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.
Overripe, fresh-skeezed California females
With 3-inch cherry red press-on Lee nails
Reach into my mind for the rhymes I'm seeking
Like a garbage bag full, overflowing now it's leaking
Rapunzel, Rapunzel let down your hair
So I can climb up and get into your underwear
Rat soup eating, test cheating no business punk
You're insecure born in the junkyard with the junk
You've gone wet look crazy and messed with your head
You fucked around and wound up with the bald skin head
You're all mixed up like pasta primavera
Yo why'd you throw that chair at Geraldo Rivera, man?
'Cause one man's ceiling is another man's floor
So get that money out of your ass you whore
I brought her upstairs onto the roof
I dogged your wife and she is a doofus
What goes around comes around
What goes around comes around
What goes around comes around
And what comes around goes around
Chosen bound
Boogie down
Yo homes, your nose is brown
Clean bee, cleaning the G-spot, you know that we've got
The Dolemite house and you have not
Look out my window look over the city
With two black eyes your girl ain't that pretty
Why you want to beat that brat with a bat
Why you want to treat your girl like that
Living in the rat race smoking rat weed
You reap what you sow when you plant the seed
Bum cheese on rye with ham and prosciutto
Got more Louie than Phillip Rizzuto
What goes around comes around
What goes around comes around
What goes around comes around
And what comes around goes around
What goes around comes around
What goes around comes around
What goes around comes around
What goes around you know it comes around
What? check it, check it
Check it, what, what, what funky Pam
Funky damn, a funky Pam, Pam, Pam, Pam
Bam, bam, bam (FD in the house, y'all)
Funky, funky, funky, funky, funky
Bam, bam, bam, bam
FD
Funky, funky, FD, funky, funky
Fuck it
Everybody, funky Pam
Bam, bam, bam, slam, Alabama
And kick it, Al-a-fucking-bama
I slam a saki hammer
And chilling
Funky
Like penicillin
Funky
Like panasaursas
Funky
Doris the Finkasaurus
Ha, he, ha, ha, ha
With 3-inch cherry red press-on Lee nails
Reach into my mind for the rhymes I'm seeking
Like a garbage bag full, overflowing now it's leaking
Rapunzel, Rapunzel let down your hair
So I can climb up and get into your underwear
Rat soup eating, test cheating no business punk
You're insecure born in the junkyard with the junk
You've gone wet look crazy and messed with your head
You fucked around and wound up with the bald skin head
You're all mixed up like pasta primavera
Yo why'd you throw that chair at Geraldo Rivera, man?
'Cause one man's ceiling is another man's floor
So get that money out of your ass you whore
I brought her upstairs onto the roof
I dogged your wife and she is a doofus
What goes around comes around
What goes around comes around
What goes around comes around
And what comes around goes around
Chosen bound
Boogie down
Yo homes, your nose is brown
Clean bee, cleaning the G-spot, you know that we've got
The Dolemite house and you have not
Look out my window look over the city
With two black eyes your girl ain't that pretty
Why you want to beat that brat with a bat
Why you want to treat your girl like that
Living in the rat race smoking rat weed
You reap what you sow when you plant the seed
Bum cheese on rye with ham and prosciutto
Got more Louie than Phillip Rizzuto
What goes around comes around
What goes around comes around
What goes around comes around
And what comes around goes around
What goes around comes around
What goes around comes around
What goes around comes around
What goes around you know it comes around
What? check it, check it
Check it, what, what, what funky Pam
Funky damn, a funky Pam, Pam, Pam, Pam
Bam, bam, bam (FD in the house, y'all)
Funky, funky, funky, funky, funky
Bam, bam, bam, bam
FD
Funky, funky, FD, funky, funky
Fuck it
Everybody, funky Pam
Bam, bam, bam, slam, Alabama
And kick it, Al-a-fucking-bama
I slam a saki hammer
And chilling
Funky
Like penicillin
Funky
Like panasaursas
Funky
Doris the Finkasaurus
Ha, he, ha, ha, ha
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