for definite and nothing is for sure
All the fucked up fuck ups fucking me up
With their stories and their tears and their cigarettes and beers
All the fucked up fuck ups fucking me up
I think they're killing me with their grim reality
Well, a thirty-three year old grandma
Comes up to me and says
""My family's gonna take over this council estate
If we keep on giving birth at this rate""
""I'm gonna be a great-great-great-grandma
By the age of seventy-five
And I will be clad in fake Burberry, I don't care if I'm dead or alive
I don't care if I'm dead or alive""
All the fucked up fuck ups fucking me up
With their stories and their tears and their cigarettes and beers
All the fucked up fuck ups fucking me up
I think they're killing me with their grim reality
All the fucked up fuck ups fucking me up
If your live is going wrong, you'd better sing along
All the fucked up fuck ups fucking me up
You fucked up fuck ups
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