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've been to your town
Ain't nobody around
I've been to your city
Ain't no city like Cinicinnati
The first time I've been there
In the rollin' heat
I saw black love spent
And angel wings
I saw white dust choke
And kill and end the violence
And I know I'm running the American dream
Red, White, and Blue blood
Run at the seams
Bittersweet liberty
Don't mean shit to me
Hey, I've been to your town
Ain't nobody around
Hey baby, I've been
To your city
Ain't no city like Cincinnati
Hey, I run along to Mexico
Some water is cold up the coast
You know I bleed the sun
The resurrection
I run along to Ohio
Drive past the grave
Of an old romance
Never felt more alive than
Suicide Cincinnati
And I've been to your town
Ain't nobody around
Hey baby, I've been
To your city
Ain't no city like Cincinnati
Here we are...
Here we are...
Here were are...
In utopia
Ain't nobody around
I've been to your city
Ain't no city like Cinicinnati
The first time I've been there
In the rollin' heat
I saw black love spent
And angel wings
I saw white dust choke
And kill and end the violence
And I know I'm running the American dream
Red, White, and Blue blood
Run at the seams
Bittersweet liberty
Don't mean shit to me
Hey, I've been to your town
Ain't nobody around
Hey baby, I've been
To your city
Ain't no city like Cincinnati
Hey, I run along to Mexico
Some water is cold up the coast
You know I bleed the sun
The resurrection
I run along to Ohio
Drive past the grave
Of an old romance
Never felt more alive than
Suicide Cincinnati
And I've been to your town
Ain't nobody around
Hey baby, I've been
To your city
Ain't no city like Cincinnati
Here we are...
Here we are...
Here were are...
In utopia
Lyrics submitted by destilated, edited by scottdoesntknow628
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i dont think this is a cover song..i did at first but then i looked it up and nothing came up but the distillers...soo..but whoever its by its just about a person who had overfilling expectations for cincinnati(probley from what they'd heard... and and when she gets there its not near as great as she though...and also metaphors for what she saw when just driving down the road...i love this song :]
i dont think this is a cover song..i did at first but then i looked it up and nothing came up but the distillers...soo..but whoever its by its just about a person who had overfilling expectations for cincinnati(probley from what they'd heard... and and when she gets there its not near as great as she though...and also metaphors for what she saw when just driving down the road...i love this song :]