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 wanna tell ya 'bout my friend the dwarfstar
I wanna tell ya 'bout my friend the dwarfstar
the first time I met him
he said he was a dwarfstar
cause he was small
and he was... famous
I wanna tell ya 'bout my friend the dwarfstar
the second time I met him
he said I could never be a dwarfstar
because I was too tall
and I wasn't... famous
I wanna tell ya 'bout my friend the dwarfstar
the thir.... the second time I mean
that I went to see him
he was not in a very good mood
he said "stop comin' around here!"
I wanna tell ya 'bout my friend the dwarfstar
I wanna tell ya 'bout my friend the dwarfstar
the last time
that I went to see him
he had passed away
I wanna tell ya
I wanna tell ya
I wanna tell ya
I wanna tell ya
I wanna tell ya 'bout my friend the dwarfstar
I wanna tell ya 'bout my friend the dwarfstar
I wanna tell ya 'bout my friend the dwarfstar
I wanna tell ya 'bout my friend the dwarfstar
the end...
I wanna tell ya 'bout my friend the dwarfstar
the first time I met him
he said he was a dwarfstar
cause he was small
and he was... famous
I wanna tell ya 'bout my friend the dwarfstar
the second time I met him
he said I could never be a dwarfstar
because I was too tall
and I wasn't... famous
I wanna tell ya 'bout my friend the dwarfstar
the thir.... the second time I mean
that I went to see him
he was not in a very good mood
he said "stop comin' around here!"
I wanna tell ya 'bout my friend the dwarfstar
I wanna tell ya 'bout my friend the dwarfstar
the last time
that I went to see him
he had passed away
I wanna tell ya
I wanna tell ya
I wanna tell ya
I wanna tell ya
I wanna tell ya 'bout my friend the dwarfstar
I wanna tell ya 'bout my friend the dwarfstar
I wanna tell ya 'bout my friend the dwarfstar
I wanna tell ya 'bout my friend the dwarfstar
the end...
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Looks like she won.
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she said it herself @ a concert.
He didn't acknowledge her the whole tour, so she made a joke out of it.
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