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 don't understand what it is
That makes me tick, but you wish you did
You always second guess
Wonder if I'll say yes
But you just lose out every time
If you only knew what I talked about
When I'm with my friends, just hanging out
Then you'd have the inside scoop on what to say, what to do
That way when you play the game
Baby, you could never lose
Don't you wish that you could be a
Fly on the wall?
A creepy little, sneaky little
Fly on the wall
All my precious secrets, yeah
You'd know them all
Don't you wish that you could be a
Fly on the wall?
You'd love to know the things I do
When I'm with my friends, and not with you
You always second guess
Wonder if there's other guys I'm flirting with
You should know by now
If you were my boyfriend, I'd be true to you
If I make a promise, I'm coming through
Don't you wish that you could see me
Every second of the day?
That way you would have no doubt
That baby, I would never stray
Don't you wish that you could be a
Fly on the wall?
A creepy little, sneaky little
Fly on the wall
All my precious secrets, yeah
You'd know them all
Don't you wish that you could be a
Fly on the wall?
A little communication
Well, that'll go a long way
You're getting misinformation
Too much hearsay, hearsay
And what I say is
Come a little closer
And what I'm gonna say is
Don't Ya?
Don't Ya?
Don't Ya?
Don't ya wish you were a?
Hey
Don't you wish that you could be a
Fly on the wall?
A creepy little, sneaky little
Fly on the wall
All my precious secrets, yeah
You'd know them all
Don't you wish that you could be a
Fly on the wall?
That makes me tick, but you wish you did
You always second guess
Wonder if I'll say yes
But you just lose out every time
If you only knew what I talked about
When I'm with my friends, just hanging out
Then you'd have the inside scoop on what to say, what to do
That way when you play the game
Baby, you could never lose
Don't you wish that you could be a
Fly on the wall?
A creepy little, sneaky little
Fly on the wall
All my precious secrets, yeah
You'd know them all
Don't you wish that you could be a
Fly on the wall?
You'd love to know the things I do
When I'm with my friends, and not with you
You always second guess
Wonder if there's other guys I'm flirting with
You should know by now
If you were my boyfriend, I'd be true to you
If I make a promise, I'm coming through
Don't you wish that you could see me
Every second of the day?
That way you would have no doubt
That baby, I would never stray
Don't you wish that you could be a
Fly on the wall?
A creepy little, sneaky little
Fly on the wall
All my precious secrets, yeah
You'd know them all
Don't you wish that you could be a
Fly on the wall?
A little communication
Well, that'll go a long way
You're getting misinformation
Too much hearsay, hearsay
And what I say is
Come a little closer
And what I'm gonna say is
Don't Ya?
Don't Ya?
Don't Ya?
Don't ya wish you were a?
Hey
Don't you wish that you could be a
Fly on the wall?
A creepy little, sneaky little
Fly on the wall
All my precious secrets, yeah
You'd know them all
Don't you wish that you could be a
Fly on the wall?
Lyrics submitted by thoseguiltyeyes, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Fly on the Wall Lyrics as written by Timothy James Price Miley Cyrus
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Walt Disney Music Company, Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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love this song. it's about her and this guy, and they arent really dating but this guy is always nosy and curious and paranoid about what goes on in her life, and miley is saying that flies on the wall are never noticed and doesnt this guy wish he was one so he could be around and know everything thats going on. its pretty straightforward.