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.
Oh whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh
Check
If I had all the money in the world
I still couldn't buy me a brand new girl (Alright love?),
Too much clubbing, not enough loving
Too much shopping, too busy chasing this thriller
Who's now took a lost on your winner
Sitting there singing this song like
You never know what you've got 'til it's gone like
Damn, I wish I would've seen it coming
Cause I blink for a second and you caught me slipping, Oh, Oh, Oh
Now we're done before we even started
Didn't know how much I missed you
(Didn't know how much I would miss you
I messed up the perfect picture)
Until You Were Gone, gone, gone
Until You Were Gone, gone, gone
Until You Were Gone, gone, gone
I didn't know how much I missed you
Oh whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh whoa oh oh oh oh oh-oh
Let me go, Yeah
And look still I'm here
She left me with no idea
I just don't get it, it's kinda weird
How you took off quicker than my career. it's kinda left
It took a wrong man to admit he's wrong
Still can't do it, I just put it in a song
So don't correct me, I know that I'm wrong
(I just need love)
I'm too stuck in my ways,
And I know this ain't helping me change
And I'm sitting here singing this song like
You never know what you've got 'til it's gone like
Damn, I wish I would've seen it coming
Cause I blink for a second and you caught me slipping, Oh, Oh, Oh
Now we're done before we even started
Didn't know how much I missed you
(Didn't know how much I would miss you
I messed up the perfect picture)
Until You Were Gone, gone, gone
Until You Were Gone, gone, gone
Until You Were Gone, gone, gone
I didn't know how much I missed you
Oh whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh whoa oh oh oh oh oh-oh (Whooa)
Let me go, Yeah
I'm too stressed and I'm trying not to flip
I close my eyes and you're beside my lips
So I try not to blink for one split sec
Cus she bought in, and got my piece wrecked
Since you left, nothing ain't right
Two different ways, we have to part sides
It's a long sighting, y'know, It ain't the same when you went missing
Didn't know how much I missed you until you were gone, gone, gone
Until you were gone, gone, gone
Until you were gone, gone, gone
Until you were gone, gone, gone
I didn't know how much I missed you
(Didn't know how much I would miss you
I messed up the perfect picture)
Damn, I wish I would've seen it coming
Cause I blink for a second and you caught me slipping, Oh, Oh, Oh
Now we're done before we even started
I didn't know how much I missed you
Until You Were Gone, gone, gone
Until You Were Gone, gone, gone
Until You Were Gone, gone, gone
Oh whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh
Check
If I had all the money in the world
I still couldn't buy me a brand new girl (Alright love?),
Too much clubbing, not enough loving
Too much shopping, too busy chasing this thriller
Who's now took a lost on your winner
Sitting there singing this song like
You never know what you've got 'til it's gone like
Damn, I wish I would've seen it coming
Cause I blink for a second and you caught me slipping, Oh, Oh, Oh
Now we're done before we even started
Didn't know how much I missed you
(Didn't know how much I would miss you
I messed up the perfect picture)
Until You Were Gone, gone, gone
Until You Were Gone, gone, gone
Until You Were Gone, gone, gone
I didn't know how much I missed you
Oh whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh whoa oh oh oh oh oh-oh
Let me go, Yeah
And look still I'm here
She left me with no idea
I just don't get it, it's kinda weird
How you took off quicker than my career. it's kinda left
It took a wrong man to admit he's wrong
Still can't do it, I just put it in a song
So don't correct me, I know that I'm wrong
(I just need love)
I'm too stuck in my ways,
And I know this ain't helping me change
And I'm sitting here singing this song like
You never know what you've got 'til it's gone like
Damn, I wish I would've seen it coming
Cause I blink for a second and you caught me slipping, Oh, Oh, Oh
Now we're done before we even started
Didn't know how much I missed you
(Didn't know how much I would miss you
I messed up the perfect picture)
Until You Were Gone, gone, gone
Until You Were Gone, gone, gone
Until You Were Gone, gone, gone
I didn't know how much I missed you
Oh whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh whoa oh oh oh oh oh-oh (Whooa)
Let me go, Yeah
I'm too stressed and I'm trying not to flip
I close my eyes and you're beside my lips
So I try not to blink for one split sec
Cus she bought in, and got my piece wrecked
Since you left, nothing ain't right
Two different ways, we have to part sides
It's a long sighting, y'know, It ain't the same when you went missing
Didn't know how much I missed you until you were gone, gone, gone
Until you were gone, gone, gone
Until you were gone, gone, gone
Until you were gone, gone, gone
I didn't know how much I missed you
(Didn't know how much I would miss you
I messed up the perfect picture)
Damn, I wish I would've seen it coming
Cause I blink for a second and you caught me slipping, Oh, Oh, Oh
Now we're done before we even started
I didn't know how much I missed you
Until You Were Gone, gone, gone
Until You Were Gone, gone, gone
Until You Were Gone, gone, gone
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not sure how accurate the lyrics are, done my best from just listening to the song but I'm sure I've got a fair few of them wrong.
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