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.
And if I was a sailor
Id sail the seven seas
To tell you ?baby I don?t want you to leave?
You see this world is such a sad place
And without your pretty face
I'm sure its gonna wind up much worse
And I know that you?ll see someday that I can't live without you
And I know what I say is true cause I'm so stuck on you girl
I'm in love from the first time I let my eyes on you
I sure do do do do do
There?s nothing I can do
And I?m in love from the first time I let my lips on yours
Now you?re walking out my door
And there?s nothing I can do
And if I could explore the world
I?d bring you along
We?d go to New York to Timbuktu
But truly I am set
Right here at Denny?s drinking coffee and sharing a cigarette
And I know that you?ll see someday that I can't live without you
And I know what I say is true cause I'm so stuck on you girl
I'm in love from the first time I let my eyes on you
I sure do do do do do
There?s nothing I can do
And I?m in love from the first time I let my lips on yours
Now you?re walking out my door
And there?s nothing I can do
I?m in love with you.
Id sail the seven seas
To tell you ?baby I don?t want you to leave?
You see this world is such a sad place
And without your pretty face
I'm sure its gonna wind up much worse
And I know that you?ll see someday that I can't live without you
And I know what I say is true cause I'm so stuck on you girl
I'm in love from the first time I let my eyes on you
I sure do do do do do
There?s nothing I can do
And I?m in love from the first time I let my lips on yours
Now you?re walking out my door
And there?s nothing I can do
And if I could explore the world
I?d bring you along
We?d go to New York to Timbuktu
But truly I am set
Right here at Denny?s drinking coffee and sharing a cigarette
And I know that you?ll see someday that I can't live without you
And I know what I say is true cause I'm so stuck on you girl
I'm in love from the first time I let my eyes on you
I sure do do do do do
There?s nothing I can do
And I?m in love from the first time I let my lips on yours
Now you?re walking out my door
And there?s nothing I can do
I?m in love with you.
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"nevershoutalex" you OBVIOUSLY don't know how to read. I posted these lyrics after I saw a video of him singing it on youtube. I said I wasn't sure if it was happy or not, and if it wasn't, I would change the title of the song.
stfd.
I think this song is about him being with a girl and the girl thinks he has nothing to offer so shes leaving and hes trying to convince her that hell always love her and to stay... agree?
@nevershoutalex, "Happy" is a whole different song. This is "Simple Enough". Don't comment unless you know what your talking about.
K peopleeeee. Get it right. It's "Truly I am set" Not "Truly I am sad" Or "Cruelly" It's quite obvious what he's saying. You're all just retarded
I think it's about his ex-girlfriend Alison Jenkins. She was a year older than Chris and she moved to New York City. She followed her dreams and got out of Joplin.
where did you find this!?!?!?! i must know/
It's the song called "Simple Enough"<br /> Not Happy. It's on his new album!<br /> Great song!<br /> Great lyrics!!<br /> :D
All by ear from videos.
I'm just assuming it's "Happy" because he's been playing it at his shows and he said it was going to be the first single from his full length and it'll be the first he posts from the LP, haha. If it's not, I'll just edit the name of the song ;D
no happy starts 'you make me happy whether you know it or not etc etc etc' this is simple enough like the title says. god youtube NeverShoutNever PLEASE!
to me it sounds more like "cruelly i'm set" instead of "truly i'm sad" but i'm not really sure
These aren't the right lyrics
there are.
You make me happy Whether you know it or not We should be happy That's what I said from the start I am so happy Knowing you are the one that i want for the rest of my days. For the rest of my days. Yeah all of my days.
You're lookin' so cool You're lookin' so fly I cant deny that when I'm staring you down and dead in the eye I wanna try to be the person you want the person you need its hard to conceive that somebody like you could be with someone like me
I'm happy knowing that you are mine The grass is greener on the other side The more I think, the more i wish That we could lay here for hours and just reminisce.
ooh, ooh.
You're looking so fresh Its catching my eye! Why, oh why did i not see this before The girl I adore was right in front of me And now I'll take a step back and look in your eye And ask why it took so long to see we're meant to be.
I'm happy knowing that you are mine The grass is greener on the other side The more I think, the more i wish That we could lay here for hours and just reminisce.
on the good, the bad, the ugly The smiles, the laughs, the funny All the things we put each other through Its for you, for you, for you!
You make me happy Whether you know it or not We should be happy That's what I said from the start I am so happy Knowing you are the one that i want for the rest of my days. For the rest of my days.
I'm happy knowing that you are mine The grass is greener on the other side The more I think, the more i wish That we could lay here for hours and just reminisce.
ooh, ooh.
by alex john,
myspace.com/marshmallowsgonebad
actually, those are the lyrics to his song "happy"<br /> this is "simple enough"<br /> get it right babyboy <3
this is called stuck on you! you can find it on myspace?
no its not. its simple enough XP