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.
Surrounded by familiar faces, the people that you love to see
Where everybody knows your name, and they're smiling
We may not be gettin' younger, our days might be slippin' away
Yeah we're still so fucking young, so we'll party like it's our last day
And for the first time, I feel less alone
And for the first time, I can call this home
It's our last time, to say goodnight
Don't say goodbye, 'cause in the morning we'll
we'll see you around
And we'll sing it again, same time tomorrow, yeah we'll all join in
I'm ashamed of feeling down now
'Cause we're the people we've been waiting on
All we needed was some good friends
And a song to sing a long
With voices yelling in the front room
No one could tell us keep it down
So we all just kept it loud, and tried to wake the entire town
And for the first time, I feel less alone
And for the first time, I can call this home
It's our last time, to say goodnight
Don't say goodbye, 'cause in the morning we'll
we'll see you around
And we'll sing it again, same time tomorrow, yeah we'll all join in
It's our last time, to say goodnight
Don't say goodbye, 'cause in the morning we'll
we'll see you around
And we'll sing it again, same time tomorrow, yeah we'll all join in
Oh each days a number, but we can't forget last summer
When we say we do, we're on to the end
Go on and sing it out
Our days are numbered, we know we're not gettin' any younger
But it's nights like these that make you not really care
Oh each days a number, but we can't forget last summer
When we say we do, we're on to the end
Go on and sing it out
Our days are numbered, we know we're not gettin' any younger
But it's nights like these that make you not really care
We all have been degraded
We all have been the greatest
We al have been degraded
We all will be the greatest
Where everybody knows your name, and they're smiling
We may not be gettin' younger, our days might be slippin' away
Yeah we're still so fucking young, so we'll party like it's our last day
And for the first time, I feel less alone
And for the first time, I can call this home
It's our last time, to say goodnight
Don't say goodbye, 'cause in the morning we'll
we'll see you around
And we'll sing it again, same time tomorrow, yeah we'll all join in
I'm ashamed of feeling down now
'Cause we're the people we've been waiting on
All we needed was some good friends
And a song to sing a long
With voices yelling in the front room
No one could tell us keep it down
So we all just kept it loud, and tried to wake the entire town
And for the first time, I feel less alone
And for the first time, I can call this home
It's our last time, to say goodnight
Don't say goodbye, 'cause in the morning we'll
we'll see you around
And we'll sing it again, same time tomorrow, yeah we'll all join in
It's our last time, to say goodnight
Don't say goodbye, 'cause in the morning we'll
we'll see you around
And we'll sing it again, same time tomorrow, yeah we'll all join in
Oh each days a number, but we can't forget last summer
When we say we do, we're on to the end
Go on and sing it out
Our days are numbered, we know we're not gettin' any younger
But it's nights like these that make you not really care
Oh each days a number, but we can't forget last summer
When we say we do, we're on to the end
Go on and sing it out
Our days are numbered, we know we're not gettin' any younger
But it's nights like these that make you not really care
We all have been degraded
We all have been the greatest
We al have been degraded
We all will be the greatest
Lyrics submitted by sarararawr
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