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.
Hello? Is anybody out there? Can you hear me?
It's about to happen
(chorus) x13
Dr. Wolfgang Von Bushwicken the Bavarian Bill
[Watch me] [Kill]
Straight outta nightmares, somewhere
A rare glimpse of Bushwick
I'm off on some sick shit
My mind still plays tricks
It is I says me, I agree with my inner self
Thinkin' and contemplate on all the pain that my enemies felt
At the hands of this madman
Catscans can't prove that I'm crazy
I want to chop bodies daily
Oh God save me, Dahmer was a minor case
Get a load of Chuckwick
Eye to eye, face to face
Evil thoughts hit me when I get distraught
Easily hidden, I'm never gettin' fuckin' caught fool
Lucky Chuckie
Trust me in your house and watch
You'll go into shock, chokin' on your blood clot
Don't mind me
I know it's in this mind I'm sick
And you just try to survive a visit from the
chorus x8
Haha, horrifyin', part of me's a big man
I went to Cypress Hill they learned how to kill a man
Menace Clan showed me who the devil was
Kicked it wit Dre, got that killin' off that chronic buzz
Just because, to show the world I ain't a punk
I got dead bodies rottin' in my Benz trunk
Trunk of funk, call it what you want to
Make sure I'm gone, and not behind you
Because in dreams, I'm breemin' Scotty dead bodies
Don't try to run, you can't escape this (????) dread
Yes I'm dead, and always stay a step ahead
And if I stay behind your ass is mines anyway
Play it wit shark, I like to kick body parts
It's an art, to choppin' up hearts kid
Did what I did because I know in this mind I'm sick
And you just try to survive a visit from the
chorus x14
It's about to happen
(chorus) x13
Dr. Wolfgang Von Bushwicken the Bavarian Bill
[Watch me] [Kill]
Straight outta nightmares, somewhere
A rare glimpse of Bushwick
I'm off on some sick shit
My mind still plays tricks
It is I says me, I agree with my inner self
Thinkin' and contemplate on all the pain that my enemies felt
At the hands of this madman
Catscans can't prove that I'm crazy
I want to chop bodies daily
Oh God save me, Dahmer was a minor case
Get a load of Chuckwick
Eye to eye, face to face
Evil thoughts hit me when I get distraught
Easily hidden, I'm never gettin' fuckin' caught fool
Lucky Chuckie
Trust me in your house and watch
You'll go into shock, chokin' on your blood clot
Don't mind me
I know it's in this mind I'm sick
And you just try to survive a visit from the
chorus x8
Haha, horrifyin', part of me's a big man
I went to Cypress Hill they learned how to kill a man
Menace Clan showed me who the devil was
Kicked it wit Dre, got that killin' off that chronic buzz
Just because, to show the world I ain't a punk
I got dead bodies rottin' in my Benz trunk
Trunk of funk, call it what you want to
Make sure I'm gone, and not behind you
Because in dreams, I'm breemin' Scotty dead bodies
Don't try to run, you can't escape this (????) dread
Yes I'm dead, and always stay a step ahead
And if I stay behind your ass is mines anyway
Play it wit shark, I like to kick body parts
It's an art, to choppin' up hearts kid
Did what I did because I know in this mind I'm sick
And you just try to survive a visit from the
chorus x14
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The Bushwicken Lyrics as written by John Okuribido Dante L Miller
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