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.
[Repeat: x4]
Dance
Baby, dance
Like the world is ending
Dance
Baby, dance
Like the world is ending
Dance
Baby, dance
'Cause the world is ending
[Repeat: x6]
This is who you are
Oh, oh
[Repeat: x2]
Sit back and look for the warnings
The future's bright and alarming
Sit back and look for the warnings
Go
Woo
Huh
Cool
[Repeat: x2]
Uh,
Baby walkin' around with your head cut off
Baby walkin' around with your head cut off
Their power is fear
And it surrounds me
Their signs, you can see
One day we will wake the walking zombies
'Til then we pray
Oo
Everybody
Everybody
The king and his ghost are laughing at me
These signs, you can see
One day we will listen for the sirens
'Til then we pray
Skeletons
Marching army
Guns
Drop your feet
I'm scared
I'm Duke Ellington
My mother said there'd be days like this
But one of the fires lit made her piss
Climbing are zombies
All up inside me
Transformin' vampires
Right beside me
And you can't run
'Cause, you do, you'll be dead
And them walls can't roll from the side of my head
I beat the drool
I beat the ghouls
But his last kiss
All suckers
They will cease to exist
I can't entertain with a beat up human
Lay waste to cities
Leave towns in ruin
I
Am a
Ro-
Bot
Whole arsenal stock
Ready to blow
Lastly you see:
Me, be three by three
Firing these things called TNT
Fire these things called TNT
These things called TNT
They call me TNT
These things called TNT
Uh,
We can dance like the world's over
Yeah, it's almost twenty twelve
Call your girls over
Let's kick back
Pop shots
Have a ball
And if the world blow up
Next life, we do it all over
Uh, yeah, let's toast to the memory
I wrote my name in the sky, so remember me
Baby, forever we
Together mentally
The day I leave me baby over somethin'
Then hell'll freeze
Froze
This world cold, like Natalie
So
Let's lose our clothes like Adam/Eve
Back to the basics
Step out the matrix
Step out your cool
Baby, get on my spaceship
I seen her face lit
She seen a sign like a mace is
So we ran home like a bass hit
Safe
Life is whatever you think it is
Yo, what you think this is?
Uh, yeah it's all in your mind baby
You gotta do what you feel, like a blind lady
You gotta spread your wings and just fly, baby
It feel like you're reborn?
That's my baby
She said she feel it in her soul like a vibrator
I got some things for your thoughts we can try later
Let's hit the dance floor
Right before we out of time
And just party like it's nineteen ninety nine
You know what Prince said
Girl, you my princess
I got the glass slipper
I hope the thing fits
Your body on fire
Let me extinguish
Hop on this white horse
Ride to the sunset
Is anybody really
Out
There
Breathin'
Is anybody really
Sick
Of
Bleedin'
So come and scream into the
Sky
This
Evening
And 'fore the morning I'mma
Touch
Your
Feeling
(Ha)
Let's start today
(Thank you, alright)
Let's start today
(Woo, ah, yeah)
Let's start today
(Ha ha, yeah, wooo, ok)
Let's start today
Start today
Start today
Come on down
The queen's heart
The knights of shame
The people's voice
So we pray and we pray
The queen's heart
The knights of shame
So we pray and we pray
The queen's heart
The people's voice
So we pray and we pray
The queen's heart
The knghts of shame
So we pray, oh
Ooooooo
And yeah, it's no fun living for the fall
And there'll be no more waiting for you all
And there'll be one more chance for the truth
Without you
I would die
And yeah, it's no fun living for the fall
And there'll be no more waiting for you all
And there'll be one more chance for the truth
Without you
I would die
Without you
I would die
Waiting on a heartbeat
Is anybody listening?
We're waiting on a heartbeat
Can anybody hear me?
We're waiting on a heartbeat
Is anybody listening?
We're waiting on a heartbeat
Can anybody hear me?
We rob from the rich to blow down the door
Oh
We rob from the rich and blow down the door
We rob from the rich and blow down the door
Piano
We rob from the rich to blow down the door
It's been a long time, waiting on your call
It's been a long time, waiting for you all
It's been a long time, waiting for you
But I can
Bum bum bum bum bum
Dance
Baby, dance
Like the world is ending
Dance
Baby, dance
Like the world is ending
Dance
Baby, dance
'Cause the world is ending
[Repeat: x6]
This is who you are
Oh, oh
[Repeat: x2]
Sit back and look for the warnings
The future's bright and alarming
Sit back and look for the warnings
Go
Woo
Huh
Cool
[Repeat: x2]
Uh,
Baby walkin' around with your head cut off
Baby walkin' around with your head cut off
Their power is fear
And it surrounds me
Their signs, you can see
One day we will wake the walking zombies
'Til then we pray
Oo
Everybody
Everybody
The king and his ghost are laughing at me
These signs, you can see
One day we will listen for the sirens
'Til then we pray
Skeletons
Marching army
Guns
Drop your feet
I'm scared
I'm Duke Ellington
My mother said there'd be days like this
But one of the fires lit made her piss
Climbing are zombies
All up inside me
Transformin' vampires
Right beside me
And you can't run
'Cause, you do, you'll be dead
And them walls can't roll from the side of my head
I beat the drool
I beat the ghouls
But his last kiss
All suckers
They will cease to exist
I can't entertain with a beat up human
Lay waste to cities
Leave towns in ruin
I
Am a
Ro-
Bot
Whole arsenal stock
Ready to blow
Lastly you see:
Me, be three by three
Firing these things called TNT
Fire these things called TNT
These things called TNT
They call me TNT
These things called TNT
Uh,
We can dance like the world's over
Yeah, it's almost twenty twelve
Call your girls over
Let's kick back
Pop shots
Have a ball
And if the world blow up
Next life, we do it all over
Uh, yeah, let's toast to the memory
I wrote my name in the sky, so remember me
Baby, forever we
Together mentally
The day I leave me baby over somethin'
Then hell'll freeze
Froze
This world cold, like Natalie
So
Let's lose our clothes like Adam/Eve
Back to the basics
Step out the matrix
Step out your cool
Baby, get on my spaceship
I seen her face lit
She seen a sign like a mace is
So we ran home like a bass hit
Safe
Life is whatever you think it is
Yo, what you think this is?
Uh, yeah it's all in your mind baby
You gotta do what you feel, like a blind lady
You gotta spread your wings and just fly, baby
It feel like you're reborn?
That's my baby
She said she feel it in her soul like a vibrator
I got some things for your thoughts we can try later
Let's hit the dance floor
Right before we out of time
And just party like it's nineteen ninety nine
You know what Prince said
Girl, you my princess
I got the glass slipper
I hope the thing fits
Your body on fire
Let me extinguish
Hop on this white horse
Ride to the sunset
Is anybody really
Out
There
Breathin'
Is anybody really
Sick
Of
Bleedin'
So come and scream into the
Sky
This
Evening
And 'fore the morning I'mma
Touch
Your
Feeling
(Ha)
Let's start today
(Thank you, alright)
Let's start today
(Woo, ah, yeah)
Let's start today
(Ha ha, yeah, wooo, ok)
Let's start today
Start today
Start today
Come on down
The queen's heart
The knights of shame
The people's voice
So we pray and we pray
The queen's heart
The knights of shame
So we pray and we pray
The queen's heart
The people's voice
So we pray and we pray
The queen's heart
The knghts of shame
So we pray, oh
Ooooooo
And yeah, it's no fun living for the fall
And there'll be no more waiting for you all
And there'll be one more chance for the truth
Without you
I would die
And yeah, it's no fun living for the fall
And there'll be no more waiting for you all
And there'll be one more chance for the truth
Without you
I would die
Without you
I would die
Waiting on a heartbeat
Is anybody listening?
We're waiting on a heartbeat
Can anybody hear me?
We're waiting on a heartbeat
Is anybody listening?
We're waiting on a heartbeat
Can anybody hear me?
We rob from the rich to blow down the door
Oh
We rob from the rich and blow down the door
We rob from the rich and blow down the door
Piano
We rob from the rich to blow down the door
It's been a long time, waiting on your call
It's been a long time, waiting for you all
It's been a long time, waiting for you
But I can
Bum bum bum bum bum
Lyrics submitted by LPodyssey07, edited by ForgedTrinity, daD3ATHBR1NG3R, enekobus
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