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 fancy the hip rock 'n' roll sinister
I wanna be fucked and then rolled over
Cause I'm an independent woman of the 21st century
No time for knits, I want sex and debauchery
I read glamor and the guardian
I like flowers & I'm hardy & I take cocaine
I don't give a fuck about her I want your name
I can get fucked like the best of men
Like the best of men Like the worst of pain
Inflicted on another young girl again
Impressed by another guitar hero
He's a top score & you're a zero
You're out of your league
There ain't no rubber on the tracks it's gravel
You fall hard, cut quick and it's an STD, a cut knee
You're a side of stage grasp, a laugh
An after show party in a bath
Fucked and expected to be fucked
A gasp from an uninformed intruder
The crowd go wild and things get ruder
They're already out of hand and there's no-one here
To take your hand. It's a cold shower and a scramble
For a dirty pair of knicker, don't get yours mixed up with hers
Now get out of bed, get out of bed, get out get out get get out of bed
Get up, get down & get undressed! Cause that's what you
Do best, strip, strip strip n shag, fuck get fucked 'n drag,
And be impressed, by the better sex, take a piece of raw
Vegetable and hold it to your breast and say you stood
For nothing. You were just a hole that lacked passion,
Another undignified product of society. That girl
Should have been a mansion.
I wanna be fucked and then rolled over
Cause I'm an independent woman of the 21st century
No time for knits, I want sex and debauchery
I read glamor and the guardian
I like flowers & I'm hardy & I take cocaine
I don't give a fuck about her I want your name
I can get fucked like the best of men
Like the best of men Like the worst of pain
Inflicted on another young girl again
Impressed by another guitar hero
He's a top score & you're a zero
You're out of your league
There ain't no rubber on the tracks it's gravel
You fall hard, cut quick and it's an STD, a cut knee
You're a side of stage grasp, a laugh
An after show party in a bath
Fucked and expected to be fucked
A gasp from an uninformed intruder
The crowd go wild and things get ruder
They're already out of hand and there's no-one here
To take your hand. It's a cold shower and a scramble
For a dirty pair of knicker, don't get yours mixed up with hers
Now get out of bed, get out of bed, get out get out get get out of bed
Get up, get down & get undressed! Cause that's what you
Do best, strip, strip strip n shag, fuck get fucked 'n drag,
And be impressed, by the better sex, take a piece of raw
Vegetable and hold it to your breast and say you stood
For nothing. You were just a hole that lacked passion,
Another undignified product of society. That girl
Should have been a mansion.
Lyrics submitted by TeenQueenOfDeath, edited by hersoftestsoul
Mansion Song Lyrics as written by Kate Marie Nash
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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