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.
Fly into the rising sun
Faces, smiling every one
Yeah, she is a whole new tradition, oh
I feel it in my heart
My woman from Tokyo
She makes me see
My woman from Tokyo
She's so good to me
Talk about her like a queen
Dancing in a eastern dream
Yeah, she makes me feel like a river, oh
That carries me away
My woman from Tokyo
She makes me see
My woman from Tokyo
She's so good to me
But I'm at home and I
I just don't belong
So far away from the garden we love
She is what moves in the soul of a dove
Soon I shall see just how black was my night
When we're alone in her city of light
Rising from the neon gloom
Shining like a crazy moon
Yeah, she turns me on like a fire, oh
I get high
My woman from Tokyo
She makes me see
My woman from Tokyo
She's so good to me
My woman from Tokyo
She makes me see
My woman from Tokyo
She's so good to me
My woman from Tokyo
My woman from Tokyo
My woman from Tokyo
My woman from Tokyo
My woman from Tokyo
My woman from Tokyo
Faces, smiling every one
Yeah, she is a whole new tradition, oh
I feel it in my heart
My woman from Tokyo
She makes me see
My woman from Tokyo
She's so good to me
Talk about her like a queen
Dancing in a eastern dream
Yeah, she makes me feel like a river, oh
That carries me away
My woman from Tokyo
She makes me see
My woman from Tokyo
She's so good to me
But I'm at home and I
I just don't belong
So far away from the garden we love
She is what moves in the soul of a dove
Soon I shall see just how black was my night
When we're alone in her city of light
Rising from the neon gloom
Shining like a crazy moon
Yeah, she turns me on like a fire, oh
I get high
My woman from Tokyo
She makes me see
My woman from Tokyo
She's so good to me
My woman from Tokyo
She makes me see
My woman from Tokyo
She's so good to me
My woman from Tokyo
My woman from Tokyo
My woman from Tokyo
My woman from Tokyo
My woman from Tokyo
My woman from Tokyo
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The song is about hooking up with a Japanese woman and realizing how amazing she was. Put simply, whomever wrote the lyrics got laid in Japan. Why do you think Deep Purple went back to record Made in Japan?
The riff is phenomenol. One of the best ever Dp songs.
my favorite tune of theirs, and great vocals by Ian Gillan - it was no accident that Deep Purple took a step down when Ian left the band and David Coverdale took over
Beautiful....kind of funny thoug!! but nice
It's about a man who goes to Tokyo and falls in love with a girl and turns out to be the most gorgeous girl he's ever seen!
It is about heroin which DP struggled with. Artists can’t sing about this directly so there are often allegorical references to women in songs which are actually about drugs. This is because ecstasy is associated with both sex and drugs.
A lot of what is described sounds more like being on a trip than being in love - flying, seeing everyone smiling, dancing in an Eastern dream (Heroin is a drug associated with the east.), being carried away on a river and of course “I get high” which is the pinnacle of the song and screamed out.
The lyrics are also wrong in this post they miss out the 3rd verse which is:<br /> <br /> Rising from the neon gloom, shining like a crazy moon, yeah, she turns me on like a fire, I get high
This famous best selling song is about devotional meditation (a whole new tradition, i feel it in my heart, she makes me see, etc).
Various references to techniques and effects. Very obvious to someone who has had this same experience.
Conclusion - At least one of the composers (listed above) who wrote the words received spiritual initiation in Tokyo, or else through a Japanese friend.
It's about how Asian women are hot.
this sonng is about john lennon n yoko ha
Not that great for Deep Purple, but it's ok.