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.
Well now the school Christmas party is coming
Ain't doing rugby no more
McIntyre teaching us waltzing
Out on the gymnasium floor
Nobody battered or bleeding
Nobody's tattered and torn
McIntyre's dim, loud in the gym
Well, we've only got a little
We've only got a little
And it's you, you, you're a disgrace
McIntyre tore us apart
We dance with ourselves, when the find their space
Waltzing with fear in our hearts
Waltzing with fear in our hearts,
On the big final manoeuvre, all of our heads are a whirl
Getting much closer to the deep thing
This time we'll do it with girls
In the arena the ladies are waiting
A twelve year old girl for a bride
The matches were fixed, somehow we mixed
And the fat girl got left on the side
The fat girl got left on the side.
And it's you, you, you're a disgrace
McIntyre tore us apart
We dance with ourselves, when the find their space
Waltzing with fear in our hearts
Waltzing with fear in our hearts
It's the secondary waltz
Well you come to my right, and I am under the light
See that my footwork is false
Don't count me out, the start of the bow
I'm just doing secondary waltz
Doing secondary waltz
And it's the secondary waltz
Yeah, it's the secondary waltz
Ain't doing rugby no more
McIntyre teaching us waltzing
Out on the gymnasium floor
Nobody battered or bleeding
Nobody's tattered and torn
McIntyre's dim, loud in the gym
Well, we've only got a little
We've only got a little
And it's you, you, you're a disgrace
McIntyre tore us apart
We dance with ourselves, when the find their space
Waltzing with fear in our hearts
Waltzing with fear in our hearts,
On the big final manoeuvre, all of our heads are a whirl
Getting much closer to the deep thing
This time we'll do it with girls
In the arena the ladies are waiting
A twelve year old girl for a bride
The matches were fixed, somehow we mixed
And the fat girl got left on the side
The fat girl got left on the side.
And it's you, you, you're a disgrace
McIntyre tore us apart
We dance with ourselves, when the find their space
Waltzing with fear in our hearts
Waltzing with fear in our hearts
It's the secondary waltz
Well you come to my right, and I am under the light
See that my footwork is false
Don't count me out, the start of the bow
I'm just doing secondary waltz
Doing secondary waltz
And it's the secondary waltz
Yeah, it's the secondary waltz
Lyrics submitted by SongMeanings, edited by ChuckCPA
Secondary Waltz Lyrics as written by Mark Knopfler
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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