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.
Wanna pack your bags, something small
Take what you need and we disappear
Without a trace we'll be gone, gone
The moon and the stars can follow the car
And then when we get to the ocean
We gonna take a boat to the end of the world
All the way to the end of the world
Oh, and when the kids are old enough
We gonna teach them to fly
You and me together
We could do anything, baby
You and me together
Yes, yes
You and me together
We could do anything, baby
You and me together
Yes, yes
You and I, we're not tied to the ground
Not falling but rising like rolling around
Eyes closed above the rooftops
Eyes closed, we're gonna spin through the stars
Our arms wide as the sky
We gonna ride the blue all the way to the end of the world
To the end of the world
Oh, and when the kids are old enough
We gonna teach them to fly
You and me together
We could do anything, baby
You and me together
Yes, yes
You and me together
We could do anything, baby
You and me together
Yes, yes
We can always look back at what we did
All these memories of you and me, baby
But right now it's you and me forever girl
And you know we could do better than anything that we did
You know that you and me, we could do anything
You and me together
We could do anything, baby
You and me together
Yeah, yeah
Two of us together
We could do anything, baby
You and me together
Yeah, yeah
Two of us together
Yeah, yeah
Two of us together
We could do anything, baby
Something small
Until we reach the end of the world
Take what you need and we disappear
Without a trace we'll be gone, gone
The moon and the stars can follow the car
And then when we get to the ocean
We gonna take a boat to the end of the world
All the way to the end of the world
Oh, and when the kids are old enough
We gonna teach them to fly
You and me together
We could do anything, baby
You and me together
Yes, yes
You and me together
We could do anything, baby
You and me together
Yes, yes
You and I, we're not tied to the ground
Not falling but rising like rolling around
Eyes closed above the rooftops
Eyes closed, we're gonna spin through the stars
Our arms wide as the sky
We gonna ride the blue all the way to the end of the world
To the end of the world
Oh, and when the kids are old enough
We gonna teach them to fly
You and me together
We could do anything, baby
You and me together
Yes, yes
You and me together
We could do anything, baby
You and me together
Yes, yes
We can always look back at what we did
All these memories of you and me, baby
But right now it's you and me forever girl
And you know we could do better than anything that we did
You know that you and me, we could do anything
You and me together
We could do anything, baby
You and me together
Yeah, yeah
Two of us together
We could do anything, baby
You and me together
Yeah, yeah
Two of us together
Yeah, yeah
Two of us together
We could do anything, baby
Something small
Until we reach the end of the world
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You & Me Lyrics as written by David John Matthews
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