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.
Look at you, the sorry state you're in
A man without a country or a friend
A man who can't remember how his blood would shake in boyhood
To the rhythm of the wheat fields in the wind
Stung by those old lies you told yourself
Strung with that same rope you sold yourself
Either you can't hear the bells or you can't tell for whom they toll
And still, they toll
It's time to go
Make a habit of erasing every track
No trace of love behind to mark your path
Teaching everyone a lesson thought your heart was worth the hold
And that it's not
Is that what you want?
You must become a new man
Must become a new man
Must become a new man
Change
You felt the storm clouds building in your bones
Tornados spun for you and you alone
And then wrapped themselves around you in the rain and whipping wind
And slip your skin
Begin again
You'll find there's only love and love's returning
And you'll finally know the warmth of home fires burning
And the green hills will be waving with abandon
The road unrolled before you like an anthem
In every strangers face, a place of welcome
No matter who you are or where you came from
You won't walk among the dead a moment longer
You won't belong there
You will be a new man
You will be a new man
You will be a new man
Change
You will be a new man
You will be a new man
You will be a new man
Change
You will be a new man
You will be a new man
You will be a new man
Change
A man without a country or a friend
A man who can't remember how his blood would shake in boyhood
To the rhythm of the wheat fields in the wind
Stung by those old lies you told yourself
Strung with that same rope you sold yourself
Either you can't hear the bells or you can't tell for whom they toll
And still, they toll
It's time to go
Make a habit of erasing every track
No trace of love behind to mark your path
Teaching everyone a lesson thought your heart was worth the hold
And that it's not
Is that what you want?
You must become a new man
Must become a new man
Must become a new man
Change
You felt the storm clouds building in your bones
Tornados spun for you and you alone
And then wrapped themselves around you in the rain and whipping wind
And slip your skin
Begin again
You'll find there's only love and love's returning
And you'll finally know the warmth of home fires burning
And the green hills will be waving with abandon
The road unrolled before you like an anthem
In every strangers face, a place of welcome
No matter who you are or where you came from
You won't walk among the dead a moment longer
You won't belong there
You will be a new man
You will be a new man
You will be a new man
Change
You will be a new man
You will be a new man
You will be a new man
Change
You will be a new man
You will be a new man
You will be a new man
Change
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
A New Man Lyrics as written by Joshua Benjamin Ritter
Lyrics © DUCHAMP, INC
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