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.
Neo Geo, Neo Geo. Four bright buttons and two joysticks.
Neo Geo, Neo Geo. Cool red cab and a name that sticks.
Neo Geo, Neo Geo. Four bright buttons and two joysticks.
Neo Geo, Neo Geo. Cool red cab and a name that sticks.
No one quite did 2D fighters like you did.
No one quite did runnin' and gunnin' like you did
No one quite did Puzzle Bobble like you did
I'll always love my four slot model cause I, I...
I played that cab for hours on end to the point where that thing was my only friend.
With a heavy machine gun in my hand, I beat Metal Slug over and over again.
You're 32 bits of endless fun. You're a 1990 revolution.
You're ahead of the game. You are the best. You're the SNK king of MVS.
You're an attractive machine in a pretty red dress.
When I'm playing as Mai, I wanna give you a kiss.
Forget Chun Li when there's Shiranui.
She'll knock you out with those big ninja bee's.
I'm the Samurai Showdown digital god when you're playing against me
and my ninja dog. I'm like Galford with my cool blonde hair.
But I dont have a ninja dog. I have a ninja chair.
Neo Geo, Neo Geo. Four bright buttons and two joysticks.
Neo Geo, Neo Geo. Cool red cab and a name that sticks.
Neo Geo, Neo Geo. Four bright buttons and two joysticks.
Neo Geo, Neo Geo. Cool red cab and a name that sticks.
"OK so we all know that Neo Geo MVS arcade cabinet is the best thing to ever exist on the planet. That's obvious. If you were born then you know that.
If you don't know that then you're technically not alive. So you might wanna get that checked out.
but there's also another best thing on the planet. Listen up."
ScrewAttack's the place it's all at. With a name like that it's so bad,
ask me where I get my retro games. The answer I give will never change.
It's a magical land named GameAttack. OK it's just a store but it's near Dallas.
The place to be is SGC. If you went down there then you saw me.
I'll never forget the wet konga or the hotel front desk babe named Sonya.
I never did get my kiss of death. But if I go next year I'm sure she'll say yes.
Yeah ScrewAttack is really cool but I ran out of material.
I dont know what else to say about that website so I'll just say go to it
cause it's really cool. Uh right? Was that good? Uhhh you like my song?
Neo Geo, Neo Geo. Four bright buttons and two joysticks.
Neo Geo, Neo Geo. Cool red cab and a name that sticks. [x4]
The guys on RacketBoy are gonna love this one.
Neo Geo, Neo Geo. Cool red cab and a name that sticks.
Neo Geo, Neo Geo. Four bright buttons and two joysticks.
Neo Geo, Neo Geo. Cool red cab and a name that sticks.
No one quite did 2D fighters like you did.
No one quite did runnin' and gunnin' like you did
No one quite did Puzzle Bobble like you did
I'll always love my four slot model cause I, I...
I played that cab for hours on end to the point where that thing was my only friend.
With a heavy machine gun in my hand, I beat Metal Slug over and over again.
You're 32 bits of endless fun. You're a 1990 revolution.
You're ahead of the game. You are the best. You're the SNK king of MVS.
You're an attractive machine in a pretty red dress.
When I'm playing as Mai, I wanna give you a kiss.
Forget Chun Li when there's Shiranui.
She'll knock you out with those big ninja bee's.
I'm the Samurai Showdown digital god when you're playing against me
and my ninja dog. I'm like Galford with my cool blonde hair.
But I dont have a ninja dog. I have a ninja chair.
Neo Geo, Neo Geo. Four bright buttons and two joysticks.
Neo Geo, Neo Geo. Cool red cab and a name that sticks.
Neo Geo, Neo Geo. Four bright buttons and two joysticks.
Neo Geo, Neo Geo. Cool red cab and a name that sticks.
"OK so we all know that Neo Geo MVS arcade cabinet is the best thing to ever exist on the planet. That's obvious. If you were born then you know that.
If you don't know that then you're technically not alive. So you might wanna get that checked out.
but there's also another best thing on the planet. Listen up."
ScrewAttack's the place it's all at. With a name like that it's so bad,
ask me where I get my retro games. The answer I give will never change.
It's a magical land named GameAttack. OK it's just a store but it's near Dallas.
The place to be is SGC. If you went down there then you saw me.
I'll never forget the wet konga or the hotel front desk babe named Sonya.
I never did get my kiss of death. But if I go next year I'm sure she'll say yes.
Yeah ScrewAttack is really cool but I ran out of material.
I dont know what else to say about that website so I'll just say go to it
cause it's really cool. Uh right? Was that good? Uhhh you like my song?
Neo Geo, Neo Geo. Four bright buttons and two joysticks.
Neo Geo, Neo Geo. Cool red cab and a name that sticks. [x4]
The guys on RacketBoy are gonna love this one.
Lyrics submitted by anonymousnobody
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