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.
Well I'm wilder than her and what else can I say ?
But I guess that's why she fell in love with me
She's a house on fire, she's got all those charms
I'm a house on fire too but I've got four alarms
And I'm wilder than her and it drives her out of her mind
I guess she thought that she was just one of a kind
But she's a summer storm and I'm a hurricane
One just blows through town, one blows the town away
And I'm wilder than her
When we go driving in our cars, racing through the night
She can drive as fast as me but she stops at all the lights
She says it's 'cause I'm crazy and she's probably right
But I think the reason is that I'm twice as wild
And I'm wilder than her and it drives her out of her mind
I guess she thought that she was just one of a kind
But she's a summer storm and I'm a hurricane
One just blows through town, one blows the town away
And I'm wilder than her
But when she takes my hand and she looks me in the eye
I see something that I've never seen in my life
She takes the fire and turns it down low
She takes the night and makes it not so cold
She takes the distance and breaks it into miles
She makes my life just a little less wild
And I'm wilder than her and it drives her out of her mind
I guess she thought that she was just one of a kind
But she's a summer storm and I'm a hurricane
One just blows through town, one blows the town away
And I'm wilder than her
But I guess that's why she fell in love with me
She's a house on fire, she's got all those charms
I'm a house on fire too but I've got four alarms
And I'm wilder than her and it drives her out of her mind
I guess she thought that she was just one of a kind
But she's a summer storm and I'm a hurricane
One just blows through town, one blows the town away
And I'm wilder than her
When we go driving in our cars, racing through the night
She can drive as fast as me but she stops at all the lights
She says it's 'cause I'm crazy and she's probably right
But I think the reason is that I'm twice as wild
And I'm wilder than her and it drives her out of her mind
I guess she thought that she was just one of a kind
But she's a summer storm and I'm a hurricane
One just blows through town, one blows the town away
And I'm wilder than her
But when she takes my hand and she looks me in the eye
I see something that I've never seen in my life
She takes the fire and turns it down low
She takes the night and makes it not so cold
She takes the distance and breaks it into miles
She makes my life just a little less wild
And I'm wilder than her and it drives her out of her mind
I guess she thought that she was just one of a kind
But she's a summer storm and I'm a hurricane
One just blows through town, one blows the town away
And I'm wilder than her
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This is a cover song. The original artist calls this the "lesbian version" because Dar did not change the gender.
i think that's lame. dar has a song about gender roles and how she feels about them. just because she didn't change the sex doesn't mean it's a lesbian version.