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.
From the mouths of those.
English glasnost
Who use air rifles on their friendly.
Why is the truly skint never ssssss-scotch ridden
Embracenegate
How does
Devolute.
Man prise the political from anything from a garden
Metamorphosisbarge
Eject plane or a loaf
Euro jazz..devo-land
English glasnost
Metro-jazz
To re-iterate
Indiginous
Injury list
Devolute-tionite.
The stinking cast and the stinking east
In fear of bill
Three mile quaker pub radius
Became different person
The reality of right of portion of forthcoming
'Tricity and face three years solid for evasion
Was possessed by the indiginousChorltonite natural aversion
There is also the little matter of shafting somebody while they're working
Like what you did at Shefield
Get lost
Yours sincerely
Famous face
Pop star
Also when are you can't afford a stamp
And get with food
Fat-arse
Which
It's the gas electric workers and the carpenters
Is more than I have since end of May
And the assertion of the letters to press battery better make it better
Tenth
Goodbye cackhead
Sincere
Yours
Smith
Faced murderer
Geriatric
Like indiginous
You wanted to know that didn't ya
English glasnost
Chorltonite
Why are the truly skint never
Devoluted
What would life be without comedy
How does the political man prise from anyth'.
Comedy and music
Music and comedy
From a garden
Devolute
Eject
What would it be like
Plague
Or a loaf
What would life be like without
Devolute
And forget to
Reboot the gas boiler
Don't forget to
Listen to
The phone in BBC
Northern
God I thought
I'd regret
Some crocus
God I thought I
Had recruit
Some crocus
The gurning hosts
Were grinning twinkle eyed
Maniac
Rumour host
And all the stuff in your
Invalid
Devolute
Ion freezin' rot
Strafed by
Days of chance
English glasnost
Its visitation is vibration
I am not
Wrong-able
From the werewolf
And the
Pseudo jobs
English glasnost
The unutterable
Refrain duplex
In the shrine
Found a photo booth
Inabsolute
Devolute
Devolute
English glasnost
Who use air rifles on their friendly.
Why is the truly skint never ssssss-scotch ridden
Embracenegate
How does
Devolute.
Man prise the political from anything from a garden
Metamorphosisbarge
Eject plane or a loaf
Euro jazz..devo-land
English glasnost
Metro-jazz
To re-iterate
Indiginous
Injury list
Devolute-tionite.
The stinking cast and the stinking east
In fear of bill
Three mile quaker pub radius
Became different person
The reality of right of portion of forthcoming
'Tricity and face three years solid for evasion
Was possessed by the indiginousChorltonite natural aversion
There is also the little matter of shafting somebody while they're working
Like what you did at Shefield
Get lost
Yours sincerely
Famous face
Pop star
Also when are you can't afford a stamp
And get with food
Fat-arse
Which
It's the gas electric workers and the carpenters
Is more than I have since end of May
And the assertion of the letters to press battery better make it better
Tenth
Goodbye cackhead
Sincere
Yours
Smith
Faced murderer
Geriatric
Like indiginous
You wanted to know that didn't ya
English glasnost
Chorltonite
Why are the truly skint never
Devoluted
What would life be without comedy
How does the political man prise from anyth'.
Comedy and music
Music and comedy
From a garden
Devolute
Eject
What would it be like
Plague
Or a loaf
What would life be like without
Devolute
And forget to
Reboot the gas boiler
Don't forget to
Listen to
The phone in BBC
Northern
God I thought
I'd regret
Some crocus
God I thought I
Had recruit
Some crocus
The gurning hosts
Were grinning twinkle eyed
Maniac
Rumour host
And all the stuff in your
Invalid
Devolute
Ion freezin' rot
Strafed by
Days of chance
English glasnost
Its visitation is vibration
I am not
Wrong-able
From the werewolf
And the
Pseudo jobs
English glasnost
The unutterable
Refrain duplex
In the shrine
Found a photo booth
Inabsolute
Devolute
Devolute
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