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.
I'm called a cow
I'm not about to blow it now
For all the cows
For all the cows
It's funny how
Money allows all to browse and be endowed
This wish is true
It falls into pieces new the cow is you
The cow is you
My kind has all run out, as if kinds could blend
Some time if time allows, everything worn in
Everything worn in
Everything worn in, like it's a friend
I said you're all
A painted doll
And it caused the walls to fall
How far is he?
Impatiently
That's as far as far can be
As far can be
My kind has all run out, as if kinds could blend
Some time if time allows, everything worn in
Everything worn in
Everything worn in, like it's a friend
I'm called a cow
I'm not about to blow it now
For all the cows
It's funny how
Money allows all to browse and be endowed
And be endowed
My kind has all run out, as if kinds could blend
Some time if time allows, everything worn in
Everything worn in
Everything worn in, like it's a friend
I'm not about to blow it now
For all the cows
For all the cows
It's funny how
Money allows all to browse and be endowed
This wish is true
It falls into pieces new the cow is you
The cow is you
My kind has all run out, as if kinds could blend
Some time if time allows, everything worn in
Everything worn in
Everything worn in, like it's a friend
I said you're all
A painted doll
And it caused the walls to fall
How far is he?
Impatiently
That's as far as far can be
As far can be
My kind has all run out, as if kinds could blend
Some time if time allows, everything worn in
Everything worn in
Everything worn in, like it's a friend
I'm called a cow
I'm not about to blow it now
For all the cows
It's funny how
Money allows all to browse and be endowed
And be endowed
My kind has all run out, as if kinds could blend
Some time if time allows, everything worn in
Everything worn in
Everything worn in, like it's a friend
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Yeah i think this song is about how fake people can be esp. in LA and how easily people can be bought with money.
i have no idea what this song means... But its pretty kool its quite catchy
Tis sa-weet.
I think it's about someone who has ba dream of becoming an A-List celeb or what you want to call them, and they forget where they came from or the people who put them where they are.
I think cows are a metaphor for people and how they are corrupted easily.
hmmm im suprised that not many people have commented this song, its a great song.
i always thought it was kind of about Courtney Love, i've always thought of her as a cow?
this song is a response to record executives who, because of the Nirvana tag on Dave, tried to manipulate him towards a pop-rock career. it's also a check on the evolving mainstream post-grunge music scene around the time this album was released (1995), as many artists were being snapped up by record companies and posed as Seattle-type material.
I just love how the song goes from calm to rockin' in a 1/2 second.
"Its funny how MONEY allows all to browse and be endowed". You wake up every morning and punch the clock, go to work, make money only to have it all taken away via bills, then the rest is spent on consumerism. "The cow is YOU", the farmer milking us is corporations / corporate lobbyists(politicians) who pass laws to support the corporations. Why doesnt he just come out and say this verbatim if its true? Answer: "I'm not about to blow it all for all the cows." Enjoy chewing your cuds, everyone...
I think this song is about people. Like hollywood people or something and he phrases them as cows. "my kind has all run out" like his kind of "cows" (people) aren't around anymore. "you're a painted doll" pretty much fake.
That's a good point you make about this song being about fakes, because he later wrote a song called "Stacked Actors" which is about his disdain of all the plastic shit in California, esp. Hollywood. Check it out on "There is Nothing Left to Lose", it's an awsm song just like For All the Cows.