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.
Energy, energy, burns like a blister in acid bath
It's a violent, violence, hyperactivity aftermath
Any second now, I was start to endlessly convulse
Like a renegade resurrect little men called [unverified]
Cuttlefish, cuttlefish, ain't like a fish when I saw you
There's an octopus hard for action, or is that just me?
I'm a rabid dog, with a license from God to chew and chew
I'm a doughnut brain, doughnut brain
Boiled with the traffic just slightly through
And then you came into my life
And not everything was uptight
Now you're shining a light at our path
And then you came into my life
And now everything seems just right
And you're shining a light on our path
Our old man, our old man feel jitter courage when on the run
Are you booger man, Malibu, prowler, mystery, piece of fun?
Along with third world debt
You're the kind of friend to give me sleepless nights
With a chemical, chemical hungry for mosquito bites
And then you came into my life and not everything was uptight
Now you're shining a light at our path
And then you came into my life and now everything seems just right
And you're shining a light on our path
You came into my life and where everything was uptight
Now you're shining a fluorescent light on the world now
You came into my life and where everything was uptight
Now you're shining a fluorescent light on the world now
You
It's a violent, violence, hyperactivity aftermath
Any second now, I was start to endlessly convulse
Like a renegade resurrect little men called [unverified]
Cuttlefish, cuttlefish, ain't like a fish when I saw you
There's an octopus hard for action, or is that just me?
I'm a rabid dog, with a license from God to chew and chew
I'm a doughnut brain, doughnut brain
Boiled with the traffic just slightly through
And then you came into my life
And not everything was uptight
Now you're shining a light at our path
And then you came into my life
And now everything seems just right
And you're shining a light on our path
Our old man, our old man feel jitter courage when on the run
Are you booger man, Malibu, prowler, mystery, piece of fun?
Along with third world debt
You're the kind of friend to give me sleepless nights
With a chemical, chemical hungry for mosquito bites
And then you came into my life and not everything was uptight
Now you're shining a light at our path
And then you came into my life and now everything seems just right
And you're shining a light on our path
You came into my life and where everything was uptight
Now you're shining a fluorescent light on the world now
You came into my life and where everything was uptight
Now you're shining a fluorescent light on the world now
You
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Rabid Dog Lyrics as written by Dafydd Ieuan Cian Ciaran
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