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.
Hey, motherfucker with the double-sworded dick for a mind,
What do you got to say?
All the things you bought, all the things your daddy taught you
Thought you never would've wasted away
You said you'd never do it again when you beat your wife
You life and love are one in the same
You said you'd never do it
Never do it?
Never ever do it again
And I believed you
And she believed you
But your dick is always getting in the way
Daddy's made his clone
Pumped him up on too much testosterone
King has claimed his throne
All pumped-up on too much testosterone
Hey, motherfucker with the double-sworded dick for a mind,
Can't keep your beau abreast?
With all your power-strippin', ego-slippin', spirit-rippin' inclination,
Man, why don't you give it a rest?
You said you'd never do it again when you beat your wife
Now her life is just a fucking mess
Daddy's made his clone
Pumped him up on too much testosterone
King has claimed his throne
All pumped-up on too much testosterone
Pathos turned to stone
When you're all pumped on too much testosterone
Does he even know
That he's all pumped-up on too much testosterone?
Four score and seven rapes ago, you took a woman in the back of the bar
She had nowhere to run, nowhere to go
Stuck it in while your friends watched
Yeah, that's the way -
Dominate 'em, abominate 'em, learn 'em like a dog, yeah
What do you got to say?
All the things you bought, all the things your daddy taught you
Thought you never would've wasted away
You said you'd never do it again when you beat your wife
You life and love are one in the same
You said you'd never do it
Never do it?
Never ever do it again
And I believed you
And she believed you
But your dick is always getting in the way
Daddy's made his clone
Pumped him up on too much testosterone
King has claimed his throne
All pumped-up on too much testosterone
Hey, motherfucker with the double-sworded dick for a mind,
Can't keep your beau abreast?
With all your power-strippin', ego-slippin', spirit-rippin' inclination,
Man, why don't you give it a rest?
You said you'd never do it again when you beat your wife
Now her life is just a fucking mess
Daddy's made his clone
Pumped him up on too much testosterone
King has claimed his throne
All pumped-up on too much testosterone
Pathos turned to stone
When you're all pumped on too much testosterone
Does he even know
That he's all pumped-up on too much testosterone?
Four score and seven rapes ago, you took a woman in the back of the bar
She had nowhere to run, nowhere to go
Stuck it in while your friends watched
Yeah, that's the way -
Dominate 'em, abominate 'em, learn 'em like a dog, yeah
Lyrics submitted by jt
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