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.
Yeah, they came to take me away
Said I'd be sitting here for the rest of my life
But I don't really care, I shot my wife
And brother, I can't even remember the reason why
Oh, it makes a long time man feel bad
Yeah, it makes a long time man feel bad
Well I ain't had no love since I don't know when
It sure makes a long time man feel bad
We was down in Jacksonville
A cold winter night
My baby and I, we began to fight
I heated up, and I grabbed my gun
I get so cold on those nights down south
She was laying in a pool right there on the kitchen floor
She looked up at me and began to smile
Her gasping words "Baby, I love you"
Then she closed those baby blue eyes
Oh, it makes a long time man feel bad
Yeah, it makes a long time man feel bad
Well I ain't had no love since I don't know when
It sure makes a long time man feel bad
Yeah, it makes a long time man feel bad
Yeah, yeah it makes him feel bad
Sometimes I hear you call my name
In the dead of the night, yeah
It sure makes a long time man feel bad
It sure makes a long time man feel bad
It sure makes a long time man feel bad
I ain't had those arms around me
I ain't had those lips, those lips, around me
It sure makes a long time man feel bad, so bad
It sure makes a long time man feel bad, so bad
It sure makes a long time man feel bad, yeah so bad
Said I'd be sitting here for the rest of my life
But I don't really care, I shot my wife
And brother, I can't even remember the reason why
Oh, it makes a long time man feel bad
Yeah, it makes a long time man feel bad
Well I ain't had no love since I don't know when
It sure makes a long time man feel bad
We was down in Jacksonville
A cold winter night
My baby and I, we began to fight
I heated up, and I grabbed my gun
I get so cold on those nights down south
She was laying in a pool right there on the kitchen floor
She looked up at me and began to smile
Her gasping words "Baby, I love you"
Then she closed those baby blue eyes
Oh, it makes a long time man feel bad
Yeah, it makes a long time man feel bad
Well I ain't had no love since I don't know when
It sure makes a long time man feel bad
Yeah, it makes a long time man feel bad
Yeah, yeah it makes him feel bad
Sometimes I hear you call my name
In the dead of the night, yeah
It sure makes a long time man feel bad
It sure makes a long time man feel bad
It sure makes a long time man feel bad
I ain't had those arms around me
I ain't had those lips, those lips, around me
It sure makes a long time man feel bad, so bad
It sure makes a long time man feel bad, so bad
It sure makes a long time man feel bad, yeah so bad
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Long Time Man Lyrics as written by Nicholas Cave Michael Harvey
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