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.
A friend called me up today
I was waiting by the phone
He said, "By the way, there's a show...you should go."
They'll pick me up around 8
Should I wear tight pants like Jimmy Page
I'm starting to think to myself I don't know
Should I go?
But everyone's gonna be there
They say the band's blowin up
And that girl with the Zeppelin t-shirt
She's showin' up
She's showin' up
(chorus)
I was wonderin'
If I wandered in
And grabbed your hand
Could you be mine?
A friend called me up today
I was waiting by the phone
He said, "Did you know about the show?"
Yeah, I know
But everyone's gonna be there
They say the band's blowin up
And that girl with the Zeppelin t-shirt
She's showin up
She's showin up
(chorus)
The band's too loud
Can't stand the crowd
My friends took off
Couldn't stick around
I lost my ride
Running short on pride
I was wonderin
If you wouldn't mind
I saw you headed backstage with a guy
With pants like Jimmy Page
My friend said, "That guy's in the band...
He's the man."
But everyone's gonna be there
They say the band's blowin up
And that girl with the Zeppelin t-shirt
She could've been mine
She should've been mine
(Chorus)
I was waiting by the phone
He said, "By the way, there's a show...you should go."
They'll pick me up around 8
Should I wear tight pants like Jimmy Page
I'm starting to think to myself I don't know
Should I go?
But everyone's gonna be there
They say the band's blowin up
And that girl with the Zeppelin t-shirt
She's showin' up
She's showin' up
(chorus)
I was wonderin'
If I wandered in
And grabbed your hand
Could you be mine?
A friend called me up today
I was waiting by the phone
He said, "Did you know about the show?"
Yeah, I know
But everyone's gonna be there
They say the band's blowin up
And that girl with the Zeppelin t-shirt
She's showin up
She's showin up
(chorus)
The band's too loud
Can't stand the crowd
My friends took off
Couldn't stick around
I lost my ride
Running short on pride
I was wonderin
If you wouldn't mind
I saw you headed backstage with a guy
With pants like Jimmy Page
My friend said, "That guy's in the band...
He's the man."
But everyone's gonna be there
They say the band's blowin up
And that girl with the Zeppelin t-shirt
She could've been mine
She should've been mine
(Chorus)
Lyrics submitted by youvandal04
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it's a sefler t-shirt. you know...saves the day before they were actually saves the day. not zeppelin.
nope....not sefler....on the official website it says Zeppelin...sorry
LoL o_O;;; okay? Whom cares? River City High rules. They aren't super big and their music is GREAT. Peace~ ~The -BarCodeSoldier-
i agree, i love river city high. I like how the mix the gravely voice with the good music...it sounds awesome
sorry, please excuse my bad typing *they mix
this is one amazing song..