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.
We were seventeen and invincible
Had the world figured out and a girl on my shoulder
Told me, "Everything's gonna be alright"
Whoa oh
And everything was gonna be alright
Whoa oh
Yeah, maybe we were in high school
But you never see the ending when you're young and love pretending
Singing, "Everything's gonna be alright"
Whoa oh
Everything was gonna be alright
Buried her deep inside
Stars stuck in my eyes
Now she's got a boyfriend
And I've got a rock band
Cause nothing really ever goes the way it's planned
Yea she's in Ohio
And I'm on some back road
Driving to the city and then, who knows?
Cause that's all, she wrote
Wish that I could turn this car around
But she's got a boyfriend now
And I took a trip out to LA
For the girl with a smile that could take your breath away
I'm thinking, everything's gonna be alright
Whoa oh
And everything was gonna be alright
Whoa oh
Maybe I thought I could sneak in
And sweep her off her feet and go right back to Boston
Thinking everything's goin' be alright
Whoa oh
And everything was gonna be alright
These streets keep holding on
But now she's so far gone
Now she's got a boyfriend
And I've got a rock band
Cause nothing really ever goes the way it's planned
Yeah, she's on the West Coast
And I'm on some back road
Driving to the city and then, who knows?
Cause that's all, she wrote
Wish that I could turn this car around
But she's got a boyfriend now
Take me back to you somehow
With everything that I know now it's so hard
I tore us apart
Take me back to feeling like the world
Would just keep dealing me the right cards
Now you're just so far
And I'm twenty-three and invincible
Got the world figured out and a bird on my shoulder
Told me, "Everything's gonna be alright"
Whoa oh
And when is everything gonna be alright?
And now she's got a boyfriend
And I've got a rock band
Cause nothing really ever goes the way it's planned
Yeah, she's in Ohio
And I'm on some back road
Driving to the city and then, who knows?
Cause that's all, she wrote
I wish that I could turn this car around
Cause there she goes
I wish that I could press rewind somehow
But she's got a boyfriend now
Whoa
Whoa
(She's got a boyfriend now)
Whoa
Whoa
(She's got a boyfriend now)
Take your
Take your
Breath, breath, breath, breath, away
Take your
Take your
Breath, breath, breath away
(Now)
Had the world figured out and a girl on my shoulder
Told me, "Everything's gonna be alright"
Whoa oh
And everything was gonna be alright
Whoa oh
Yeah, maybe we were in high school
But you never see the ending when you're young and love pretending
Singing, "Everything's gonna be alright"
Whoa oh
Everything was gonna be alright
Buried her deep inside
Stars stuck in my eyes
Now she's got a boyfriend
And I've got a rock band
Cause nothing really ever goes the way it's planned
Yea she's in Ohio
And I'm on some back road
Driving to the city and then, who knows?
Cause that's all, she wrote
Wish that I could turn this car around
But she's got a boyfriend now
And I took a trip out to LA
For the girl with a smile that could take your breath away
I'm thinking, everything's gonna be alright
Whoa oh
And everything was gonna be alright
Whoa oh
Maybe I thought I could sneak in
And sweep her off her feet and go right back to Boston
Thinking everything's goin' be alright
Whoa oh
And everything was gonna be alright
These streets keep holding on
But now she's so far gone
Now she's got a boyfriend
And I've got a rock band
Cause nothing really ever goes the way it's planned
Yeah, she's on the West Coast
And I'm on some back road
Driving to the city and then, who knows?
Cause that's all, she wrote
Wish that I could turn this car around
But she's got a boyfriend now
Take me back to you somehow
With everything that I know now it's so hard
I tore us apart
Take me back to feeling like the world
Would just keep dealing me the right cards
Now you're just so far
And I'm twenty-three and invincible
Got the world figured out and a bird on my shoulder
Told me, "Everything's gonna be alright"
Whoa oh
And when is everything gonna be alright?
And now she's got a boyfriend
And I've got a rock band
Cause nothing really ever goes the way it's planned
Yeah, she's in Ohio
And I'm on some back road
Driving to the city and then, who knows?
Cause that's all, she wrote
I wish that I could turn this car around
Cause there she goes
I wish that I could press rewind somehow
But she's got a boyfriend now
Whoa
Whoa
(She's got a boyfriend now)
Whoa
Whoa
(She's got a boyfriend now)
Take your
Take your
Breath, breath, breath, breath, away
Take your
Take your
Breath, breath, breath away
(Now)
Lyrics submitted by aristuma21
She's Got a Boyfriend Now Lyrics as written by Martin Johnson David Katz
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She's Got A Boyfriend Now/Heels Over Head:
Then I took a trip out to LA, For a girl with a smile that could take your breath away/I've got your runaway smile in my piggy back baby, gonna cash it right in for a new Mercedes (Both state how amazing her smile is.)
She's on the west coast, and I'm on some back road/Thinkin' how you left me for dead California bound (Both say that she's in California.)
There's a lot of ties. That just my personal opinion. On a completely random note, I saw them in concert yesterday. I accidentally touched Martin's ass.
ok so i think this song is about Martin's ex's or some girl he was dating but they break up....or went they separate ways.. she is happy with a boyfriend....and he's got the band... and everyone i happy.... (i think its Martin, because of "Boston") so the song most be personal... idk =)
I love how they use Ohio <3
He's basically talking about when your'e young & you think itt'l all last forever.
Then they grew up, he got the band, she got a new boyfriend, & he's looking back wishing he could go back.
But he knows that's impossible because they both have other responsibilities now.
In the second chorus it's suppose to be "she's on the west coast" not "she's in ohio".
There is a recurring theme in these works of loss and being lost. This is a very understandable and identifiable theme given the artists' age and the time in which they live.
Despite living in the most technologically advanced society in recorded history, in which suffering and strife is minimized beyond the dreams of anyone from just a hundred years ago, they [and most people I would argue] cannot avoid feeling unfulfilled. There's something missing; and since we [people in general] can't seem to figure out what that something might be we try to fill that void with all sorts of things, searching desperately for what that something. In their case, they think that something is a lost love [or loves].
Is it just me, or is EVERY Boys Like Girls song about being 17, having fun, and being in love? Jeez, I would've loved to have had a 17th year as exciting as the ones these guys sing about.
why is this their next single, wtf.
what happened to the music? i used to like them...
i still like "two is better than one".... =) ha.ha