Red Hot Chili Peppers - Eddie Lyrics

Red Hot Chili Peppers Lyrics

"Eddie"

Sailing the Sunset Strip, I'm a bit of a king
Granny would take a trip, I've been bending the strings
Got hammers in both my hands, such a delicate touch
They say I'm from Amsterdam, does that make me Dutch?

Please don't remember me for what I did last night, oh
Please don't remember me, Lord and children
Please don't remember me, it's only 1980
It's only 1983

Smoking the reefer, feeling my own light
My brother's a keeper, I married a TV wife
The devil's Camaro, parked in the high school lot
A little sombrero 'cause teacher was way too hot

Please don't remember me for what I did last night, oh
Please don't remember me, listen Lord now
Please don't remember me, it's only 1980
It's only 1983

Tell my love "But leave me never"
Can't complain about the weather
Snowing at the Rainbow, have a ball
Cut my teeth down at the Whiskey
GTO's tried to kiss me
One more song, they have seen it all

Please don't remember me for what I did last night, oh
Please don't remember me, what'd I say Lord?
Please don't remember me, it's only 1980
It's only 1983

Please don't remember me for what I did with David
You know I'm talkin' David Lee, am I ready?
Please don't remember me for what I did last night, oh
I guess I played a Flying V

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Writer(s): Anthony Kiedis, John Anthony Frusciante, Michael Peter Balzary, Chad Gaylord Smith

"Eddie" is the second single off of Red Hot Chili Peppers' thirteenth studio album, "Return of the Dream Canteen". Anthony Kiedis wrote on Instagram about the song's background on its release day, the 23rd of September, 2022, "Eddie Van Halen was a one of a kind. The day after his death Flea came into rehearsal with an emotional bassline. John, Chad and I started playing along and pretty soon with all our hearts, a song in his honor effortlessly unfolded. It felt good to be sad and care so much about a person who had given so much to our lives. Although the song doesn't speak to Eddie by name, it talks about his early days on the Sunset Strip and the rock n roll tapestry that Van Halen painted on our minds. In the end, our song asks that you not remember Eddie for dying but for living his wildest dream."

album: "Return Of The Dream Canteen" (2022)

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