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.
Gotta call her homie
(what I need to call her for)
Gotta tell her for me
(tell her what?)
That I love her so strongly
(why don't you tell her yourself son)
Cause she won't listen to me now
Without love in my heart, I might as well be dead
(so you ain't gone be killing yourself)
So can you help me out
(I can call her)
You're the only one who can
Hello, yo shorty:
I just got off the phone and
Robby told me to come talk to you
(yea about what)
He said y'all having problems
And you left him now
He's all confused
(yea so what)
Now girl why you bugging
Know you was made for
And him for you
I ain't tryna butt in
Just wanna be a friend
And he asked me to call you
(CHORUS)
Gotta call her homie
And tell her for me
That I love her strongly
She won't listen to me
Without love in my heart
I might as well be dead
Can you tell me how
Your the only one who can
Gotta call the homie
And tell her for me
That I'm really sorry
She won't listen to me
Without love in my heart
I might as well be dead
Please tell me how
You're the only one who can
oh girl this thing has gon' on long enough
Can you see he don't know the true reason
That you left him baby, cause of me
He would be real surprised
To find that I knew I would love you right
What kind of friend am I
To take advantage of my best friend's trust
Gotta call her homie
And tell her for me
That I love her strongly
She won't listen to me
Without love in my heart
I might as well be dead
Can you tell me how
Your the only one who can
Gotta call the homie
And tell her for me
That I'm really sorry
She won't listen to me
Without love in my heart
I might as well be dead
Please tell me how
You're the only one who can
If you wanna know
Why I did what I did
I got tired of being alone
While you was out tricking
I guess female dogs can learn tricks too
See I'm not the bitch, but payback is
And what you did, came back to you
Gotta call her homie
And tell her for me
That I love her strongly
She won't listen to me
Without love in my heart
I might as well be dead
Can you tell me how
Your the only one who can
Gotta call the homie
And tell her for me
That I'm really sorry
She won't listen to me
Without love in my heart
I might as well be dead
Please tell me how
You're the only one who can
(what I need to call her for)
Gotta tell her for me
(tell her what?)
That I love her so strongly
(why don't you tell her yourself son)
Cause she won't listen to me now
Without love in my heart, I might as well be dead
(so you ain't gone be killing yourself)
So can you help me out
(I can call her)
You're the only one who can
Hello, yo shorty:
I just got off the phone and
Robby told me to come talk to you
(yea about what)
He said y'all having problems
And you left him now
He's all confused
(yea so what)
Now girl why you bugging
Know you was made for
And him for you
I ain't tryna butt in
Just wanna be a friend
And he asked me to call you
(CHORUS)
Gotta call her homie
And tell her for me
That I love her strongly
She won't listen to me
Without love in my heart
I might as well be dead
Can you tell me how
Your the only one who can
Gotta call the homie
And tell her for me
That I'm really sorry
She won't listen to me
Without love in my heart
I might as well be dead
Please tell me how
You're the only one who can
oh girl this thing has gon' on long enough
Can you see he don't know the true reason
That you left him baby, cause of me
He would be real surprised
To find that I knew I would love you right
What kind of friend am I
To take advantage of my best friend's trust
Gotta call her homie
And tell her for me
That I love her strongly
She won't listen to me
Without love in my heart
I might as well be dead
Can you tell me how
Your the only one who can
Gotta call the homie
And tell her for me
That I'm really sorry
She won't listen to me
Without love in my heart
I might as well be dead
Please tell me how
You're the only one who can
If you wanna know
Why I did what I did
I got tired of being alone
While you was out tricking
I guess female dogs can learn tricks too
See I'm not the bitch, but payback is
And what you did, came back to you
Gotta call her homie
And tell her for me
That I love her strongly
She won't listen to me
Without love in my heart
I might as well be dead
Can you tell me how
Your the only one who can
Gotta call the homie
And tell her for me
That I'm really sorry
She won't listen to me
Without love in my heart
I might as well be dead
Please tell me how
You're the only one who can
Lyrics submitted by lilstargurl15
Song for You Lyrics as written by Leon Russell
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Songtrust Ave
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