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.
You never listen to me
I know I'm better off alone
Everybody knows it's true
Yeah, we all see through you
No, it won't be hard to do
Throw away my stuff from you
And I'll wait for her to come
She won't break my heart
'Cause I know she'll be from Australia
She is so beautiful
She's my dream girl
La-la-la (la-la), la-la
She's my dream girl
You were the one I thought I
Needed, I'm better off alone
Everybody knows it's true
They know all your secrets
The only thing you knew was true
Has just walked out of your life
How does it feel?
So I'll wait for her to come
She won't break my heart
'Cause I know she'll be from Australia
She is so beautiful
She's my dream girl
La-la-la (la-la), la-la
She's my dream girl
She will be there, to love and to care
I know there's no need to worry
The girl of my dreams
The one that will be
There to hold me when I'm down
'Til she's around
I'll just wait for her to come
She won't break my heart
'Cause I know she'll be from Australia
She is so beautiful
She's my dream girl
La-la-la (la-la), la-la (la-la)
She's my dream girl
Oh yeah
So I'll wait (so I'll wait) for her to come (for her to come)
(She won't break my heart)
She won't break my heart ('cause I know) 'cause I know she'll be from Australia
She's so beautiful
She's my dream girl
La-la-la (la-la), la-la
She's my dream girl (dream girl)
I know I'm better off alone
Everybody knows it's true
Yeah, we all see through you
No, it won't be hard to do
Throw away my stuff from you
And I'll wait for her to come
She won't break my heart
'Cause I know she'll be from Australia
She is so beautiful
She's my dream girl
La-la-la (la-la), la-la
She's my dream girl
You were the one I thought I
Needed, I'm better off alone
Everybody knows it's true
They know all your secrets
The only thing you knew was true
Has just walked out of your life
How does it feel?
So I'll wait for her to come
She won't break my heart
'Cause I know she'll be from Australia
She is so beautiful
She's my dream girl
La-la-la (la-la), la-la
She's my dream girl
She will be there, to love and to care
I know there's no need to worry
The girl of my dreams
The one that will be
There to hold me when I'm down
'Til she's around
I'll just wait for her to come
She won't break my heart
'Cause I know she'll be from Australia
She is so beautiful
She's my dream girl
La-la-la (la-la), la-la (la-la)
She's my dream girl
Oh yeah
So I'll wait (so I'll wait) for her to come (for her to come)
(She won't break my heart)
She won't break my heart ('cause I know) 'cause I know she'll be from Australia
She's so beautiful
She's my dream girl
La-la-la (la-la), la-la
She's my dream girl (dream girl)
Lyrics submitted by xLucyInTheSkyx3
Australia Lyrics as written by Kevin Jonas Ii Joseph Jonas
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Yeah......all they sing about is love, girls, dating, bad dates, good dates, heart breaks, blah blah blah.
Big deal....nobody can help their voice, I'm not Australian....but I am British, I'm sure he wouldn't even notice...ahahaha. Maybe I like accents, I wouldn't turn anyone down because of it though. Although American's look at me weird.... o.0...........................
LOL, I remember posting that...it was a joke, I'm American and I wasn't very...uh "well" that day, lmao...plus my friends were here!
They write about their experiences, so of course they write about 'love, girls, dating, bad dates, good dates, heart breaks, blah blah blah'.<br /> Not only that, but they wrote about Nick's diabetes, having dreams, 'kepping it real', the future, the environment, etc
Doesn't anyone else think this is a bit biased? :( So what if "she" is from Australia?! She won't break his heart because she's from Australia! :O
i love this song<br /> and i'm Australian,they have to sing it when they come<br /> joe had an australian girlfriend at the time and were touring with the veronicas
Exactly! Us Austrlian girls never break hearts! Well, except for that time when he... oh, and there was that other time with that guy... jk :)
maybe he just fancies australian girls cause hes been down by so many american ones? or he just has a fetish or whatever
who can resist an australian accent, anyways?
these lyrics are wrong in some spots, but i LOVE this song
joe said this was his favorite song on their new record b/c he loves australian accents.
Joe dated this aussie model, and made a song about her
This song is cool. I'm Australian. That's beside the point. This song is a fun song, a quirky song. Joe says he loves a girl with an accent, any accent, it just so happens that they wrote about Australian girls.
love this song...though the fact the she's from "Australia" is kinda random...but im aussie so im all for it...he likes our accents??? rite...but i love the way they say Australia...its so...American...:D
...if he loves australian accents so much y aren't they coming here on their "world" tour????