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.
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I wanna be with you
I wanna be with you, baby
Yeah baby
I wanna be with you
I wanna be with you, baby
Yeah baby
I wanna be with you
(Me wanna be with you, yes, me wanna be with you) Uh-huh
I wanna be with you
(Me wanna be with you, yes, me wanna be with you) Oh yeah
I wanna be with you 'cause my love is true
There's so many things that I wanna do
I wanna be with you every night and day
Oh baby, oh baby, please stay
Oh yeah
Uh
What's up? What's wrong?
Don't stop lovin' me
'Cause my love is very deep
And I know what you need
What can I do to fulfill your dreams?
I wanna be with you, matter what you do
So, come give what I need
Hit it, hit it, get straight with it
'Cause when I see you, girl, you know, you make me go wicked
But back to the point, 'cause you know we keep movin'
I wanna be with you 'cause my heart is still groovin'
I wanna be with you
I wanna be with you, baby
Yeah baby
I wanna be with you
I wanna be with you, baby
Yeah baby
I wanna be with you
(Me wanna be with you, yes, me wanna be with you) Uh-huh
I wanna be with you
(Me wanna be with you, yes, me wanna be with you) Oh yeah
I wanna be with you 'cause my love is true
There's so many things that I wanna do
I wanna be with you every night and day
Oh baby, oh baby, please stay
Oh yeah
Uh
Girlie girlie, tell me what you want from me
So deep in love, baby, can't you see?
I wanna hear some lovely words from you
Come baby, come say, "I wanna be with you"
I wanna be with you
Say, "I wanna be with you"
Say, "I wanna be with you"
Say, "I wanna be with you"
You wanna be with me, girl? Well just come here
The love I got will be right here
I wanna make you weak in every way
'Cause the love I give, you'll walk this way
I wanna be with you
I wanna be with you, baby
Yeah baby
I wanna be with you
I wanna be with you, baby
Yeah baby
I wanna be with you
I wanna be with you, baby
Yeah baby
I wanna be with you
I wanna be with you, baby
Yeah baby
I wanna be with you
Uh-huh
I wanna be with you
Oh yeah
I wanna be with you
Uh-huh
I wanna be with you
Oh yeah
I wanna be with you
I wanna be with you, baby
Yeah baby
I wanna be with you
I wanna be with you, baby
Yeah baby
I wanna be with you
(Me wanna be with you, yes, me wanna be with you) Uh-huh
I wanna be with you
(Me wanna be with you, yes, me wanna be with you) Oh yeah
I wanna be with you 'cause my love is true
There's so many things that I wanna do
I wanna be with you every night and day
Oh baby, oh baby, please stay
Oh yeah
Uh
What's up? What's wrong?
Don't stop lovin' me
'Cause my love is very deep
And I know what you need
What can I do to fulfill your dreams?
I wanna be with you, matter what you do
So, come give what I need
Hit it, hit it, get straight with it
'Cause when I see you, girl, you know, you make me go wicked
But back to the point, 'cause you know we keep movin'
I wanna be with you 'cause my heart is still groovin'
I wanna be with you
I wanna be with you, baby
Yeah baby
I wanna be with you
I wanna be with you, baby
Yeah baby
I wanna be with you
(Me wanna be with you, yes, me wanna be with you) Uh-huh
I wanna be with you
(Me wanna be with you, yes, me wanna be with you) Oh yeah
I wanna be with you 'cause my love is true
There's so many things that I wanna do
I wanna be with you every night and day
Oh baby, oh baby, please stay
Oh yeah
Uh
Girlie girlie, tell me what you want from me
So deep in love, baby, can't you see?
I wanna hear some lovely words from you
Come baby, come say, "I wanna be with you"
I wanna be with you
Say, "I wanna be with you"
Say, "I wanna be with you"
Say, "I wanna be with you"
You wanna be with me, girl? Well just come here
The love I got will be right here
I wanna make you weak in every way
'Cause the love I give, you'll walk this way
I wanna be with you
I wanna be with you, baby
Yeah baby
I wanna be with you
I wanna be with you, baby
Yeah baby
I wanna be with you
I wanna be with you, baby
Yeah baby
I wanna be with you
I wanna be with you, baby
Yeah baby
I wanna be with you
Uh-huh
I wanna be with you
Oh yeah
I wanna be with you
Uh-huh
I wanna be with you
Oh yeah
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