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.
You, got my head in a spin
Don't know how you got into my heart
You've bewitched the man that I used to be
You, you've got a sexy way of walking
A mesmerizing way of talking
And I try to pay attention, what you say
But baby it's hard when you look that way
Oh how I huffed and I puffed
When you blow my house down
I couldn't keep it together
Oh how I tried to be fly
But you found me out
And shaved off my feathers
They ask me why I'm crazy
And why I've fallen for your kind of voodoo
I just reply that I love the devil in you
You're like a thief in the night
The kind of cat that you know not to fight
I admit that I like
The way that you fight
You, you've got me under your thumb
You say I make you feel like a real woman
Because always listen what you say
But baby it's hard when you look that way
Oh how I huffed and I puffed
When you blow my house down
I couldn't keep it together
Oh how I tried to be fly
But you found me out
And shaved off my feathers
They ask me why I'm crazy
And why I've fallen for your kind of voodoo
I just reply that I love the devil in you
The devil in you
Oh how I huffed and I puffed
When you blow my house down
I couldn't keep it together
Oh how I tried to be fly
But you found me out
And shaved off my feathers
They ask me why I'm crazy
And why I've fallen for your kind of voodoo
But since you've sailed into my life
The angels don't know what to do
And I can't deny that I love the devil in...
Why should I try to resist the devil in...
I'm just the guy who's in love
With the devil in you
Don't know how you got into my heart
You've bewitched the man that I used to be
You, you've got a sexy way of walking
A mesmerizing way of talking
And I try to pay attention, what you say
But baby it's hard when you look that way
Oh how I huffed and I puffed
When you blow my house down
I couldn't keep it together
Oh how I tried to be fly
But you found me out
And shaved off my feathers
They ask me why I'm crazy
And why I've fallen for your kind of voodoo
I just reply that I love the devil in you
You're like a thief in the night
The kind of cat that you know not to fight
I admit that I like
The way that you fight
You, you've got me under your thumb
You say I make you feel like a real woman
Because always listen what you say
But baby it's hard when you look that way
Oh how I huffed and I puffed
When you blow my house down
I couldn't keep it together
Oh how I tried to be fly
But you found me out
And shaved off my feathers
They ask me why I'm crazy
And why I've fallen for your kind of voodoo
I just reply that I love the devil in you
The devil in you
Oh how I huffed and I puffed
When you blow my house down
I couldn't keep it together
Oh how I tried to be fly
But you found me out
And shaved off my feathers
They ask me why I'm crazy
And why I've fallen for your kind of voodoo
But since you've sailed into my life
The angels don't know what to do
And I can't deny that I love the devil in...
Why should I try to resist the devil in...
I'm just the guy who's in love
With the devil in you
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Devil in You Lyrics as written by Matthew E. Marston Zad Navid Darius Danesh
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