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.
Tell me I'm allowed to play the Fender Jaguar
Like the Velvet Underground
Tell me I'm allowed to hammer on a drumkit
Crazy for the love of sound
I'm gonna tear my playhouse down
Lolitapop dollhouse
In a babypop wall of sound
Lolitapop dollhouse
Bad girls are exactly who they want to be
& bad girls see exactly who they want to see
Bad girls are allowed because they're just too proud
To care what people say
They do it anyway
I'm gonna tear my playhouse down
Lolitapop dollhouse
In a babypop wall of sound
Lolitapop dollhouse
I'm sick of being Alice in Wonderland
Sick of living in Victorian England
I'm sick of being a porcelain girl in a porcelain world
Is that all you ever wanted me to be?
If you want me, I'll be shooting with the junkies
If you want me, I'll be swinging with the monkeys
If you really love me, smash the walls around me
If you really want me, take me how you found me
I'm gonna tear my playhouse down
Lolitapop dollhouse
In a babypop wall of sound
Lolitapop dollhouse
Tell me I'm allowed to be
(Baby, you're allowed to be)
Tell me I'm allowed to see
(Baby, you're allowed to see)
Tell me I'm allowed to touch the world around me
(Baby, you're allowed to touch the world around you)
Tell me I can make love to anyone anywhere
(Baby, you can make love to anyone anywhere)
Jump into the crowd
When I'm wet with sweat & the music is loud
(Baby you're allowed to jump into the crowd
When you're wet with sweat & the music is loud)
That's great
That's great
That's so great
Tear my playhouse down
Lolitapop dollhouse
Babypop wall of sound
Lolitapop dollhouse
Like the Velvet Underground
Tell me I'm allowed to hammer on a drumkit
Crazy for the love of sound
I'm gonna tear my playhouse down
Lolitapop dollhouse
In a babypop wall of sound
Lolitapop dollhouse
Bad girls are exactly who they want to be
& bad girls see exactly who they want to see
Bad girls are allowed because they're just too proud
To care what people say
They do it anyway
I'm gonna tear my playhouse down
Lolitapop dollhouse
In a babypop wall of sound
Lolitapop dollhouse
I'm sick of being Alice in Wonderland
Sick of living in Victorian England
I'm sick of being a porcelain girl in a porcelain world
Is that all you ever wanted me to be?
If you want me, I'll be shooting with the junkies
If you want me, I'll be swinging with the monkeys
If you really love me, smash the walls around me
If you really want me, take me how you found me
I'm gonna tear my playhouse down
Lolitapop dollhouse
In a babypop wall of sound
Lolitapop dollhouse
Tell me I'm allowed to be
(Baby, you're allowed to be)
Tell me I'm allowed to see
(Baby, you're allowed to see)
Tell me I'm allowed to touch the world around me
(Baby, you're allowed to touch the world around you)
Tell me I can make love to anyone anywhere
(Baby, you can make love to anyone anywhere)
Jump into the crowd
When I'm wet with sweat & the music is loud
(Baby you're allowed to jump into the crowd
When you're wet with sweat & the music is loud)
That's great
That's great
That's so great
Tear my playhouse down
Lolitapop dollhouse
Babypop wall of sound
Lolitapop dollhouse
Lyrics submitted by vchamberlain
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