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.
Today was the worst day: I went through hell
I wish I could remove it from my mind
Two months away from you, but I couldn't tell
I thought that everything was gonna be just fine
The postcard that you wrote with the stupid little note
Something wasn't quite right about it
Smelled like cheap perfume, and it didn't smell like you
There is no way you can get around it
Because you wrote
I wish you were her
You left out the "E"
You left without me
And now you're somewhere out there with a
Bitch, slut, psychopath
I hate you, why are guys so lame?
Everything I gave you
I want everything back but you
My friends tried to tell me all along
That you weren't the right one for me
My friends tried to tell me to be strong
I bet you didn't think that I would see
The postcard that you wrote with the stupid little note
Something wasn't quite right about it
I wanna see you cry like I did a thousand times
Now you're losing me, you're losing me now
'Cause you wrote
I wish you were her
You left out the "E"
You left without me
And now you're somewhere out there with a
Bitch, slut, psychopath
I hate you, why are guys so lame?
Everything I gave you
I want everything back but you
The postcard that you wrote with the stupid little note
Something wasn't quite right about it
Smelled like cheap perfume, and it didn't smell like you
There is no way you can get around it
Because you wrote
I wish you were her
You left out the "E"
You left without me
And now you're somewhere out there with a
Bitch, slut, psychopath
I hate you, why are guys so lame?
Everything I gave you
I want everything back but you
I wish you were her
You left out the "E"
You left without me
Everything back but you
I wish you were her
You left out the "E"
You left without me
Everything back but you
I wish I could remove it from my mind
Two months away from you, but I couldn't tell
I thought that everything was gonna be just fine
The postcard that you wrote with the stupid little note
Something wasn't quite right about it
Smelled like cheap perfume, and it didn't smell like you
There is no way you can get around it
Because you wrote
I wish you were her
You left out the "E"
You left without me
And now you're somewhere out there with a
Bitch, slut, psychopath
I hate you, why are guys so lame?
Everything I gave you
I want everything back but you
My friends tried to tell me all along
That you weren't the right one for me
My friends tried to tell me to be strong
I bet you didn't think that I would see
The postcard that you wrote with the stupid little note
Something wasn't quite right about it
I wanna see you cry like I did a thousand times
Now you're losing me, you're losing me now
'Cause you wrote
I wish you were her
You left out the "E"
You left without me
And now you're somewhere out there with a
Bitch, slut, psychopath
I hate you, why are guys so lame?
Everything I gave you
I want everything back but you
The postcard that you wrote with the stupid little note
Something wasn't quite right about it
Smelled like cheap perfume, and it didn't smell like you
There is no way you can get around it
Because you wrote
I wish you were her
You left out the "E"
You left without me
And now you're somewhere out there with a
Bitch, slut, psychopath
I hate you, why are guys so lame?
Everything I gave you
I want everything back but you
I wish you were her
You left out the "E"
You left without me
Everything back but you
I wish you were her
You left out the "E"
You left without me
Everything back but you
Lyrics submitted by bleu_ice2002
Everything Back But You Lyrics as written by Butch Walker Avril Lavigne
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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