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.
There’s something in the air tonight, it’s hard to define.
There’s gleam on every traffic light, like some kind of sign.
So if you’re ready for a thrill, we do not have much time to kill.
Oh, it’s the right time to advance, so let’s take a chance.
Come on, come on, come on,
We got to make a try.
And dream on, dream on, dream on,
It’s easy as pie.
We got to make a try,
So please, come on.
Let’s venture out into the light, let’s get up the nerve.
And gamble if the feeling’s right, it’s what we deserve.
You got the efforts to improve, so come on and make a move (And make a move).
In your eyes I see a spark, was a shot in the dark.
So come on, come on, come on,
We got to make a try.
And dream on, dream on, dream on,
It’s easy as pie.
We got to make a try,
So please, come on.
Now we all long for a good distraction,
To get us through the trip,
What’s in the wall? We need some kind of action,
An opportunity to get away.
Now we all long for a new attraction,
Something to focus on,
To get by, to get us through the trip for the sky,
Together we can make a choice.
So come on...
There’s something in the air tonight, it’s hard to define.
Yeah, there’s gleam on every traffic light, it must be a sign.
So come on, come on, come on,
We got to make a try.
(Come on, come on, come on,
We got to make a try).
And dream on, dream on, dream on,
It’s easy as pie
(Dream on, dream on, dream on,
It’s easy as pie).
Come on, come on, come on,
We got to make a try.
(Come on, come on, come on,
We got to make a try).
And dream on, dream on, dream on,
It’s easy as pie
(Dream on, dream on, dream on,
It’s easy as pie
We got to make a try,
We got to make a try,
We got to make a try,
It’s easy as pie
Yeah, come on, come on, come on.
Come on, come on.
(Come on, come on, come on.
Come on, come on).
Yeah, come on, come on, come on.
Come on, come on.
There’s gleam on every traffic light, like some kind of sign.
So if you’re ready for a thrill, we do not have much time to kill.
Oh, it’s the right time to advance, so let’s take a chance.
Come on, come on, come on,
We got to make a try.
And dream on, dream on, dream on,
It’s easy as pie.
We got to make a try,
So please, come on.
Let’s venture out into the light, let’s get up the nerve.
And gamble if the feeling’s right, it’s what we deserve.
You got the efforts to improve, so come on and make a move (And make a move).
In your eyes I see a spark, was a shot in the dark.
So come on, come on, come on,
We got to make a try.
And dream on, dream on, dream on,
It’s easy as pie.
We got to make a try,
So please, come on.
Now we all long for a good distraction,
To get us through the trip,
What’s in the wall? We need some kind of action,
An opportunity to get away.
Now we all long for a new attraction,
Something to focus on,
To get by, to get us through the trip for the sky,
Together we can make a choice.
So come on...
There’s something in the air tonight, it’s hard to define.
Yeah, there’s gleam on every traffic light, it must be a sign.
So come on, come on, come on,
We got to make a try.
(Come on, come on, come on,
We got to make a try).
And dream on, dream on, dream on,
It’s easy as pie
(Dream on, dream on, dream on,
It’s easy as pie).
Come on, come on, come on,
We got to make a try.
(Come on, come on, come on,
We got to make a try).
And dream on, dream on, dream on,
It’s easy as pie
(Dream on, dream on, dream on,
It’s easy as pie
We got to make a try,
We got to make a try,
We got to make a try,
It’s easy as pie
Yeah, come on, come on, come on.
Come on, come on.
(Come on, come on, come on.
Come on, come on).
Yeah, come on, come on, come on.
Come on, come on.
Lyrics submitted by acidmaniac
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this song is cool but what is the riff from. its so familiar
It's "Easy as pie", I don't think 'easy as pry' fits.
the riff sounds like green day's "warning" its definately not the same, and the similarity doesn't take away from the song, ijust thought it sounded similar