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.
Hey baby
Ici c'est Makassy men
Yo la conoci en un taxi
En camino al club
Yo la conoci en un taxi
En camino al club
Me lo paro
El taxi
Me lo paro
El taxi
Me lo paro
El taxi
Me lo paro
Envie d'une nuit de folie
Chérie viens dans mon taxi
Yo yo yo me paro el taxi
Yo yo yo yo yo me paro el taxi
No me importa si es casada
No la quiero pa'instalarme
Yo no quiero que sea solo para mi
Yo yo yo me paro el taxi
Yo yo yo yo yo me paro el taxi
Quand elle monte dans la gova
Je claque des doigts, on fait une te-boi
Coupe de champagne
Bébé détend-toi
Ce soir tu ne rentres pas chez toi
Non non non
Tu ne rentreras pas
Non non non
Elle se glisse, se colle à moi
Ses fesses sur moi font bam bam
Elle suit le son, bam-bam-bam
A sa dans le sang, bam-bam-bam
Un petit suçon, bam-bam-bam
Elle soupire et frisonne
Bam-bam-bam
En el taxi
La conoci caminando por un backstreet
Estaba sexy, pero tan sexy
Que por poquito arrollamos un tipo y chocamos el taxi
Y era el chofer
El que dijo, "Oye, mira esa mujer"
Esta dura, dura que dura
Pero ya tu sabes que ella quiero efectivo, dinero
Visa que chula, lula
Con, culo de mula
Yo la conoci en un taxi
En camino al club
Yo la conoci en un taxi
En camino al club
Me lo paro
El taxi
Me lo paro
El taxi
Me lo paro
El taxi
Me lo paro
Envie d'une nuit de folie
Chérie viens dans mon taxi
Yo yo, yo me paro el taxi
Yo yo yo yo, yo me paro el taxi
Envie d'un chauffeur sexy
Qui saura te guider avec tes yeux
Sur le chemin du plaisir
Yo yo, yo me paro el taxi
Yo yo yo yo, yo me paro el taxi
A la guerre tout s'enflamme, oh, cette chaleur
Elle retire tous ses vetements
Oh, my god, c'est horrible
Je cris comme comme Homer Simpson
Choqué
Son boule me fait perdre la boule
J'en oublie ma tournée
Et le tel sonne
Les autres attendent
Elles vont me prendre
(Oh yeah!)
Mais de devant
Envie d'une nuit de folie
Chérie viens dans mon taxi
Yo yo, yo me paro el taxi
Yo yo yo yo, yo me paro el taxi
Avec toi je n'irai pas tout doux du tout
50 nuances de taxi, chérie savoure
Lélélé lélé, chérie viens dans mon taxi
Chérie viens
Lélélé lélé, chérie viens dans mon taxi
Chérie viens
Lélélé lélé, chérie viens dans mon taxi
Chérie viens
Lélélé lélé, chérie viens dans mon taxi
Chérie viens
Ici c'est Makassy men
Yo la conoci en un taxi
En camino al club
Yo la conoci en un taxi
En camino al club
Me lo paro
El taxi
Me lo paro
El taxi
Me lo paro
El taxi
Me lo paro
Envie d'une nuit de folie
Chérie viens dans mon taxi
Yo yo yo me paro el taxi
Yo yo yo yo yo me paro el taxi
No me importa si es casada
No la quiero pa'instalarme
Yo no quiero que sea solo para mi
Yo yo yo me paro el taxi
Yo yo yo yo yo me paro el taxi
Quand elle monte dans la gova
Je claque des doigts, on fait une te-boi
Coupe de champagne
Bébé détend-toi
Ce soir tu ne rentres pas chez toi
Non non non
Tu ne rentreras pas
Non non non
Elle se glisse, se colle à moi
Ses fesses sur moi font bam bam
Elle suit le son, bam-bam-bam
A sa dans le sang, bam-bam-bam
Un petit suçon, bam-bam-bam
Elle soupire et frisonne
Bam-bam-bam
En el taxi
La conoci caminando por un backstreet
Estaba sexy, pero tan sexy
Que por poquito arrollamos un tipo y chocamos el taxi
Y era el chofer
El que dijo, "Oye, mira esa mujer"
Esta dura, dura que dura
Pero ya tu sabes que ella quiero efectivo, dinero
Visa que chula, lula
Con, culo de mula
Yo la conoci en un taxi
En camino al club
Yo la conoci en un taxi
En camino al club
Me lo paro
El taxi
Me lo paro
El taxi
Me lo paro
El taxi
Me lo paro
Envie d'une nuit de folie
Chérie viens dans mon taxi
Yo yo, yo me paro el taxi
Yo yo yo yo, yo me paro el taxi
Envie d'un chauffeur sexy
Qui saura te guider avec tes yeux
Sur le chemin du plaisir
Yo yo, yo me paro el taxi
Yo yo yo yo, yo me paro el taxi
A la guerre tout s'enflamme, oh, cette chaleur
Elle retire tous ses vetements
Oh, my god, c'est horrible
Je cris comme comme Homer Simpson
Choqué
Son boule me fait perdre la boule
J'en oublie ma tournée
Et le tel sonne
Les autres attendent
Elles vont me prendre
(Oh yeah!)
Mais de devant
Envie d'une nuit de folie
Chérie viens dans mon taxi
Yo yo, yo me paro el taxi
Yo yo yo yo, yo me paro el taxi
Avec toi je n'irai pas tout doux du tout
50 nuances de taxi, chérie savoure
Lélélé lélé, chérie viens dans mon taxi
Chérie viens
Lélélé lélé, chérie viens dans mon taxi
Chérie viens
Lélélé lélé, chérie viens dans mon taxi
Chérie viens
Lélélé lélé, chérie viens dans mon taxi
Chérie viens
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
El Taxi [Steed Watt Mix] Lyrics as written by Sly Dunbar Everton Bonner
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network
Lyrics powered by LyricFind
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Light Up The Sky
Van Halen
Van Halen
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
Mental Istid
Ebba Grön
Ebba Grön
This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Cajun Girl
Little Feat
Little Feat
Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Dreamwalker
Silent Planet
Silent Planet
I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.