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 there Luna I'd like to tell you
How sad am I so love sick I could die
Needing water my neck's stiff my head hurts
Been looking up all night been looking up the
Moon she's so bright
She's so bright she's so clean
I'm telling you she's everything
I'd give it all my sorry eyes
Give just everything she's got me so mesmerized
Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G
It's just the things that she does to me
Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G
Been biting my memory
Told by the doctor to make a figure
Needles to get her
She'll be your luna
I stuck them in real clean
I stuck them in a mile
I drew her down on me
I drew her with a smile
I'd give it all you see
I'd give my sorry eyes
Give just everything she's got me so mesmerized
Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G
It's just the things that she does to me
Yeah I thought I was Yuri-G
Been biting my memory
I stuck them in, I stuck them in real clean
I stuck them in a mile
I drew her down on me
I drew her with a smile
I'd give it all you see
I'd give my sorry eyes
I'd give just everything she's got me so mesmerized
Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G
It's just the things that she does to me
Yeah I thought I was Yuri-G
Been biting my memory
Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G
I'd let her walk all over me
Yeah I thought I was Yuri-G
Been biting my memory
Been biting my memory
Been biting my memory
How sad am I so love sick I could die
Needing water my neck's stiff my head hurts
Been looking up all night been looking up the
Moon she's so bright
She's so bright she's so clean
I'm telling you she's everything
I'd give it all my sorry eyes
Give just everything she's got me so mesmerized
Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G
It's just the things that she does to me
Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G
Been biting my memory
Told by the doctor to make a figure
Needles to get her
She'll be your luna
I stuck them in real clean
I stuck them in a mile
I drew her down on me
I drew her with a smile
I'd give it all you see
I'd give my sorry eyes
Give just everything she's got me so mesmerized
Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G
It's just the things that she does to me
Yeah I thought I was Yuri-G
Been biting my memory
I stuck them in, I stuck them in real clean
I stuck them in a mile
I drew her down on me
I drew her with a smile
I'd give it all you see
I'd give my sorry eyes
I'd give just everything she's got me so mesmerized
Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G
It's just the things that she does to me
Yeah I thought I was Yuri-G
Been biting my memory
Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G
I'd let her walk all over me
Yeah I thought I was Yuri-G
Been biting my memory
Been biting my memory
Been biting my memory
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from the previous posts, it makes sense that polly wishes to be yuri gagarin, the first man in space. she would like to reach the moon, since the moon has got her mesmerized, mystified. yet, i think the reference to the needles has something more to do with getting high on drugs and then is able to bring down the moon to her via a halluciantion. to "[stick the needles] in a mile" and to "[stick] them in real clean" sounds like something a person on drugs (heroine maybe?) might say. the smile polly mentions possible refers to her happy state of being high.
i will add a secondary interpretation of the song that i was considering before i read the previous posts, although having read the posts, i tend to agree with the first interpretation that give rather than this second one. i know that in japanese "yuri" means girl, but it is also slang for a girl who likes another girl. i thought maybe "yuri-g" was "yuri girl" and the moon was a metaphor for a girl that polly realizes she likes but cannot reach because maybe polly is not really (or has never been) a yuri girl. polly then turns to drugs to be able to reach her love, though in just a fantasy.