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.
You say son
Come and sit beside me
There's a story to be found
In every melody
And there ain't nothing you can't have
If you would just believe
I'm telling you the truth
And as your mom
I always did the best I could
And if there's was more that I could do
You know I would
It just seems that
I seemed to have lost my way
I'll tell ya momma
I know you did the best you could
You tried to hold us up
And show us good
And I believe with every ounce of my heart
That you did
And even though I heard you cry at night
You were the one who taught me how to smile
And I can still hear
The words that you would say
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love, love
To get you through the day
And will tell you the truth
There ain't nothing you can't do
When you've got love
Inside your heart
You see
When your daddy went to jail
He left us living up
Inside this hell
We had no money
But we still had bills
And that's how I got caught up
With them pills
Do you remember?
We would play cards in the dark
I was the ace of spades
You were my king of hearts
And there's still so much
That I wish I could say
I'll show you momma
I'm a make you proud
I'll pave the road
And then I'll show you how
And together we can make it
One step at a time
I tell ya momma
I'm your living proof
And that you have left me
With the very best of you
And with you in my heart
I can hear the words that you'd say
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love, love
To get you through the day
And will tell you the truth
There ain't nothing you can't do
When you've got love
Inside your heart
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love, love
To get you through the day
And will tell you the truth
There ain't nothing you can't do
When you've got love
Inside your heart
You say son
Come and sit beside me
There's a story to be found
In every melody
And there ain't nothing you can't have
If you would just believe
I'm telling you the truth
And as your mom
I always did the best I could
And if there's was more that I could do
You know I would
It just seems that
I seemed to have lost my way
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love, love
To get you through the day
And will tell you the truth
There ain't nothing you can't do
When you've got love
Inside your heart
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love, love
To get you through the day
And will tell you the truth
There ain't nothing you can't do
When you've got love
Inside your heart
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love
To get you through the day
Come and sit beside me
There's a story to be found
In every melody
And there ain't nothing you can't have
If you would just believe
I'm telling you the truth
And as your mom
I always did the best I could
And if there's was more that I could do
You know I would
It just seems that
I seemed to have lost my way
I'll tell ya momma
I know you did the best you could
You tried to hold us up
And show us good
And I believe with every ounce of my heart
That you did
And even though I heard you cry at night
You were the one who taught me how to smile
And I can still hear
The words that you would say
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love, love
To get you through the day
And will tell you the truth
There ain't nothing you can't do
When you've got love
Inside your heart
You see
When your daddy went to jail
He left us living up
Inside this hell
We had no money
But we still had bills
And that's how I got caught up
With them pills
Do you remember?
We would play cards in the dark
I was the ace of spades
You were my king of hearts
And there's still so much
That I wish I could say
I'll show you momma
I'm a make you proud
I'll pave the road
And then I'll show you how
And together we can make it
One step at a time
I tell ya momma
I'm your living proof
And that you have left me
With the very best of you
And with you in my heart
I can hear the words that you'd say
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love, love
To get you through the day
And will tell you the truth
There ain't nothing you can't do
When you've got love
Inside your heart
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love, love
To get you through the day
And will tell you the truth
There ain't nothing you can't do
When you've got love
Inside your heart
You say son
Come and sit beside me
There's a story to be found
In every melody
And there ain't nothing you can't have
If you would just believe
I'm telling you the truth
And as your mom
I always did the best I could
And if there's was more that I could do
You know I would
It just seems that
I seemed to have lost my way
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love, love
To get you through the day
And will tell you the truth
There ain't nothing you can't do
When you've got love
Inside your heart
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love, love
To get you through the day
And will tell you the truth
There ain't nothing you can't do
When you've got love
Inside your heart
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love
To get you through the day
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