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.
I get
What I own
Don't let
The feelings that I choose
Cause everybody else do
GottaGetOuttaThaWay
Ain'tNoTimeForMeToSay
EveryoneInTheWorldDon'tAffectYou
We think
You're a lot different
Your number ain't your thing
Your life is on the wrong end
GottaGetOuttaThaWay
Ain'tNoTimeForMeToSay
EveryoneInTheWorldDon'tAffectYou
c'mon now x3
c'mon
GottaGetOuttaThaWay
No time for me to say
When I speak out of line
I don't believe in time
What I own
Don't let
The feelings that I choose
Cause everybody else do
GottaGetOuttaThaWay
Ain'tNoTimeForMeToSay
EveryoneInTheWorldDon'tAffectYou
We think
You're a lot different
Your number ain't your thing
Your life is on the wrong end
GottaGetOuttaThaWay
Ain'tNoTimeForMeToSay
EveryoneInTheWorldDon'tAffectYou
c'mon now x3
c'mon
GottaGetOuttaThaWay
No time for me to say
When I speak out of line
I don't believe in time
Lyrics submitted by kid galahad
Outtathaway Lyrics as written by Craig Robert Nicholls
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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Great version of a great song,
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The Vines? Ska? far from it. True, they may be a little overrated, but not all that much. They wouldn't have gotten as far as they did without talent, and they sure as hell have a lot of talent.
ok mr "fuckyouall" Tell me what the hell Get free, or autumn shade sounds like. Have you heard TV pro by any chance? It would have to be one of the most original songs written after 2000 thats for sure. With all this punk shit and soft rock thats so perfectly polished, it sounds like someone stole their amps and replaced them with a computerized synthesizer. You suck mate, and I think you should take note that we like in the 21st century and originally sounding music is hard to come by. Anyway i've said all i've had to say, so i'll shut up now.
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We know that, all hawk er 8 is doing is driving away the haters so that we can get on with doing just that.
This is a real good song, maybe my favorite on the cd.
awesome song by the Vines! Great guitar and the lyrics kinda don't matter because the music is so freaking great!
great great song... i adore the background vocals during the "now c'mon" part. lovely.
Don't get me wrong, I like The Vines. But they have been hyped WAY too much. Like The Strokes before them but to an even greater extreme. Craig Nicholls has nothing original about him whatsoever. He just so obviously a huge Kurt Cobain fan. I mean, does originality mean nothing? Magazines like NME are full on blowing them out of all proportion. They have a couple of nice catchy songs but I mean, come on, best album of the year? They're almost a ska band for fuck's sake!
the lyrics make absolutely no sense to me, but this is my favorite song on the cd.
i think of good times. good times during da summer.
good rock.song! same style like the hives and the strokes.
The Vines kick ass, and Craig Nicholls is easily the hottest guy in music right now! I think this song is about not accepting others negative opinions of you, but thats just my opnion. and some of the lines really don't seem to fit, but thats probly cuz Craig smokes an obscene amount of pot and forgets what hes writing