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.
Wonderin’ why,
She caught me by the eye,
Movin’ and persuin’ while she with another man,
I’ll never let her go,
I hope nobody knows
And I keep my mouth closed
Her favorite past time is that fast kind,
But i gotta slow it down,
She’s still recovering from last time,
Somehow we ended up, sun up,
With that shine,
Bad movie style, it’ll never end,
My day consists of skirt chasin women get baked
Go swimmin pushin the limits
And imma go hard until the ground im in it (im in it) we’ll get faded,
But this’ll never fade away,
Our game wont have to wait today,
Despite the clouds no rain delay
Wonderin’ why,
She caught me by the eye,
Movin’ and persuin’ while she with another man,
I’ll never let her go,
I hope nobody knows
And I keep my mouth closed
She pushed me i fell right back upon my bed,
She’s bumpin with my beat cuz her heads pressed against my chest,
She likes the way i taste,
Say im a good kisser,
Took every word right outta her mouth
And rolled it up in a swisher
We could bend the rules,
I could teach ya things,
You might regret it but i can do it better than him,
Detaching strings i make her laugh and think,
I should probably listen to the words he’s singin
Cuz you should leave him tonight,
You bring your girls i got my guys,
And we could stay at my place,
It’s right down that way
Feel her body move slow,
Tellin me she wanna go,
It’s another episode
Steppin out in the cold,
In the middle of the road,
And I’m far from sober
She caught me by the eye,
Movin’ and persuin’ while she with another man,
I’ll never let her go,
I hope nobody knows
And I keep my mouth closed
Her favorite past time is that fast kind,
But i gotta slow it down,
She’s still recovering from last time,
Somehow we ended up, sun up,
With that shine,
Bad movie style, it’ll never end,
My day consists of skirt chasin women get baked
Go swimmin pushin the limits
And imma go hard until the ground im in it (im in it) we’ll get faded,
But this’ll never fade away,
Our game wont have to wait today,
Despite the clouds no rain delay
Wonderin’ why,
She caught me by the eye,
Movin’ and persuin’ while she with another man,
I’ll never let her go,
I hope nobody knows
And I keep my mouth closed
She pushed me i fell right back upon my bed,
She’s bumpin with my beat cuz her heads pressed against my chest,
She likes the way i taste,
Say im a good kisser,
Took every word right outta her mouth
And rolled it up in a swisher
We could bend the rules,
I could teach ya things,
You might regret it but i can do it better than him,
Detaching strings i make her laugh and think,
I should probably listen to the words he’s singin
Cuz you should leave him tonight,
You bring your girls i got my guys,
And we could stay at my place,
It’s right down that way
Feel her body move slow,
Tellin me she wanna go,
It’s another episode
Steppin out in the cold,
In the middle of the road,
And I’m far from sober
Lyrics submitted by bperfetuo
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