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.
We all know, we all know by now,
that you're the only thing you talk about.
So forgive me for bragging out loud.
I tried to reason with myself.
Tell me what could I have done?
Maybe I should have asked you to stay
like I was gone, then just get up and hand it away.
Well babe, like they say about some things,
well I guess something never changed.
We all know, we all know by now
that you're the only thing you talk about.
We all know, we all know by now
that things won't work out, no.
You've got nothing to say.
You've got nothing,
you've got nothing to say.
Some day I hope you see
the consequences of your actions.
I know that I can do so much more without you.
Well babe, like they say about some things,
well I guess something never changed.
We all know, we all know by now
that you're the only thing you talk about.
We all know, we all know by now
that things won't work out, no,
I never really had a doubt
that things would end up to be this way.
And I never meant to make them seem that way.
You've got nothing to say.
You've got nothing to say.
You've got nothing to say.
You've got nothing to say.
You've got nothing.
I knew as soon as I'd left,
that you'd go and fuck someone else, you whore.
You've got nothing to say.
We all know, we all know by now
that you're the only thing you talk about.
We all know, we all know by now
that things won't work out, no,
I never really had a doubt
that things would end up to be this way.
And I never meant to make them seem that way.
You've got nothing to say.
You've got nothing to say.
You've got nothing to say.
You've got nothing.
that you're the only thing you talk about.
So forgive me for bragging out loud.
I tried to reason with myself.
Tell me what could I have done?
Maybe I should have asked you to stay
like I was gone, then just get up and hand it away.
Well babe, like they say about some things,
well I guess something never changed.
We all know, we all know by now
that you're the only thing you talk about.
We all know, we all know by now
that things won't work out, no.
You've got nothing to say.
You've got nothing,
you've got nothing to say.
Some day I hope you see
the consequences of your actions.
I know that I can do so much more without you.
Well babe, like they say about some things,
well I guess something never changed.
We all know, we all know by now
that you're the only thing you talk about.
We all know, we all know by now
that things won't work out, no,
I never really had a doubt
that things would end up to be this way.
And I never meant to make them seem that way.
You've got nothing to say.
You've got nothing to say.
You've got nothing to say.
You've got nothing to say.
You've got nothing.
I knew as soon as I'd left,
that you'd go and fuck someone else, you whore.
You've got nothing to say.
We all know, we all know by now
that you're the only thing you talk about.
We all know, we all know by now
that things won't work out, no,
I never really had a doubt
that things would end up to be this way.
And I never meant to make them seem that way.
You've got nothing to say.
You've got nothing to say.
You've got nothing to say.
You've got nothing.
Lyrics submitted by hockeykid828
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"Well babe, like they say about some things, well I guess something never changed."
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We all know, we all know by now That you're the only thing you talk about
So forgive me for bragging out loud I tried to reason with myself Tell me what could I have done? Maybe I should've asked you to stay Like I was cornered, just give up and hand it away (?) like they say about some things Well, I guess that they never change
We all know, we all know by now That you're the only thing you talk about We all know, we all know by now That things won't work out, no You've got nothing to say
You've got nothing You've got nothing to say
Someday I hope you see The concequences of your actions I know that I can do So much more without you (?) like they say about some things Well, I guess that they never change
We all know, we all know by now That you're the only thing you talk about We all know, we all know by now That things won't work out, no I never really had a doubt That things would end up to be this way And I never meant to make them seem this way You've got nothing to say
You've got nothing to say You've got nothing to say You've got nothing to say You've got nothing
I knew as soon as I left that you'd go and fuck someone else, you whore!
We all know, we all know by now That you're the only thing you talk about We all know, we all know by now That things won't work out, no I never really had a doubt That things would end up to be this way And I never meant to make them seem this way You've got nothing to say
Pretty sure it's Well babe, like they say about some things, well I guess that thing never changed.
"maybe i should've asked you to stay like i was gonna just give up and hand it away but babe, like they say about some things, well, i guess that they never change"