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 the lights on in the afternoon
And the nights are drawn out long
And you're kissin' to cut through the gloom
With a cough-drop colored tongue
And you were sittin' in the corner with the coats all piled high
When I thought you might be mine
In a small world on an exceptionally rainy Tuesday night
In the right place and time
When the zeros line up on the 24-hour clock
When you know who's callin' even though the number is blocked
When you walked around your house wearin' my sky blue Lacoste
And your knee socks
Well, you cured my January blues
Yeah, you made it all alright
I got a feelin' I might have lit the very fuse
That you were tryin' not to light
You were a stranger in my phonebook I was actin' like I knew
'Cause I had nothin' to lose
When the winter's in full swing and your dreams just aren't coming true
Ain't it funny what you'll do?
When the zeros line up on the 24-hour clock
When you know who's callin' even though the number is blocked
When you walked around your house wearin' my sky blue Lacoste
And your knee socks
The late afternoon, he ghost in your room
That you always thought didn't approve of you knockin' boots
Never stopped you letting me get hold of the sweet spot
By the scruff of your knee socks
You and me could've been a team
Each had a half of a king and queen seat
Like the beginnin' of Mean Streets
You could be my baby (be my baby)
You and me could've been a team
Each had a half of a king and queen seat
Like the beginnin' of Mean Streets
You could be my baby (be my baby)
You and me could've been a team (all the zeros lined up)
Each had a half of a king and queen seat
Like the beginnin' of Mean Streets
You could be my baby (be my baby) (but the number's blocked)
You and me could've been a team
Each had a half of a king and queen seat (when you've come undone)
Like the beginnin' of Mean Streets
You could be my baby (be my baby)
When the zeros line up on the 24-hour clock (all the zeros lined up)
When you know who's callin' even though the number is blocked (but the number's blocked)
When you walked around your house wearin' my sky blue Lacoste
And your knee socks (when you've come undone)
When the zeros line up on the 24-hour clock (all the zeros lined up)
When you know who's callin' even though the number is blocked
When you walked around your house wearin' my sky blue Lacoste
And your knee socks
Knee socks
Knee socks
And the nights are drawn out long
And you're kissin' to cut through the gloom
With a cough-drop colored tongue
And you were sittin' in the corner with the coats all piled high
When I thought you might be mine
In a small world on an exceptionally rainy Tuesday night
In the right place and time
When the zeros line up on the 24-hour clock
When you know who's callin' even though the number is blocked
When you walked around your house wearin' my sky blue Lacoste
And your knee socks
Well, you cured my January blues
Yeah, you made it all alright
I got a feelin' I might have lit the very fuse
That you were tryin' not to light
You were a stranger in my phonebook I was actin' like I knew
'Cause I had nothin' to lose
When the winter's in full swing and your dreams just aren't coming true
Ain't it funny what you'll do?
When the zeros line up on the 24-hour clock
When you know who's callin' even though the number is blocked
When you walked around your house wearin' my sky blue Lacoste
And your knee socks
The late afternoon, he ghost in your room
That you always thought didn't approve of you knockin' boots
Never stopped you letting me get hold of the sweet spot
By the scruff of your knee socks
You and me could've been a team
Each had a half of a king and queen seat
Like the beginnin' of Mean Streets
You could be my baby (be my baby)
You and me could've been a team
Each had a half of a king and queen seat
Like the beginnin' of Mean Streets
You could be my baby (be my baby)
You and me could've been a team (all the zeros lined up)
Each had a half of a king and queen seat
Like the beginnin' of Mean Streets
You could be my baby (be my baby) (but the number's blocked)
You and me could've been a team
Each had a half of a king and queen seat (when you've come undone)
Like the beginnin' of Mean Streets
You could be my baby (be my baby)
When the zeros line up on the 24-hour clock (all the zeros lined up)
When you know who's callin' even though the number is blocked (but the number's blocked)
When you walked around your house wearin' my sky blue Lacoste
And your knee socks (when you've come undone)
When the zeros line up on the 24-hour clock (all the zeros lined up)
When you know who's callin' even though the number is blocked
When you walked around your house wearin' my sky blue Lacoste
And your knee socks
Knee socks
Knee socks
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Knee Socks Lyrics as written by Alex Turner
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I don't get this part: "In late afternoon, the ghost in your room That you always thought didn't approve of you knocking boots Never stopped you letting me get hold of the sweet spot By the scruff of your knee socks"
I mean, I don't know its meaning at all... Maybe some english speaker can tell me?
Thanks!
It's basically about sex, and how someone's disapproval lingered on her mind but it didn't stop her letting him "get hold of the sweet spot". Alex is a dutty genius.<br />
Knocking boots is a slang for sex.<br /> <br /> Scruff is just getting hold of something at the top, like how you might pick a kitten up by the 'scruff' of the neck.
"Knocking boots" is also a slang term for sex
"Knocking boots" is also a slang term for sex
Thank you so much all of you!!!!!!!:)