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.
It's late now, I think I'm gonna need this
So what, you say, you had your reasons
Our faces frozen on the highway
No turning back, no turning back
It's just you and me, kid, against the world, now
They're after us, they're after us
Now you want to tell me something, something?
I don't want to hear about nothing, nothing
I don't want to hear about nothing
Hey now, I don't want to be here now
All this silence is driving me out of my mind
Hey, mama, wave bye bye
We ain't ever going see that big blue sky
No one's ever gonna to believe us, leave us
Now you want talk about Jesus? Jesus?
Now you want to talk about Jesus?
Hey now, I don't want to know nothing about
All these curious phrases falling out of your mouth
'Cause I've been running
I've been running, now
Fifteen years I've had it coming
You tell me that you want to know my story?
I promise you it's boring, boring
Hey, little brother, want to know why
He caught a thirty-inch club right across his eye?
And now you want to be my father, father?
Tell me why'd you even bother, bother?
Tell me why'd you even bother
Can I just look out the window?
Where are the people I used to know?
Hey now, what's everybody screaming about?
It's going be fine if you put it out of your mind
But I've been screaming, I've been falling
I hear their voices calling calling
You tell me that we're going to be okay
We got fifteen hours and fifteen days
I don't want to be here anymore
I don't want to be here anymore
I don't want to be here anymore
I don't want to be here anymore
I don't want to be here anymore
I don't want to be here anymore
So what, you say, you had your reasons
Our faces frozen on the highway
No turning back, no turning back
It's just you and me, kid, against the world, now
They're after us, they're after us
Now you want to tell me something, something?
I don't want to hear about nothing, nothing
I don't want to hear about nothing
Hey now, I don't want to be here now
All this silence is driving me out of my mind
Hey, mama, wave bye bye
We ain't ever going see that big blue sky
No one's ever gonna to believe us, leave us
Now you want talk about Jesus? Jesus?
Now you want to talk about Jesus?
Hey now, I don't want to know nothing about
All these curious phrases falling out of your mouth
'Cause I've been running
I've been running, now
Fifteen years I've had it coming
You tell me that you want to know my story?
I promise you it's boring, boring
Hey, little brother, want to know why
He caught a thirty-inch club right across his eye?
And now you want to be my father, father?
Tell me why'd you even bother, bother?
Tell me why'd you even bother
Can I just look out the window?
Where are the people I used to know?
Hey now, what's everybody screaming about?
It's going be fine if you put it out of your mind
But I've been screaming, I've been falling
I hear their voices calling calling
You tell me that we're going to be okay
We got fifteen hours and fifteen days
I don't want to be here anymore
I don't want to be here anymore
I don't want to be here anymore
I don't want to be here anymore
I don't want to be here anymore
I don't want to be here anymore
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I LOVE THIS but idk where to get the song!
It's on Disc 2 of the NCIS Soundtrack (vol 1) amzn.to/d547QH