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 wear a greasy ball cap
I like my shirt un-tucked
I spend Saturdays working on my truck
I don't like to fight
But I ain't scared to bleed
Most don't mess with a guy like me
'Cause guys like me drink too many beers on Friday after work
Our best blue jeans have Skoal rings
We wear our boots to church
So rough around the edges
It's hard to believe that girls like you
Love guys like me
Your daddy worked at the bank
Mine worked on cars
You went to college
I pulled graveyard
You must have had your pick
Of all the trust fund types
But you came back to me and only God knows why
'Cause guys like me drink too many beers on Friday after work
Our best blue jeans have Skoal rings
We wear our boots to church
So rough around the edges
It's hard to believe that girls like you
Love guys like me, yeah
Now there's a lot of guys like me out there
In a lot of little towns
And tellin' all our buddies we won't ever settle down
We say that's just the way we are and the way we'll always be
So God sends girls like you for guys like me
Thank God there's girls like you for guys like me
I like my shirt un-tucked
I spend Saturdays working on my truck
I don't like to fight
But I ain't scared to bleed
Most don't mess with a guy like me
'Cause guys like me drink too many beers on Friday after work
Our best blue jeans have Skoal rings
We wear our boots to church
So rough around the edges
It's hard to believe that girls like you
Love guys like me
Your daddy worked at the bank
Mine worked on cars
You went to college
I pulled graveyard
You must have had your pick
Of all the trust fund types
But you came back to me and only God knows why
'Cause guys like me drink too many beers on Friday after work
Our best blue jeans have Skoal rings
We wear our boots to church
So rough around the edges
It's hard to believe that girls like you
Love guys like me, yeah
Now there's a lot of guys like me out there
In a lot of little towns
And tellin' all our buddies we won't ever settle down
We say that's just the way we are and the way we'll always be
So God sends girls like you for guys like me
Thank God there's girls like you for guys like me
Lyrics submitted by mykonstantine
Guys Like Me Lyrics as written by Eric Church Deric Ruttan
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Just like me and my girl.
I grew up in the middle of nowhere. 1 redlight. She grew up in the city. Loves to shop. The country does not excite her st all...
But, "thank god there's girls like you, for guys like me!!"...
Don't know how she does it, but she does. She's a special girl!
this song is about my future husband... the last verse gives me hope for all the crazy guys around me. Everytime i see a guy with a Skoal ring in their back pocket... i sing this song in my head... and smile =]
i LOVE this song. goldengramm, your right, this is my future husband too, haha.
the song is about a guy who has had to work for everything hes ever got and how he wasnt raised in a rich home. but that well-off girls go for 'guys like him' more often than not. VERY NICE.
No matter what kind of guy you are, there is always a girl that would dig you. I got so obsessed with this song when it was released, I downloaded it the first time I heard it and every sense heard it over a hundred times!
Ha... I have skoal rings!!! I ROCK!!!....finally!
Greatt song (: He's talking about what kind of guy he is pretty much.
I love this song man is exactly me!...except i got into college
This is like me and my girlfriend. We come from two completely separate social classes. Her family is rich, and I'm from normal middle class family. Dad has been laid off for a year and a half, money is hard to come by.I got to work for everything i get. She could've went for a rich guy she went to school with or some guy her family knows but, chose me.
Sounds exactly like me, spend Saturdays working on my truck, drink beer after work on Fridays, and got the beautiful smart girl. love this song :)
Great lyrics.