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.
You wanna dance, and you really wanna let it go,
You want it bad, but the style has told you to go,
You want it
You do it fast when you really should do it slow
You got it bad, but this time I told you no
You're on it
[Chorus]
Hey, it's true
But I wanna know
What you had or you did
So just let it go
You wanna laugh, and you really wanna let him know
You're so relaxed and you really gonna let it show
You want it
You really got what we worked through all the time
But you chose your way and I chose mine
You're on it
[Chorus]
Oh no!
Remote control but you got it all
Oh no!
Ya stand ten feet tall 'cause you got it all
Oh no!
Remote control but you got it all
And you've got it all
But you got it all wrong!
We had a laugh but it turned into a don't
We had a line but now I wanna get out
You're on it
I was scared when I made love to you
I put a lid on it and thought, that's it, I'm through!
You're on it
[Chorus]
Oh no!
Remote control but you got it all
Oh no!
You stand ten feet tall 'cause you got it all
Oh no!
Remote control but you got it all
Oh no!
Ya stand ten feet tall 'cause you got it all
And when I say you lose it, you don't believe it at all
It's such a long way to fall, but the writing's on the wall
But when I saw you lose it, I can't even recall
If it was the best of all, your brain, a pigeon-small
Because you got it all
You got it all
You got it all
But you got it all wrong
You want it bad, but the style has told you to go,
You want it
You do it fast when you really should do it slow
You got it bad, but this time I told you no
You're on it
[Chorus]
Hey, it's true
But I wanna know
What you had or you did
So just let it go
You wanna laugh, and you really wanna let him know
You're so relaxed and you really gonna let it show
You want it
You really got what we worked through all the time
But you chose your way and I chose mine
You're on it
[Chorus]
Oh no!
Remote control but you got it all
Oh no!
Ya stand ten feet tall 'cause you got it all
Oh no!
Remote control but you got it all
And you've got it all
But you got it all wrong!
We had a laugh but it turned into a don't
We had a line but now I wanna get out
You're on it
I was scared when I made love to you
I put a lid on it and thought, that's it, I'm through!
You're on it
[Chorus]
Oh no!
Remote control but you got it all
Oh no!
You stand ten feet tall 'cause you got it all
Oh no!
Remote control but you got it all
Oh no!
Ya stand ten feet tall 'cause you got it all
And when I say you lose it, you don't believe it at all
It's such a long way to fall, but the writing's on the wall
But when I saw you lose it, I can't even recall
If it was the best of all, your brain, a pigeon-small
Because you got it all
You got it all
You got it all
But you got it all wrong
Lyrics submitted by jjjonatron
You Got It All... Wrong Lyrics as written by Randy Fitzsimmons
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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You got the lyrics to this song all... Wrong. ;) I'll fix it later.
i thought i would give it a shot :( i don't know what the hell he's saying so, please go for it
i believe i shall. its funny when you look at the lyrics booklet that came with the Black and White Album and then look at this.
i believe i shall. its funny when you look at the lyrics booklet that came with the Black and White Album and then look at this.