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.
I wanna get naked, I wanna get stoned
I think you've been aching to get me home
I think that we'll take things real easy and slow
This bed is big enough for the both of us
Well I have been searching for something in the mouths of strangers
I have been looking for love in dark, unholy places
Under covers there is rarely more than senseless entertainment anyway
And we have all left things behind us that we surely didn't mean to
I have been trying my best to piece my way back home to you
Well I know the love between us is not as desperate as it always seems to be
I wanna get naked, I wanna get stoned
I think you've been aching to get me home
I think that we'll take things real easy and slow
This night is big enough for both of us
The way I’m looking at it
The future's church glass that's painted
And I figure that decisions
Are jagged rocks we throw to break them
I’ve been making my mosaic
Out of pieces that we’ve left along the way
Yeah, and I’m thinking that true love is
Little more than little saviors
Strumming chords on their guitars and
Dedicating songs to strangers
Well, maybe next year when you’re gone
This song will find you
And it'll save you for a while
I wanna get naked, I wanna get stoned
I think you've been aching to get me home
I think that we'll take things real easy and slow
This life is big enough for both of us
I think you've been aching to get me home
I think that we'll take things real easy and slow
This bed is big enough for the both of us
Well I have been searching for something in the mouths of strangers
I have been looking for love in dark, unholy places
Under covers there is rarely more than senseless entertainment anyway
And we have all left things behind us that we surely didn't mean to
I have been trying my best to piece my way back home to you
Well I know the love between us is not as desperate as it always seems to be
I wanna get naked, I wanna get stoned
I think you've been aching to get me home
I think that we'll take things real easy and slow
This night is big enough for both of us
The way I’m looking at it
The future's church glass that's painted
And I figure that decisions
Are jagged rocks we throw to break them
I’ve been making my mosaic
Out of pieces that we’ve left along the way
Yeah, and I’m thinking that true love is
Little more than little saviors
Strumming chords on their guitars and
Dedicating songs to strangers
Well, maybe next year when you’re gone
This song will find you
And it'll save you for a while
I wanna get naked, I wanna get stoned
I think you've been aching to get me home
I think that we'll take things real easy and slow
This life is big enough for both of us
Lyrics submitted by SecretConviction
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