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.
My old man
He never questioned any roads
Of the many roads I ride
The many roads I find
I was a man who
Never questioned any rules
Of the many rules of life
The many roads I find
If I were older
If I looked back over many miles
And the many seas the tides
The many fields and horizons
I would find me
I would find me as I was
Without the many roads behind
The many roads that I will find and more
So give me mazes
Give me feelings I never thought
To be the many thoughts that I
Have many times a night
Give me grown love
Give me sensitivity
To the many laws that I
Have any cause to find out where I'm going
Start again
Gonna be myself again
Gonna sail the air
With anyone who cares
For the many roads I ride
The many roads I find
The many roads
My old man
He never questioned any roads
Of the many roads I ride
The many roads I find
I was a man who
Was never hot and never cold
And never found the end
Of any road or bend
So give me family
And when they leave me on my own
On the many rolls of dice
The many throes and fights
Give me shoulders
To lift me back up in the air
To the many floors up high
Give them cause to find out where I'm going tonight
Start again
Gonna be myself again
Gonna sail the air
With anyone who cares
For the many roads I ride
Down many roads where I find
Many roads
My old man
He never questioned any roads
Of the many roads I ride
The many roads I find
I was a man who
Never questioned any row
Of the many rows of light
The many seeds of life that I will grow
He never questioned any roads
Of the many roads I ride
The many roads I find
I was a man who
Never questioned any rules
Of the many rules of life
The many roads I find
If I were older
If I looked back over many miles
And the many seas the tides
The many fields and horizons
I would find me
I would find me as I was
Without the many roads behind
The many roads that I will find and more
So give me mazes
Give me feelings I never thought
To be the many thoughts that I
Have many times a night
Give me grown love
Give me sensitivity
To the many laws that I
Have any cause to find out where I'm going
Start again
Gonna be myself again
Gonna sail the air
With anyone who cares
For the many roads I ride
The many roads I find
The many roads
My old man
He never questioned any roads
Of the many roads I ride
The many roads I find
I was a man who
Was never hot and never cold
And never found the end
Of any road or bend
So give me family
And when they leave me on my own
On the many rolls of dice
The many throes and fights
Give me shoulders
To lift me back up in the air
To the many floors up high
Give them cause to find out where I'm going tonight
Start again
Gonna be myself again
Gonna sail the air
With anyone who cares
For the many roads I ride
Down many roads where I find
Many roads
My old man
He never questioned any roads
Of the many roads I ride
The many roads I find
I was a man who
Never questioned any row
Of the many rows of light
The many seeds of life that I will grow
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