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.
Here comes the thunder down under
We're natural wonders
Night falls when we leave all you feel is the hunger
Sunrises of people all shapes and sizes
Dig on the decade and realize it's funky
No matter this rude boy still got that swagger
My ears have heard all these crews but we're badder
Interracial, special, positive beings
I am I be a cool awakening
It's getting hectic the metrics the body electric
Everybody in worn out blue jeans or tacky dresses
This is the city we've reached we've come to
Go unrecognized on the corner or make moves
All the lights are red all the poets are dead
A familiar nightmare appears in my head
Times are a changin' myself I'm rearrangin'
Dream eight-thousand-five-twelve all blazin'
Born to act out, paranoid with a gat
Born to act out, think you know where it's at
Born to act out, but you're lookin' like a sissie
Born to act out, guns are for pussies
Born to act out, paranoid with a gat
Born to act out, think you know where it's at
Born to act out, but you're lookin' like a sissie
Born to act out, guns are for pussies
I'm not from Philly but some say I'm a blunt
That's just the way I am and no I'm not going to front
And yes I took a trip to find out about the ways of big city
Seedy bars and drugs that make you feel shitty
Pretty older women in skirts, conversation frisky
Stinking cigarettes and plenty of bourbon whiskey
Sad classical music on the jukebox of doom
Hollywood Blvd. barfly frolic room
Tomb of lost souls some beyond salvage
Some just having fun opening the steam valvage
I was one becoming the other hellbent to discover
Had to pull up the reigns or else smother
Take it brother all the way and then you're scared
Don't want to be unprepared
You're getting paranoid, and then guns are shared
You guys think you're hard
But you're in fear of getting harmed
I fear no man and I am unarmed
Born to act out, paranoid with a gat
Born to act out, think you know where it's at
Born to act out, but you're lookin' like a sissie
Born to act out, guns are for pussies
Born to act out, paranoid with a gat
Born to act out, think you know where it's at
Born to act out, but you're lookin' like a sissie
Born to act out, guns are for pussies
Come on
We're natural wonders
Night falls when we leave all you feel is the hunger
Sunrises of people all shapes and sizes
Dig on the decade and realize it's funky
No matter this rude boy still got that swagger
My ears have heard all these crews but we're badder
Interracial, special, positive beings
I am I be a cool awakening
It's getting hectic the metrics the body electric
Everybody in worn out blue jeans or tacky dresses
This is the city we've reached we've come to
Go unrecognized on the corner or make moves
All the lights are red all the poets are dead
A familiar nightmare appears in my head
Times are a changin' myself I'm rearrangin'
Dream eight-thousand-five-twelve all blazin'
Born to act out, paranoid with a gat
Born to act out, think you know where it's at
Born to act out, but you're lookin' like a sissie
Born to act out, guns are for pussies
Born to act out, paranoid with a gat
Born to act out, think you know where it's at
Born to act out, but you're lookin' like a sissie
Born to act out, guns are for pussies
I'm not from Philly but some say I'm a blunt
That's just the way I am and no I'm not going to front
And yes I took a trip to find out about the ways of big city
Seedy bars and drugs that make you feel shitty
Pretty older women in skirts, conversation frisky
Stinking cigarettes and plenty of bourbon whiskey
Sad classical music on the jukebox of doom
Hollywood Blvd. barfly frolic room
Tomb of lost souls some beyond salvage
Some just having fun opening the steam valvage
I was one becoming the other hellbent to discover
Had to pull up the reigns or else smother
Take it brother all the way and then you're scared
Don't want to be unprepared
You're getting paranoid, and then guns are shared
You guys think you're hard
But you're in fear of getting harmed
I fear no man and I am unarmed
Born to act out, paranoid with a gat
Born to act out, think you know where it's at
Born to act out, but you're lookin' like a sissie
Born to act out, guns are for pussies
Born to act out, paranoid with a gat
Born to act out, think you know where it's at
Born to act out, but you're lookin' like a sissie
Born to act out, guns are for pussies
Come on
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Guns (Are for ******) Lyrics as written by Douglas Martinez Chad Sexton
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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It´s quite akward finding myself in the need to explain something like this to someone, but....anyway, here I go:
when you're carrying a gun, you may realize that maybe you are not the only one person carrying a gun around. Somebody' s gotta have a gun too, pal. So, considering a hipotetical situation where you and (an armed)"somebody" find yourselves in a problem(I mean a big problem, like arguing, swearing, threats and stuff...u can be in a Club, at the Mall, at the traffic...it happens all the time) and this somebody realizes that you are armed too. Do you really think that he will count on your balance of mind for you not to grab your gun? Will he wait for you to shoot first? Would he even take the time to think about it? Dude, he don´t even know you. Now you put yourself in the place of this somebody and I think you'll understand the paranoia about walking around with a gun. This is real life, man...not Call of Dutty.