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.
mother once i awoke as an old man. my name was stanley forbes and i threw tin cans at everyone who passed my porch. i dont know why i did but i didnt throw them at the kids so i was a good guy
i remember yellin hi
too loo rye
its the day before i die
so why
too loo rye
cause everybody is walking by? oh hi
too loo rye
its the day before i die
and i wanna sigh and cry
alongside my brothers
mother once i awoke, as a squirrel and i jumped from tree to tree to tree to tree, it was me at the acme of my career. i saved all i caught that year, which is a lot of acorns let me tell you. i was very resourceful and
i cried
too loo rye
this is how it feels to fly so high
too loo rye
this aint nothing cash could buy oh hi
too loo lyre
tomorrow i could die
so im gonna climb the pines and have mself a time
mother i dreamt i died last night. see i was a lightbulb, left on a little too long and burned till i was dead with a hundred good ideas in my head but i forgot 'em all and they tried to throw me away. but hey when they grabbed a hold of me they all would burn their hands and see that i was still quite hot with thought and so a little thought they got that they should keep me as a kind of warmth you cant get from a stove or hearth. so i sought and thought and frought and fought but then cooled down and said
oh hi
too loo rye
to think i had a light inside when i try
too loo rye
to remember what i wanted to find so sigh
too loo rye
i thought that i had died
but i think tonight i've got it right, im stanley and the squirrel the invisible light, im a lover liar, humble fire, im a little spider and a chicken on the wire climbin tryin sighin cryin laughin highfivin slowly dyin
but i swear now thats alright, yeah i swear now thats alright, mother im alright
i remember yellin hi
too loo rye
its the day before i die
so why
too loo rye
cause everybody is walking by? oh hi
too loo rye
its the day before i die
and i wanna sigh and cry
alongside my brothers
mother once i awoke, as a squirrel and i jumped from tree to tree to tree to tree, it was me at the acme of my career. i saved all i caught that year, which is a lot of acorns let me tell you. i was very resourceful and
i cried
too loo rye
this is how it feels to fly so high
too loo rye
this aint nothing cash could buy oh hi
too loo lyre
tomorrow i could die
so im gonna climb the pines and have mself a time
mother i dreamt i died last night. see i was a lightbulb, left on a little too long and burned till i was dead with a hundred good ideas in my head but i forgot 'em all and they tried to throw me away. but hey when they grabbed a hold of me they all would burn their hands and see that i was still quite hot with thought and so a little thought they got that they should keep me as a kind of warmth you cant get from a stove or hearth. so i sought and thought and frought and fought but then cooled down and said
oh hi
too loo rye
to think i had a light inside when i try
too loo rye
to remember what i wanted to find so sigh
too loo rye
i thought that i had died
but i think tonight i've got it right, im stanley and the squirrel the invisible light, im a lover liar, humble fire, im a little spider and a chicken on the wire climbin tryin sighin cryin laughin highfivin slowly dyin
but i swear now thats alright, yeah i swear now thats alright, mother im alright
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opps misheard !