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.
Giddy up, hit um up, what part of party don´t you understand
Let your body move just shake it up,
get yourself in motion I´ll tell you what,
raise your Hands up high drop your hands down low,
just follow me now, cause it´s time to go
Come on everybody, get it together,
don´t wait forever, it´s now or never
Giddy up saddle up, what part of party don´t you understand,
work your body,
giddy up saddle up come on work your body like you know you can, come on work your body
Come on girl sweat, move with me come on girl sweat
What part of party don´t you understand
Let me tell you bout this place I go to party,
it´s a secret I can´t keep so let me share,
all the ladies always fine the fellas groovy,
DJ´s pumping we gonna dance the night away Yeah
So come on with me, this house is bumpin´,
the music´s pumpin´, my heart is jumping
Giddy up, saddle up, what part of party don´t you understand,
work your body
Giddy up, saddle up come on work your body like you know you can
Come on work your body
Come on girl sweat, move with me
Come on girl sweat groove with me
(2x)
Giddy up saddle up or you can slip n´ slide
Baby hold on tight and enjoy the ride girl don´t be scared why you acting shy,
this is just a dream so help me fantasies
See you´re the girl of my dreams that´s without a doubt
I´m the one that will make you scream and shout
Let me take you to place have a party tonight
I´ll do all the things, things you like
So get your saddle up and get yo ride on ´cause ain´t no chicken player here tonight, a g is the one that get´s down and has no fright and lyrically I be bustin´ it right, and when you get down you gotta get yo ride on
This is storm on the microphone, and I be bussin´ it, and were from the be a h a m a s now We comin´ straight from the island we got to be the best yes
So come on with me, this house is bumpin´,
the music´s pumpin´, my heart is jumping
Giddy up, saddle up, what part of party don´t you understand,
work your body
Giddy up, saddle up come on work your body like you know you can
Come on work your body
(3x)
Let your body move just shake it up,
get yourself in motion I´ll tell you what,
raise your Hands up high drop your hands down low,
just follow me now, cause it´s time to go
Come on everybody, get it together,
don´t wait forever, it´s now or never
Giddy up saddle up, what part of party don´t you understand,
work your body,
giddy up saddle up come on work your body like you know you can, come on work your body
Come on girl sweat, move with me come on girl sweat
What part of party don´t you understand
Let me tell you bout this place I go to party,
it´s a secret I can´t keep so let me share,
all the ladies always fine the fellas groovy,
DJ´s pumping we gonna dance the night away Yeah
So come on with me, this house is bumpin´,
the music´s pumpin´, my heart is jumping
Giddy up, saddle up, what part of party don´t you understand,
work your body
Giddy up, saddle up come on work your body like you know you can
Come on work your body
Come on girl sweat, move with me
Come on girl sweat groove with me
(2x)
Giddy up saddle up or you can slip n´ slide
Baby hold on tight and enjoy the ride girl don´t be scared why you acting shy,
this is just a dream so help me fantasies
See you´re the girl of my dreams that´s without a doubt
I´m the one that will make you scream and shout
Let me take you to place have a party tonight
I´ll do all the things, things you like
So get your saddle up and get yo ride on ´cause ain´t no chicken player here tonight, a g is the one that get´s down and has no fright and lyrically I be bustin´ it right, and when you get down you gotta get yo ride on
This is storm on the microphone, and I be bussin´ it, and were from the be a h a m a s now We comin´ straight from the island we got to be the best yes
So come on with me, this house is bumpin´,
the music´s pumpin´, my heart is jumping
Giddy up, saddle up, what part of party don´t you understand,
work your body
Giddy up, saddle up come on work your body like you know you can
Come on work your body
(3x)
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