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.
Here we are so what you gonna do?
Do I gotta spell it out for you?
I can see that you got other plans for tonight
But I don't really care
Size me up, you know I'll beat the best
Tick tock no time to rest
Let them say what they gonna say but tonight
I just don't really care
Come on baby we ain't gonna live forever
Let me show you all the things that we could do
I know you wanna be together
And I wanna spend the night with you (yeah yeah), with you (yeah yeah)
Come with me tonight, we can make the night last forever, oh oh
I've seen it all, I got nothing to prove
Come on baby just make your move
Follow me, lets leave it all behind tonight
Like we just don't care
Let me take you on the ride of your life
That's what I said alright
They can say what they wanna say cause tonight
I just don't even care
Come on baby we ain't gonna live forever
Let me show you all the things that we could do
I know you wanna be together
And I wanna spend the night with you (yeah yeah), with you (yeah yeah)
Come with me tonight, we can make the night last forever, oh oh
Lets pretend you're mine
We could just pretend, we could just pretend, yeah yeah
You got what I like
You got what I like, I got what you like, oh come on
Just one taste and you'll want more
So tell me what you're waiting for
Come on baby we ain't gonna live forever
Let me show you all the things that we could do
I know you wanna be together
And I wanna spend the night with you (yeah yeah), with you (yeah yeah)
Come with me tonight, we can make the night last forever (forever)
Come on baby we ain't gonna live forever
Let me show you all the things that we could do
I know you wanna be together
And I wanna spend the night with you (yeah yeah), with you (yeah yeah)
Come with me tonight, we can make the night last forever (forever) oh oh
Do I gotta spell it out for you?
I can see that you got other plans for tonight
But I don't really care
Size me up, you know I'll beat the best
Tick tock no time to rest
Let them say what they gonna say but tonight
I just don't really care
Come on baby we ain't gonna live forever
Let me show you all the things that we could do
I know you wanna be together
And I wanna spend the night with you (yeah yeah), with you (yeah yeah)
Come with me tonight, we can make the night last forever, oh oh
I've seen it all, I got nothing to prove
Come on baby just make your move
Follow me, lets leave it all behind tonight
Like we just don't care
Let me take you on the ride of your life
That's what I said alright
They can say what they wanna say cause tonight
I just don't even care
Come on baby we ain't gonna live forever
Let me show you all the things that we could do
I know you wanna be together
And I wanna spend the night with you (yeah yeah), with you (yeah yeah)
Come with me tonight, we can make the night last forever, oh oh
Lets pretend you're mine
We could just pretend, we could just pretend, yeah yeah
You got what I like
You got what I like, I got what you like, oh come on
Just one taste and you'll want more
So tell me what you're waiting for
Come on baby we ain't gonna live forever
Let me show you all the things that we could do
I know you wanna be together
And I wanna spend the night with you (yeah yeah), with you (yeah yeah)
Come with me tonight, we can make the night last forever (forever)
Come on baby we ain't gonna live forever
Let me show you all the things that we could do
I know you wanna be together
And I wanna spend the night with you (yeah yeah), with you (yeah yeah)
Come with me tonight, we can make the night last forever (forever) oh oh
Lyrics submitted by Breakingbenjaminfan
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