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 was the kind of kid back in school
Who wore a members only jacket, and said it was cool
That's when I met katrina, she was best friends with seshel
I thought she was the one, yeah I thought that she was special
I saw her in the hall about a quarter to three
I said I'll take you in my nova, to the tasty freeze
She said, I know all about you, more than I should
I know all about the dirty mags you keep in the woods
So tell me how I'm supposed to sleep when I've been stalked by a lesbian
I can't sleep a wink, and I'm married to the ephedrine
How am I supposed to sleep when I've been stalked by a lesbian now
Now don't take it light, it might seem funny to you
Yesterday my science project, was covered in glue
So I asked that guy seshel, I said was it something I said
He said quit being so fuckin' paranoid, it's all in your head
The way she's looking at me, I think she wants me to be,
The guy that always gets shot in every movie you see
Oh god she's walking this way, oh god what should I say,
I hope and pray that she could ever be straight
So I was at a bar the other night and I looked across the room and there's this girl and she walks up to me and she's beautiful and she says 'hey, I'm Katrina, dude, remember me?' and I freaked I said 'oh my god I thought you looked familiar' about this time this 400 fucking pound woman walks up with Katrina's face tattooed on the side of her neck, she comes waddling and says 'don't fuck with my girl' I looked at jabba straight in the fucking eye and say 'don't worry every time I picture Katrina's face it's gonna be on the side of your gross, fat-assed, 3 chinned neck' she says 'are you stupid?' I say 'no I'm just sober!'
So tell me how I'm supposed to sleep when I've been stalked by a lesbian
I can't sleep a wink, and I'm married to the ephedrine
How am I supposed to sleep when I've been stalked by a lesbian now
And she beat the shit out of me
Who wore a members only jacket, and said it was cool
That's when I met katrina, she was best friends with seshel
I thought she was the one, yeah I thought that she was special
I saw her in the hall about a quarter to three
I said I'll take you in my nova, to the tasty freeze
She said, I know all about you, more than I should
I know all about the dirty mags you keep in the woods
So tell me how I'm supposed to sleep when I've been stalked by a lesbian
I can't sleep a wink, and I'm married to the ephedrine
How am I supposed to sleep when I've been stalked by a lesbian now
Now don't take it light, it might seem funny to you
Yesterday my science project, was covered in glue
So I asked that guy seshel, I said was it something I said
He said quit being so fuckin' paranoid, it's all in your head
The way she's looking at me, I think she wants me to be,
The guy that always gets shot in every movie you see
Oh god she's walking this way, oh god what should I say,
I hope and pray that she could ever be straight
So I was at a bar the other night and I looked across the room and there's this girl and she walks up to me and she's beautiful and she says 'hey, I'm Katrina, dude, remember me?' and I freaked I said 'oh my god I thought you looked familiar' about this time this 400 fucking pound woman walks up with Katrina's face tattooed on the side of her neck, she comes waddling and says 'don't fuck with my girl' I looked at jabba straight in the fucking eye and say 'don't worry every time I picture Katrina's face it's gonna be on the side of your gross, fat-assed, 3 chinned neck' she says 'are you stupid?' I say 'no I'm just sober!'
So tell me how I'm supposed to sleep when I've been stalked by a lesbian
I can't sleep a wink, and I'm married to the ephedrine
How am I supposed to sleep when I've been stalked by a lesbian now
And she beat the shit out of me
Lyrics submitted by BlueAndStarry
Katrina Lyrics as written by Butch Walker
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Just a song about a stupid macho wannabe homophobe getting the shit beaten out of him. ;) Funnier thing is that Katrina obviously didn't stalk him. He's just too stupid to realize it's what most boys his type do anyway.