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 met her in the thrift shop
Bumping indie hip hop
Calculator wrist watch
Shins t-shirt and flip flops
Queen of the hipster scene
Straight out of Vice magazine
Social outcast at sixteen
But now she lives her Boho dream
She came from Omaha to Williamsburg
She loved Karen O and she had heard
That Brooklyn was the hipster mecca
Packed her bags with her friend Rebeka
Said she had a thing for broke dudes in bands
Who lived by Union or by Grand
So we went down to the Bedford Bar
And bought a six dollar PBR
Hipster girl
Cool by the numbers and she rocks my world
Knows all the indie bands you've never heard
She's my hipster girl
She thinks uncool stuff is mad cool
Indie culture's fad rule
But cool stuff is uncool, right?
That's why Friday's Jewel night
She reads books no one has read
Laughs at jokes no one has said
So ironic with her taste
Her whole life is cut and paste
It's a metro sexual romance
She wears my shirts and I wear her pants
We play dodge ball, kid sports are cool
Watching Spank Rock and McCarren Park Pool
She's my trust fund baby bohemian
Her vegan humus keeps her thin
I love my L-Train girl, it's true
She always goes down on the weekends too
Hipster girl
Cool by the numbers and she rocks my world
Knows all the indie bands you've never heard
She's my hipster girl
Donnie Darko makes no sense
Your fixed gear bike makes no sense
Donnie Darko makes no sense
L train girls don't make sense
(I don't get it, I don't get it)
Hipster girl
Cool by the numbers and she rocks my world
Knows all the indie bands you've never heard
She's my hipster girl
Hipster girl
She's got her latte and some spoken word
Ironic statements on her vintage shirts
She's my hipster girl
Bumping indie hip hop
Calculator wrist watch
Shins t-shirt and flip flops
Queen of the hipster scene
Straight out of Vice magazine
Social outcast at sixteen
But now she lives her Boho dream
She came from Omaha to Williamsburg
She loved Karen O and she had heard
That Brooklyn was the hipster mecca
Packed her bags with her friend Rebeka
Said she had a thing for broke dudes in bands
Who lived by Union or by Grand
So we went down to the Bedford Bar
And bought a six dollar PBR
Hipster girl
Cool by the numbers and she rocks my world
Knows all the indie bands you've never heard
She's my hipster girl
She thinks uncool stuff is mad cool
Indie culture's fad rule
But cool stuff is uncool, right?
That's why Friday's Jewel night
She reads books no one has read
Laughs at jokes no one has said
So ironic with her taste
Her whole life is cut and paste
It's a metro sexual romance
She wears my shirts and I wear her pants
We play dodge ball, kid sports are cool
Watching Spank Rock and McCarren Park Pool
She's my trust fund baby bohemian
Her vegan humus keeps her thin
I love my L-Train girl, it's true
She always goes down on the weekends too
Hipster girl
Cool by the numbers and she rocks my world
Knows all the indie bands you've never heard
She's my hipster girl
Donnie Darko makes no sense
Your fixed gear bike makes no sense
Donnie Darko makes no sense
L train girls don't make sense
(I don't get it, I don't get it)
Hipster girl
Cool by the numbers and she rocks my world
Knows all the indie bands you've never heard
She's my hipster girl
Hipster girl
She's got her latte and some spoken word
Ironic statements on her vintage shirts
She's my hipster girl
Lyrics submitted by deadboysneedlunch
Hipster Girl Lyrics as written by Mike Kennedy Andrew R. Nielsen
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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