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.
You knock on her door
She don't recognise your voice no more
So she got on an aeroplane
Na na na na na so long after
Strip down from the fever
Laid down in a hotel bed
Wouldn't take no phone calls at all
Didn't want no more voices in her head
And that's the way that you feel
That's the way that you feel
That's the way that you feel honey now
That's the way that you feel
In the blue part of the evening
Sometimes it's hard
She thinks she hears you coming
But she's stuck against the wall
Oh she wants, she wants oh
So she do what she do
But now when she looks at you
She covers one eye coz she can see into your mind
She no longer wants to
And that's the way that you feel
That's the way that you feel
That's the way that you feel honey now
That's the way that you feel
She don't recognise your voice no more
So she got on an aeroplane
Na na na na na so long after
Strip down from the fever
Laid down in a hotel bed
Wouldn't take no phone calls at all
Didn't want no more voices in her head
And that's the way that you feel
That's the way that you feel
That's the way that you feel honey now
That's the way that you feel
In the blue part of the evening
Sometimes it's hard
She thinks she hears you coming
But she's stuck against the wall
Oh she wants, she wants oh
So she do what she do
But now when she looks at you
She covers one eye coz she can see into your mind
She no longer wants to
And that's the way that you feel
That's the way that you feel
That's the way that you feel honey now
That's the way that you feel
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