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.
We left from the south
Increasing the altitude and drove through the hills
To play to the college crowd but they didn't show
And we played on a big rock stage
And made the big rock wages
We took what was left in the cooler and split
It wasn't spring break
So you should have known that it wasn't loaded
And that our drummer was posing
But you were too wrecked to realize
The kids were ablaze with drinks cradled in every hand
And our battle cry was belated by 6 months
But they didn't care and you ran to the top stair
And opened the door to see more than she wanted you to
But she didn't seem to care
Increasing the altitude and drove through the hills
To play to the college crowd but they didn't show
And we played on a big rock stage
And made the big rock wages
We took what was left in the cooler and split
It wasn't spring break
So you should have known that it wasn't loaded
And that our drummer was posing
But you were too wrecked to realize
The kids were ablaze with drinks cradled in every hand
And our battle cry was belated by 6 months
But they didn't care and you ran to the top stair
And opened the door to see more than she wanted you to
But she didn't seem to care
Lyrics submitted by weezerific:cutlery
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