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.
MAUREEN
Are we packed?
JOANNE
Yes and by next week
I want you to be
MAUREEN
Pookie?
JOANNE
And You Should See
They've Padlocked Your Building
And They're Rioting On Avenue B
Benny Called The Cops
MAUREEN
That Fuck
JOANNE
They Don't Know What They're Doing
The Cops Are Sweeping The Lot
But No One's Leaving
They're Sitting There, Mooing!
ALL
Yea!!!
To Dance
MIMI
No Way To Make A Living, Masochism,
Pain, Perfection,
Muscle Spasm, Chiropractors, Short-
Careers, Eating Disorders
ALL
Film
MARK
Adventure, Tedium, No Family, Boring
Locations,
Dark Rooms, Perfect Faces, Egos,
Money, Hollywood And Sleaze
ALL
Music
ANGEL
Food Of Love, Emotion, Mathematics,
Isolation,
Rhythm, Power, Feeling, Harmony,
And Heavy Competition
ALL
Anarchy
COLLINS & MAUREEN
Revolution, Justice, Screaming For
Solutions,
Forcing Changes, Risk, And Danger
Making Noise And Making Pleas
ALL
To Faggots, Lezzies, Dykes, Cross
Dressers Too
MAUREEN
To Me
MARK
To Me
COLLINS & ANGEL
To Me
ALL
To You, And You And You, You And You
To People living With, Living With,
Living With
Not Dying From Disease
Let He Among Us Without Sin
Be The First To Condemn
La Vie Boheme
La Vie Boheme
La Vie Boheme
MARK
Anyone Out Of The
Mainstream
Is Anyone In The
Mainstream?
Anyone Alive - With A
Sex Drive
Tear Down The Wall
Aren't We All
The Opposite Of War
Isn't Peace...
It's Creation
ALL
La Vie Boheme
La Vie Boheme
La Vie Boheme
La Vie Boheme
MARK
The riot continues
The Christmas tree goes up in flames
The snow dances
Oblivious, Mimi and Roger
exchange a small, lovely kiss
ALL
Viva La Vie Boheme
Are we packed?
JOANNE
Yes and by next week
I want you to be
MAUREEN
Pookie?
JOANNE
And You Should See
They've Padlocked Your Building
And They're Rioting On Avenue B
Benny Called The Cops
MAUREEN
That Fuck
JOANNE
They Don't Know What They're Doing
The Cops Are Sweeping The Lot
But No One's Leaving
They're Sitting There, Mooing!
ALL
Yea!!!
To Dance
MIMI
No Way To Make A Living, Masochism,
Pain, Perfection,
Muscle Spasm, Chiropractors, Short-
Careers, Eating Disorders
ALL
Film
MARK
Adventure, Tedium, No Family, Boring
Locations,
Dark Rooms, Perfect Faces, Egos,
Money, Hollywood And Sleaze
ALL
Music
ANGEL
Food Of Love, Emotion, Mathematics,
Isolation,
Rhythm, Power, Feeling, Harmony,
And Heavy Competition
ALL
Anarchy
COLLINS & MAUREEN
Revolution, Justice, Screaming For
Solutions,
Forcing Changes, Risk, And Danger
Making Noise And Making Pleas
ALL
To Faggots, Lezzies, Dykes, Cross
Dressers Too
MAUREEN
To Me
MARK
To Me
COLLINS & ANGEL
To Me
ALL
To You, And You And You, You And You
To People living With, Living With,
Living With
Not Dying From Disease
Let He Among Us Without Sin
Be The First To Condemn
La Vie Boheme
La Vie Boheme
La Vie Boheme
MARK
Anyone Out Of The
Mainstream
Is Anyone In The
Mainstream?
Anyone Alive - With A
Sex Drive
Tear Down The Wall
Aren't We All
The Opposite Of War
Isn't Peace...
It's Creation
ALL
La Vie Boheme
La Vie Boheme
La Vie Boheme
La Vie Boheme
MARK
The riot continues
The Christmas tree goes up in flames
The snow dances
Oblivious, Mimi and Roger
exchange a small, lovely kiss
ALL
Viva La Vie Boheme
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Just to tell you this is Kinda wrong, Mimi isn't singing about Dance in here, it's a random chorus member, as Mimi and Roger are exchanging a small, lovely kiss.
Buts it's mostly just explaining the triple threats of Musical Theatre; Dance, Singing, Acting (Film).
This is after the song I Should Tell you between Roger and Mimi.
It's also saying that they will fight the law til they get justice,
To me, it's the same meaning as part A. It's just Mimi and Roger had a song inbetween it.
if you watch the movie. the part where it goes all slow motion is SO funny because the camera pans across every couple (angel and collins, roger and mimi, and joanne and maureen) they're all embracing and being all lovey dovey and what not. then you see mark and hes dancing by himself. watch that part i guarantee you'll have a giggle.