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 can fool yourself
I promise it will help
Now every single day
I just wanna hear you saying
Laughing through the day
Thinking you are never boring
Speeding through the night
Maybe you not count the morning
There's nothing you can do
To keep it out
There's nothing you can do
Just scream and shout
Living for today
But you just can't find tomorrow
Talking about the joy
But it never stops the sorrow
There's nothing you can do
To keep it out
There's nothing you can do
Just scream and shout, saying
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lovely, lovely
I'm so lovely, lovely
You can fool yourself
I promise it will help
Now every single day
I just wanna hear you saying
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lovely, lovely
I'm so lovely, lovely
You can fool yourself
I promise it will help
Now every single day
I just wanna hear you saying
Even though you said
It would never end it's over
You were smiling on my arm
Now you're crying on my shoulder
There's nothing you can do
To keep it out
There's nothing you can do
Just scream and shout, saying:
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lovely, lovely
I'm so lovely, lovely
You can fool yourself
I promise it will help
Now every single day
I just wanna hear you saying
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lovely, lovely
I'm so lovely, lovely
You can fool yourself
I promise it will help
Now every single day
I just wanna hear you saying
You can never be forever
Good together
Young and clever
You can never be forever
But keep it up
Don't ever stop
Through night and day
The words to say are
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lovely, lovely
I'm so lovely, lovely
You can fool yourself
I promise it will help
Now every single day
I just wanna hear you saying
You can fool yourself
I promise it will help
Now every single day
I just wanna hear you saying
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lovely, lovely
I'm so lovely, lovely
You can fool yourself
I promise it will help
Now every single day
I just wanna hear you saying
You can fool yourself
I promise it will help
Now every single day
I just wanna hear you saying
I promise it will help
Now every single day
I just wanna hear you saying
Laughing through the day
Thinking you are never boring
Speeding through the night
Maybe you not count the morning
There's nothing you can do
To keep it out
There's nothing you can do
Just scream and shout
Living for today
But you just can't find tomorrow
Talking about the joy
But it never stops the sorrow
There's nothing you can do
To keep it out
There's nothing you can do
Just scream and shout, saying
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lovely, lovely
I'm so lovely, lovely
You can fool yourself
I promise it will help
Now every single day
I just wanna hear you saying
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lovely, lovely
I'm so lovely, lovely
You can fool yourself
I promise it will help
Now every single day
I just wanna hear you saying
Even though you said
It would never end it's over
You were smiling on my arm
Now you're crying on my shoulder
There's nothing you can do
To keep it out
There's nothing you can do
Just scream and shout, saying:
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lovely, lovely
I'm so lovely, lovely
You can fool yourself
I promise it will help
Now every single day
I just wanna hear you saying
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lovely, lovely
I'm so lovely, lovely
You can fool yourself
I promise it will help
Now every single day
I just wanna hear you saying
You can never be forever
Good together
Young and clever
You can never be forever
But keep it up
Don't ever stop
Through night and day
The words to say are
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lovely, lovely
I'm so lovely, lovely
You can fool yourself
I promise it will help
Now every single day
I just wanna hear you saying
You can fool yourself
I promise it will help
Now every single day
I just wanna hear you saying
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lucky, lucky
I'm so lovely, lovely
I'm so lovely, lovely
You can fool yourself
I promise it will help
Now every single day
I just wanna hear you saying
You can fool yourself
I promise it will help
Now every single day
I just wanna hear you saying
Lyrics submitted by maddmathman
Lucky Lyrics as written by Anoo Finn Ananda Bhagavan Jonas Von Der Burg
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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