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.
Time to rise time to open your eyes
Now is the time to live your life
No nightmares no tantrums just my ET pajamas
The greeting's bird's tweeting
I'm feeling better now
No fretting, no sweating
Just walmart batman bedding
My tummy is rumbly
I think i'll score some chow
Bed head is the trend that i like to sport
Brother's still asleep i can hear him snore
Sun's on time and it starts to shine
Everybody is asleep and the house is mine
Tiptoe to the toilet if i gots to tink
Bring potter to the potty if
I'm makin a stink
Stealth down the stairs see
That nobody's there
Just the breakadawn and a table and chairs
One percent two percent skim milk whole
Doesn't matter to my bladder just
Put it in the bowl
Too many options it's a problem for chris
Mix trix with cookie crisp
Cuz i'm a scientist
My mind's on the prize at
The bottom of the box
Fetch me the funnies i like fox trot a lot
Bloomy county, far side
Charlie brown if i'm down
Sleeping bag on the sofa
Watching bozo the clown
I'm watching gummi bears and
The rescue rangers
Dark wing duck cuz i love me some danger
Transformers gi joe cuz i love me some lasers
Wash my dishes won't leave it for later
I love my life i love my family
I love my house i love my mom and dad
And i think that this could be
The best day ever had
Before the fam comes to i
Mad zoom to the bathroom
Wash my hands in the sink because
Hand germs are bad news
Break out the floss wrap it round my fingers
Get between my teeth because
That's where sweets linger
Paste on the brush then i go back and forth
Up and down all around no tooth's unimport
Get the back and the gums and
Your tongue then you're done
Spit in the sink then you rinse then you run
Jump out the jammy into underwear and socks
Brothers wakin up hear him
Cursin out the clock
Jeans shirt and a hoodie if
It's chilly on the rilly
Double tie my sneakers so i
Ain't trippin looking silly
Put my clothes in the hamper
Then i'm makin my bed
I don't leave it for my mother
Cuz i love her to death
Bro growns like a grump
Says you're already up
Life is livin not for sleepin and such
I love my life i love my family
I love my house i love my mom and dad
And i think that this could be
The best day ever had
Ran outside cuz i found that it's fun
Hide and go seek climbed a tree and i won
Summertime slip and side sidewalk art
Autumn is awesome ghost in the graveyard
Winter can bitter but there's
Presents in the middle
Spring is the thing that got
The cricket to fiddle
Even though i'm little i
Know i'm living large
Wanna be a kid forever it's
The very best part time to rise
Time to open your eyes now is the time
To live your life time to rise
Time to open your eyes now is the time
To live your life
Now is the time to live your life
No nightmares no tantrums just my ET pajamas
The greeting's bird's tweeting
I'm feeling better now
No fretting, no sweating
Just walmart batman bedding
My tummy is rumbly
I think i'll score some chow
Bed head is the trend that i like to sport
Brother's still asleep i can hear him snore
Sun's on time and it starts to shine
Everybody is asleep and the house is mine
Tiptoe to the toilet if i gots to tink
Bring potter to the potty if
I'm makin a stink
Stealth down the stairs see
That nobody's there
Just the breakadawn and a table and chairs
One percent two percent skim milk whole
Doesn't matter to my bladder just
Put it in the bowl
Too many options it's a problem for chris
Mix trix with cookie crisp
Cuz i'm a scientist
My mind's on the prize at
The bottom of the box
Fetch me the funnies i like fox trot a lot
Bloomy county, far side
Charlie brown if i'm down
Sleeping bag on the sofa
Watching bozo the clown
I'm watching gummi bears and
The rescue rangers
Dark wing duck cuz i love me some danger
Transformers gi joe cuz i love me some lasers
Wash my dishes won't leave it for later
I love my life i love my family
I love my house i love my mom and dad
And i think that this could be
The best day ever had
Before the fam comes to i
Mad zoom to the bathroom
Wash my hands in the sink because
Hand germs are bad news
Break out the floss wrap it round my fingers
Get between my teeth because
That's where sweets linger
Paste on the brush then i go back and forth
Up and down all around no tooth's unimport
Get the back and the gums and
Your tongue then you're done
Spit in the sink then you rinse then you run
Jump out the jammy into underwear and socks
Brothers wakin up hear him
Cursin out the clock
Jeans shirt and a hoodie if
It's chilly on the rilly
Double tie my sneakers so i
Ain't trippin looking silly
Put my clothes in the hamper
Then i'm makin my bed
I don't leave it for my mother
Cuz i love her to death
Bro growns like a grump
Says you're already up
Life is livin not for sleepin and such
I love my life i love my family
I love my house i love my mom and dad
And i think that this could be
The best day ever had
Ran outside cuz i found that it's fun
Hide and go seek climbed a tree and i won
Summertime slip and side sidewalk art
Autumn is awesome ghost in the graveyard
Winter can bitter but there's
Presents in the middle
Spring is the thing that got
The cricket to fiddle
Even though i'm little i
Know i'm living large
Wanna be a kid forever it's
The very best part time to rise
Time to open your eyes now is the time
To live your life time to rise
Time to open your eyes now is the time
To live your life
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