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.
Once upon a time in Mongolia
Sitting outside of a wall
Trying to piss off the Chinese
Start to get a little bit old after a couple of centuries
So I'm saddling up with the boys
And heading on out to the west
Swarm our way to vasting Europe next
Watch your step
Watch your fucking step
Straight out of Ulan Bator
A crazy mother fucker named Genghis
Riding on a tiny horse
Torching the roof of your homesteads
Make way for the Mongol Horde
Coming back to fuck you up
Make way for the Mongol Horde
Coming back to fuck you up
Last time was a dry run
A piddly dress rehearsal
Next time it gets serious
The Horde is gonna get personal
Lock up your daughters
Your sons can die with you
You need a Mongolian mind to imagine the things that we're planning to do to you
No you cannot fucking imagine
No you cannot fucking imagine
No one will survive
No Europeans make it out alive
Straight out of Ulan Bator
A crazy mother fucker named Genghis
Riding on a tiny horse
Torching the roof of your homesteads
Moving for days at a time
And firing off arrows as I ride
A Turk with a yak
The host with the most
The Hun with the gun and we're raiding the world
Make way for the Mongol Horde
Coming back to fuck you up
Make way for the Mongol Horde
Coming back to fuck you up
Sitting outside of a wall
Trying to piss off the Chinese
Start to get a little bit old after a couple of centuries
So I'm saddling up with the boys
And heading on out to the west
Swarm our way to vasting Europe next
Watch your step
Watch your fucking step
Straight out of Ulan Bator
A crazy mother fucker named Genghis
Riding on a tiny horse
Torching the roof of your homesteads
Make way for the Mongol Horde
Coming back to fuck you up
Make way for the Mongol Horde
Coming back to fuck you up
Last time was a dry run
A piddly dress rehearsal
Next time it gets serious
The Horde is gonna get personal
Lock up your daughters
Your sons can die with you
You need a Mongolian mind to imagine the things that we're planning to do to you
No you cannot fucking imagine
No you cannot fucking imagine
No one will survive
No Europeans make it out alive
Straight out of Ulan Bator
A crazy mother fucker named Genghis
Riding on a tiny horse
Torching the roof of your homesteads
Moving for days at a time
And firing off arrows as I ride
A Turk with a yak
The host with the most
The Hun with the gun and we're raiding the world
Make way for the Mongol Horde
Coming back to fuck you up
Make way for the Mongol Horde
Coming back to fuck you up
Lyrics submitted by darkeyelewj
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