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.
every single one of you goddamn bitches ain't never gonna know love
i'm telling you every single one of you goddamn bitches ain't never gonna know love
every little thing you do, rock mine
every little thing you do, fucking ho
on monday night bitch
tuesday night bitch
wednesday night bitch
thursday night bitch
if you're so smart, explain this clarissa, pow
explain this, clarissa, clarissa, clarissa
every single one of you goddamn bitches ain't never gonna know love
i'm telling you every single one of you goddamn bitches ain't never gonna know love
every little thing you do, rock mine
every little thing you do, fucking ho
on monday night bitch
tuesday night bitch
wednesday night bitch
thursday night bitch
you're so smart
come hold me fergusun, come on and ride me now
come hold me fergusun, well i said i got nothing
come hold me ferguson,
come hold me ferguson, come hold me ferguson
come on come on come on ride it ride it pow
i'm telling you every single one of you goddamn bitches ain't never gonna know love
every little thing you do, rock mine
every little thing you do, fucking ho
on monday night bitch
tuesday night bitch
wednesday night bitch
thursday night bitch
if you're so smart, explain this clarissa, pow
explain this, clarissa, clarissa, clarissa
every single one of you goddamn bitches ain't never gonna know love
i'm telling you every single one of you goddamn bitches ain't never gonna know love
every little thing you do, rock mine
every little thing you do, fucking ho
on monday night bitch
tuesday night bitch
wednesday night bitch
thursday night bitch
you're so smart
come hold me fergusun, come on and ride me now
come hold me fergusun, well i said i got nothing
come hold me ferguson,
come hold me ferguson, come hold me ferguson
come on come on come on ride it ride it pow
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Clarissa Lyrics as written by James Euringer
Lyrics © JAMES IS A GIRL MUSIC C/O CITRIN COOPERMAN
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i always thought this song was about that bitch that was on televsion. . .melisa joan hart, you know in that show "Clarissa Explains It All". she was a smart mouthed bitch, i wanted to slap her, she thought she knew it all. . .the only person that keept me watching was her brother ferguson, now that kid was cool
what i meant was "...in love with a teenage Bitch !" damn..........
i shove me dick to da back of her throat ;]
the show was if your my age, 18, ok. i grew up on that, and that is why i am such a respectable young adult. anyway you can't be made fun of for what you listened to or watched when you were little. you were little the brain washing stage was still in progress. now you can break free and look at all the horrible mistakes you made and correct your behavior accordingly.
Jimmy Urine had a thing for Melisa John Heart when he was younger i heard.
I LIKED THE SHOW. but yeah, evidently Jimmy didn't. I thought the guy who always came through the window was hot...Sam was it?But then again, I was like 10.
it sounds like: another teenage bitch because the syllables seem to work better than the days of the week
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this song is just MADNESS !!! too fresh... but on that one part, it sounds to me like he's sayin' "...in love with a teenage witch" more so than the 'days of the week' and all that... but anywayz
@Diabolical_Clown yeaah i thought it said "in love with a teenage bitch"
Eh, doesn't sound like days of the week. I think its "Another teenage bitch"