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'm an Oval Office super queen,
With a poncho on my back,
And I was mentioning the president,
Just to give them a heart attack,
And every time they'd see me crying,
They'd wonder what's that for,
Well I'm not the kind that knows myself,,
And I'm not your average whore,
You got a meatball you can't hide,
You got to wait for to subside,
If only humanity survives,
You're gonna get a heart attack,
You're in the basement of this place,
You got a soft and friendly face,
You got enough to win this case,
It's time to get a heart attack,
But don't you need to have E. coli,
Don't you need to have Ebola,
I got a feeling in my biker shorts,
Things are gonna get much slower,
You gotta get out of the ring now,
You got a meatball you can't hide,
You got to wait for to subside,
If only humanity survives,
You're gonna get a heart attack,
You're in the basement of this place,
You got a soft and friendly face,
You got enough to win this case,
It's time to get a heart attack,
Don't you need to have E. coli,
Don't you need to have Ebola,
I got a feeling in my biker shorts,
Things are gonna get much slower,
You wanna get out of the ring now,
And when I go up north,
I'm in politics of course,
I'm going to die in Jamaica no no no,
I'm going to die in Miami no no no,
I'm going to die in Puerto Rico no no no,
I'm going to die in Hawaii no no no,
With a poncho on my back,
And I was mentioning the president,
Just to give them a heart attack,
And every time they'd see me crying,
They'd wonder what's that for,
Well I'm not the kind that knows myself,,
And I'm not your average whore,
You got a meatball you can't hide,
You got to wait for to subside,
If only humanity survives,
You're gonna get a heart attack,
You're in the basement of this place,
You got a soft and friendly face,
You got enough to win this case,
It's time to get a heart attack,
But don't you need to have E. coli,
Don't you need to have Ebola,
I got a feeling in my biker shorts,
Things are gonna get much slower,
You gotta get out of the ring now,
You got a meatball you can't hide,
You got to wait for to subside,
If only humanity survives,
You're gonna get a heart attack,
You're in the basement of this place,
You got a soft and friendly face,
You got enough to win this case,
It's time to get a heart attack,
Don't you need to have E. coli,
Don't you need to have Ebola,
I got a feeling in my biker shorts,
Things are gonna get much slower,
You wanna get out of the ring now,
And when I go up north,
I'm in politics of course,
I'm going to die in Jamaica no no no,
I'm going to die in Miami no no no,
I'm going to die in Puerto Rico no no no,
I'm going to die in Hawaii no no no,
Lyrics submitted by hornytheclown
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1.) Main character seems to be a prostitute (or a promiscuous man/woman) who pulled a Monica Lewinsky and had a sexual relationship with the president.
2.) Get the sense the person is (as expected) using this information to extort money. Or is perhaps involved in a legal battle, likely related to the extramarital affair.
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3.) The stress of the extortion (or whatever) seems to be building and getting to the individual. But it could also be stress to the individual that is being extorted. Perhaps the stress of hiding the affair is taking its toll on the president/his staff
"You got a meatball you can't hide, You got to wait for to subside, If only humanity survives, You're gonna get a heart attack,"
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"I'm going to die in Jamaica no no no, I'm going to die in Miami no no no, I'm going to die in Puerto Rico no no no, I'm going to die in Hawaii no no no,"