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.
Have I met you the proper way
Ever taken the time to say that
This is my name and I'm from here
And I do this and that for my career
Oh, did we kiss that night away
Did we fall in love for a moment baby
I could have sworn there was more to it
Than waking up and feeling sick yeah
I could have sworn that I knew a time
Where I lived a life that was really mine
Oh really mine
'Cause I'm living on my darker side
And trying and trying, trying my best
But she's so fulfilling, killing just killing me
If I could end this night in another way
Than broken lives and broken shades of me
It's feeling like a sunday kind of morning
I got my TV on and I'm in bed
No ringing pain up in my head
It's feeling like a sunday kind of morning
Your lips and mine they start intertwining
Hardly reminding me of when I loved someone
Didn't feel so cumbersome
And I'd wake up with her right next to me
Because I'm living on my darker side
And trying and trying, trying my best
But she's so fulfilling, killing just killing me
If I could end this night in another way
Than broken lives and broken shades of me
It's feeling like a sunday kind of morning
I got my TV on and I'm in bed
No ringing pain up in my head
It's feeling like a sunday kind of morning
I used to have my TV on, just lay in bed
No ringing pain up in my head, no
No mornings after turned to disaster on sundays
I got my TV on and I'm in bed
No ringing pain up in my head
And it's feeling like, I said it's feeling like
A sunday kind of morning
She sleeps beside me, sun is rising to a day
Where she'll stay...
Ever taken the time to say that
This is my name and I'm from here
And I do this and that for my career
Oh, did we kiss that night away
Did we fall in love for a moment baby
I could have sworn there was more to it
Than waking up and feeling sick yeah
I could have sworn that I knew a time
Where I lived a life that was really mine
Oh really mine
'Cause I'm living on my darker side
And trying and trying, trying my best
But she's so fulfilling, killing just killing me
If I could end this night in another way
Than broken lives and broken shades of me
It's feeling like a sunday kind of morning
I got my TV on and I'm in bed
No ringing pain up in my head
It's feeling like a sunday kind of morning
Your lips and mine they start intertwining
Hardly reminding me of when I loved someone
Didn't feel so cumbersome
And I'd wake up with her right next to me
Because I'm living on my darker side
And trying and trying, trying my best
But she's so fulfilling, killing just killing me
If I could end this night in another way
Than broken lives and broken shades of me
It's feeling like a sunday kind of morning
I got my TV on and I'm in bed
No ringing pain up in my head
It's feeling like a sunday kind of morning
I used to have my TV on, just lay in bed
No ringing pain up in my head, no
No mornings after turned to disaster on sundays
I got my TV on and I'm in bed
No ringing pain up in my head
And it's feeling like, I said it's feeling like
A sunday kind of morning
She sleeps beside me, sun is rising to a day
Where she'll stay...
Lyrics submitted by dontwasteyoursong
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