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 like to eat an orange
With George Malakornge
A..1,2,2, ah...
I like to eat an orange
With my friend George Malakornge
I like to eat an orange
With my friend George Malakornge
So juicy sweet, so good to eat,
An orange with George Malakornge
Ooooooooo....
Bop, bop, bah
I like to eat an orange
With my friend George Malakornge
I like to eat an orange
With my friend George Malakornge
So juicy sweet, so good to eat,
An orange with George Malakornge
George is my friend
With George Malakornge
A..1,2,2, ah...
I like to eat an orange
With my friend George Malakornge
I like to eat an orange
With my friend George Malakornge
So juicy sweet, so good to eat,
An orange with George Malakornge
Ooooooooo....
Bop, bop, bah
I like to eat an orange
With my friend George Malakornge
I like to eat an orange
With my friend George Malakornge
So juicy sweet, so good to eat,
An orange with George Malakornge
George is my friend
Lyrics submitted by chibizena
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this is an amazing song. so simple but yet so musically wonderful.....it'll def. get stuck in your head. and i have a dog named georgio....george for short.....haha im such a dork....so there u go. it makes me think of my dog......cause he eats oranges:)
this is such a goofy and funny song... it took me a while to find too.
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I really like the whole jazz/blues touch this song has. It sounds great. Mayer is a GREAT guitarist!
the music in this song is so great. this song is nothing but a joke, but it's so catchy. i have a live version and a studio version. this song obviously has two guitar parts, but who is playing what in the live one? is john on electric and somebody else on acoustic?
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During a live show (22 Aug 01) John says:
"So about the time I wrote 'Comfortable', Matt [Mangano] and I were living in the same room, and, we were hanging out and writing songs; that was a time I could write some songs, now I'm just a lazy bastard, but, I'm getting back into it; but anyway, Matt and I were sitting around and playing songs to each other and passing the guitar back and forth and giving each other words to rhyme in a song and improv on, Matt was giving me a word, I did it and handed it back to him and he did a word and handed it back to me and I did a word, and I told him that the word to rhyme was orange, knowing that there wasn't any perfect rhyme for the word orange...and Matt one-upped me anyway. This is the song that he wrote:"
Just thought you'd like to hear it straight from him.