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.
Oh no, i did it again,
the way i keep going i'll never make a friend
so long, to move it along,
you dream that far just to get on,
truth is, you don't wanna know,
when everything's gone, all it don't show
back down [?], use your thing,
take your time just to rethink.
oh no, she said it again,
the way it keeps going i'll never make friends,
last one, it's not gone,
truth's undone, use that someone [?]
gang glides [?], as she runs,
hold it down, til it returns
do i, take a side?
you can't catch if you make lines [?]
the way it keeps going i'll never make friends,
the way i keep going i'll never make a friend,
the way it keeps going i'll never make friends,
the way i keep going i'll never make a friend,
the way it keeps going i'll never make friends,
the way i keep going i'll never make a friend,
the way it keeps going i'll never make friends,
the way i keep going i'll never make a friend
the way it keeps going i'll never make friends,
the way i keep going i'll never make a friend,
the way it keeps going i'll never make friends,
the way i keep going i'll never make a friend,
the way it keeps going i'll never make friends,
the way i keep going i'll never make a friend,
the way it keeps going i'll never make friends,
the way i keep going i'll never make a friend
i'll let you sleep on my side,
you can be fine, if you wanna be fine,
now i'll read into what's on your mind,
i'll leave it now, just like then,
and you can be waiting just like then,
i don't mean fuck off behind your side [?]
the way i keep going i'll never make a friend
so long, to move it along,
you dream that far just to get on,
truth is, you don't wanna know,
when everything's gone, all it don't show
back down [?], use your thing,
take your time just to rethink.
oh no, she said it again,
the way it keeps going i'll never make friends,
last one, it's not gone,
truth's undone, use that someone [?]
gang glides [?], as she runs,
hold it down, til it returns
do i, take a side?
you can't catch if you make lines [?]
the way it keeps going i'll never make friends,
the way i keep going i'll never make a friend,
the way it keeps going i'll never make friends,
the way i keep going i'll never make a friend,
the way it keeps going i'll never make friends,
the way i keep going i'll never make a friend,
the way it keeps going i'll never make friends,
the way i keep going i'll never make a friend
the way it keeps going i'll never make friends,
the way i keep going i'll never make a friend,
the way it keeps going i'll never make friends,
the way i keep going i'll never make a friend,
the way it keeps going i'll never make friends,
the way i keep going i'll never make a friend,
the way it keeps going i'll never make friends,
the way i keep going i'll never make a friend
i'll let you sleep on my side,
you can be fine, if you wanna be fine,
now i'll read into what's on your mind,
i'll leave it now, just like then,
and you can be waiting just like then,
i don't mean fuck off behind your side [?]
Lyrics submitted by Maggot
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