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.
One Saturday I took a walk to Zipperhead
I met a girl there and she almost knocked me dead
(Punk rock girl), please look at me
(Punk rock girl), what do you see?
Let's travel 'round the world
Just you and me, punk rock girl
I tapped her on the shoulder
And said do you have a beau?
She looked at me and smiled and said she did not know
(Punk rock girl), give me a chance
(Punk rock girl), let's go slam dance
We'll dress like Minnie Pearl
Just you and me, punk rock girl
We went to the Philly Pizza Company and ordered some hot tea
The waitress said, "Well no, we only have it iced"
So we jumped up on the table and shouted, "Anarchy"
And someone played a Beach Boys song on the jukebox
It it was California Dreamin'
So we started screamin'
"On such a winter's day"
She took me to her parents for a Sunday meal
Her father took one look at me and he began to squeal
(Punk rock girl), it makes no sense
(Punk rock girl), your dad is the vice president
Rich as the Duke of Earl
Yeah, you're for me punk rock girl
We went to a shopping mall
And laughed at all the shoppers
And security guards trailed us to a record shop
We asked for Mojo Nixon
They said, "He don't work here"
We said, "If you don't got Mojo Nixon then your store could use some fixin'"
We got into her car away, we started rollin'
I said, "How much you pay for this?"
She said, "Nothin', man, it's stolen"
(Punk rock girl) you look so wild
(Punk rock girl) let's have a child
We'll name her Minnie Pearl
Just you and me
Eat fudge banana swirl
Just you and me
We'll travel round the world
Just you and me
Punk rock girl
I met a girl there and she almost knocked me dead
(Punk rock girl), please look at me
(Punk rock girl), what do you see?
Let's travel 'round the world
Just you and me, punk rock girl
I tapped her on the shoulder
And said do you have a beau?
She looked at me and smiled and said she did not know
(Punk rock girl), give me a chance
(Punk rock girl), let's go slam dance
We'll dress like Minnie Pearl
Just you and me, punk rock girl
We went to the Philly Pizza Company and ordered some hot tea
The waitress said, "Well no, we only have it iced"
So we jumped up on the table and shouted, "Anarchy"
And someone played a Beach Boys song on the jukebox
It it was California Dreamin'
So we started screamin'
"On such a winter's day"
She took me to her parents for a Sunday meal
Her father took one look at me and he began to squeal
(Punk rock girl), it makes no sense
(Punk rock girl), your dad is the vice president
Rich as the Duke of Earl
Yeah, you're for me punk rock girl
We went to a shopping mall
And laughed at all the shoppers
And security guards trailed us to a record shop
We asked for Mojo Nixon
They said, "He don't work here"
We said, "If you don't got Mojo Nixon then your store could use some fixin'"
We got into her car away, we started rollin'
I said, "How much you pay for this?"
She said, "Nothin', man, it's stolen"
(Punk rock girl) you look so wild
(Punk rock girl) let's have a child
We'll name her Minnie Pearl
Just you and me
Eat fudge banana swirl
Just you and me
We'll travel round the world
Just you and me
Punk rock girl
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Psh. Of course, Zipperhead is no longer Zipperhead. They moved and now they're Crash Bang Boom. Same thing, different name/location.
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