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.
There's a deep girl in the corner shop
Selling sugar for money in the dead of the night
And her soul's in the sugar and her heart's in the mud
And she's crying with a stranger
For someone to love
And she sings
"Look at me, see me' 'look at me, save me'
'Free me, find me 'cause if there's
Somebody for someone, yeah look at me"
Somebody for someone
There's a deep boy at the corner shop
Watching sugar sell for money to the dead at night
And he sees in her an angel in the cruelest of worlds
Hiding in the darkness
Screaming out for love (screaming out for love)
And he sings
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "look at me"
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "see me"
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "look for me"
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "save me"
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "free me"
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "find me"
"'cause if (Somebody's gonna make it right)there's somebody for
Someone, come look at me"
(Somebody's gonna make it right)
(Somebody's gonna make it right)
(Somebody's gonna make it right)
(Somebody's gonna make it right)
(Somebody's gonna make it right)
(Somebody's gonna make it right)
(Somebody's gonna make it right)
(Somebody's gonna make it right)
(Somebody's gonna make it right)
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "look at me"
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "see me"
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "look for me"
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "save me"
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "free me"
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "find me"
"'cause if (Somebody's gonna make it right)there's somebody for
Someone, come look at me"
(Somebody for someone...), Yeah I want to be
(Somebody for someone...), I know there's gotta be
(Somebody for someone...), You've gotta be
(Somebody for someone...), Yeah yeah...
(Somebody for someone...)
(Somebody for someone...)
(Somebody for someone...)
Selling sugar for money in the dead of the night
And her soul's in the sugar and her heart's in the mud
And she's crying with a stranger
For someone to love
And she sings
"Look at me, see me' 'look at me, save me'
'Free me, find me 'cause if there's
Somebody for someone, yeah look at me"
Somebody for someone
There's a deep boy at the corner shop
Watching sugar sell for money to the dead at night
And he sees in her an angel in the cruelest of worlds
Hiding in the darkness
Screaming out for love (screaming out for love)
And he sings
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "look at me"
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "see me"
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "look for me"
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "save me"
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "free me"
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "find me"
"'cause if (Somebody's gonna make it right)there's somebody for
Someone, come look at me"
(Somebody's gonna make it right)
(Somebody's gonna make it right)
(Somebody's gonna make it right)
(Somebody's gonna make it right)
(Somebody's gonna make it right)
(Somebody's gonna make it right)
(Somebody's gonna make it right)
(Somebody's gonna make it right)
(Somebody's gonna make it right)
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "look at me"
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "see me"
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "look for me"
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "save me"
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "free me"
(Somebody's gonna make it right) "find me"
"'cause if (Somebody's gonna make it right)there's somebody for
Someone, come look at me"
(Somebody for someone...), Yeah I want to be
(Somebody for someone...), I know there's gotta be
(Somebody for someone...), You've gotta be
(Somebody for someone...), Yeah yeah...
(Somebody for someone...)
(Somebody for someone...)
(Somebody for someone...)
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The "sugar for money"and "crulest of worlds" parts makes me think it's a story about a prostitute.
@Gooseberry yeah that's i what think too. And that girl needs someone to love her. And the lyrics look at me save me, free me.... She wants somebody to save her from that kind of doings... Just saying. Hehe
hmm i think that's just talking about that always there's someone waiting and even when we think that we are alone in this world, that nobody cares, actually there is somebody, but we're too blind to notice... we are so into this idea of no one loving us that we forget that nobody, nobody is alone in this world. Always is gonna be someone, we just need to remember that and find this person who might have been there your entire life or maybe you'll meet him/her soon. "There's a deep boy at the corner shop Watching sugar sell for money to the dead at night" I like how it changes the idea with the same words (: ! The idea of this song i think is never giving up
somebody for someone :)