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.
I guess I said some thing's last night
That's usually in the morning light
I regret it
Like double shots and cigarettes
Said things like
"I love you baby" and
"I know I sound crazy, but let's just work this out ya and maybe settle down"
I woke up hungover
But still had to call you
'Cause I just realized girl
That maybe it was all true, yeah
I let the whiskey talk
And baby it said too much
I got the feeling now
It didn't say enough
'Cause I'm waking up alone
Missing that midnight kiss
I can't promise you forever
All I know is I still want you to come over
And I'm stone cold sober
Well I can lie about 99 percent of the time
When I've had too much to drink
Yeah I do stupid things
But this time is different
And baby it feels so right
I hope you were listening
To every word I said last night
I let the whiskey talk
And baby it said too much
I got the feeling now
It didn't say enough
'Cause I'm waking up alone
Missing that midnight kiss
I can't promise you forever
All I know is I still want you to come over
And I'm stone cold sober
Yeah I got blood shot eyes (Got blood shot eyes)
But it's all crystal clear (All crystal clear)
No I don't need Jim Beam
To know I need you here
Yeah I let the whiskey talk
And baby it said too much
And I got the feeling now
It didn't say enough
'Cause I'm waking up alone
Missing that midnight kiss
I can't promise you forever
All I know is I still want you to come over
Baby all I know is I still need you to come over
And I'm stone cold sober
Yeah baby I'm stone cold sober
Come on over
That's usually in the morning light
I regret it
Like double shots and cigarettes
Said things like
"I love you baby" and
"I know I sound crazy, but let's just work this out ya and maybe settle down"
I woke up hungover
But still had to call you
'Cause I just realized girl
That maybe it was all true, yeah
I let the whiskey talk
And baby it said too much
I got the feeling now
It didn't say enough
'Cause I'm waking up alone
Missing that midnight kiss
I can't promise you forever
All I know is I still want you to come over
And I'm stone cold sober
Well I can lie about 99 percent of the time
When I've had too much to drink
Yeah I do stupid things
But this time is different
And baby it feels so right
I hope you were listening
To every word I said last night
I let the whiskey talk
And baby it said too much
I got the feeling now
It didn't say enough
'Cause I'm waking up alone
Missing that midnight kiss
I can't promise you forever
All I know is I still want you to come over
And I'm stone cold sober
Yeah I got blood shot eyes (Got blood shot eyes)
But it's all crystal clear (All crystal clear)
No I don't need Jim Beam
To know I need you here
Yeah I let the whiskey talk
And baby it said too much
And I got the feeling now
It didn't say enough
'Cause I'm waking up alone
Missing that midnight kiss
I can't promise you forever
All I know is I still want you to come over
Baby all I know is I still need you to come over
And I'm stone cold sober
Yeah baby I'm stone cold sober
Come on over
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Stone Cold Sober Lyrics as written by Brett James Brantley Keith Gilbert
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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