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.
Let's go
Good girls go to Heaven, bad girls go to Hell
Rest of them get rich and do just what they feel
Well, rich boys live in houses and poor boys live in sin
Rest of them get married and they're never seen again
Well, let me tell my story, explain the shape I'm in
The girl I had last night had never tasted sin
So I took her to my hotel, well, I tried to get my way
She said "Wait a minute Bret, there's something I must say," she said
"If you wanna talk, that's fine with me
But if you want more, you'd better let me be
'Cause you can look, but you can't touch
'Cause the best things in life ain't cheap, no
You can look but you can't touch
'Cause, baby, I ain't for keeps"
Well, maybe I'm a bad boy, okay, so I've been around the block
But I am good at one thing, and believe me, it ain't talk
She said, "You must be kidding, I've heard this all before
Other girls might buy it, but I don't, that's for sure"
Now wait a minute, baby, I don't want you to go
She said, "Don't get no closer, the answer still is no"
So I wined her, dined her, fancy talked, acted cool and smooth
Got my hands around her shoulder, two inches from the move
Well, I guess I'm 'bout as close as I could be
So when I finally made my move, she just said to me
"You can look, but you can't touch
'Cause the best things in life ain't cheap, no
You can look but you can't touch
'Cause, baby, I ain't for keeps"
Whoa now, let me show you somethin', oh, let me set the pace
Slid my hand up her leg and she slapped me 'cross my face
Can't blame a man for tryin', wantin' action ain't a crime
I didn't plan on spending money just to get my peace of mind
So I started really thinkin' and I got myself a plan
I opened up a cold beer and I handed her the can
She drank it down real fast until she nearly choked
Jumped up on my bed, tore off all her clothes and said
"Look but you can't touch
'Cause the best things in life ain't cheap, no
You can look, but you can't touch
'Cause, baby, I ain't for keeps"
You can look (look), but don't touch, no
You can look (look), but don't touch, no
You can look (look), but don't touch, no
You can look, look, yow-ow-ow
Good girls go to Heaven, bad girls go to Hell
Rest of them get rich and do just what they feel
Well, rich boys live in houses and poor boys live in sin
Rest of them get married and they're never seen again
Well, let me tell my story, explain the shape I'm in
The girl I had last night had never tasted sin
So I took her to my hotel, well, I tried to get my way
She said "Wait a minute Bret, there's something I must say," she said
"If you wanna talk, that's fine with me
But if you want more, you'd better let me be
'Cause you can look, but you can't touch
'Cause the best things in life ain't cheap, no
You can look but you can't touch
'Cause, baby, I ain't for keeps"
Well, maybe I'm a bad boy, okay, so I've been around the block
But I am good at one thing, and believe me, it ain't talk
She said, "You must be kidding, I've heard this all before
Other girls might buy it, but I don't, that's for sure"
Now wait a minute, baby, I don't want you to go
She said, "Don't get no closer, the answer still is no"
So I wined her, dined her, fancy talked, acted cool and smooth
Got my hands around her shoulder, two inches from the move
Well, I guess I'm 'bout as close as I could be
So when I finally made my move, she just said to me
"You can look, but you can't touch
'Cause the best things in life ain't cheap, no
You can look but you can't touch
'Cause, baby, I ain't for keeps"
Whoa now, let me show you somethin', oh, let me set the pace
Slid my hand up her leg and she slapped me 'cross my face
Can't blame a man for tryin', wantin' action ain't a crime
I didn't plan on spending money just to get my peace of mind
So I started really thinkin' and I got myself a plan
I opened up a cold beer and I handed her the can
She drank it down real fast until she nearly choked
Jumped up on my bed, tore off all her clothes and said
"Look but you can't touch
'Cause the best things in life ain't cheap, no
You can look, but you can't touch
'Cause, baby, I ain't for keeps"
You can look (look), but don't touch, no
You can look (look), but don't touch, no
You can look (look), but don't touch, no
You can look, look, yow-ow-ow
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Look But You Can't Touch Lyrics as written by Bret Michaels Bobby Dall
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