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 need someone
A person to talk to
Someone to care, to love
Could it be you?
Could it be you?
The situation gets rough
Then I start to panic
It's not enough
It's just a habit
Oh, kid you're sick
Darling this is it
You can all just kiss off into the air
Behind my back I can see their stare
They'll hurt me bad but I won't mind
They'll hurt me bad, they do it all the time
Yeah, they do it all the time
Yeah, they do it all the time
Yeah, they do it all the time
Yeah, they do it all the time
Do it all the time
He said, I hope you know
That this will go down on your permanent record
I said, oh yeah, well don't look so distressed
Did I happen to mention that I'm impressed?
I take one, one, one 'cause you left me
And two, two, two for my family
And three, three, three for my heartaches
And four, four, four for my headaches
And five, five, five, for my loneliness
Six, six, six for my sorrow
And seven, seven, there's no tomorrow
And eight, eight,well I forget what eight was for
But nine, nine, nine for a lost god
Ten, ten, ten, ten for everything
Everything, everything, everything
You can all just kiss off into the air
Behind my back I can see their stare
They'll hurt me bad but I won't mind
They'll hurt me bad, they do it all the time
Yeah, they do it all the time
Yeah, they do it all the time
Yeah, they do it all the time
Yeah, they do it all the time
Time, time, time, time, time
Time, time, time
They do it all the time
A person to talk to
Someone to care, to love
Could it be you?
Could it be you?
The situation gets rough
Then I start to panic
It's not enough
It's just a habit
Oh, kid you're sick
Darling this is it
You can all just kiss off into the air
Behind my back I can see their stare
They'll hurt me bad but I won't mind
They'll hurt me bad, they do it all the time
Yeah, they do it all the time
Yeah, they do it all the time
Yeah, they do it all the time
Yeah, they do it all the time
Do it all the time
He said, I hope you know
That this will go down on your permanent record
I said, oh yeah, well don't look so distressed
Did I happen to mention that I'm impressed?
I take one, one, one 'cause you left me
And two, two, two for my family
And three, three, three for my heartaches
And four, four, four for my headaches
And five, five, five, for my loneliness
Six, six, six for my sorrow
And seven, seven, there's no tomorrow
And eight, eight,well I forget what eight was for
But nine, nine, nine for a lost god
Ten, ten, ten, ten for everything
Everything, everything, everything
You can all just kiss off into the air
Behind my back I can see their stare
They'll hurt me bad but I won't mind
They'll hurt me bad, they do it all the time
Yeah, they do it all the time
Yeah, they do it all the time
Yeah, they do it all the time
Yeah, they do it all the time
Time, time, time, time, time
Time, time, time
They do it all the time
Lyrics submitted by Phx27
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