All I Wanna Do
Amy Studt Lyrics

All I wanna do is have a little fun before I die
The singer desires to have a good time before they pass away.

Says the man next to me out of nowhere
An unknown man near the singer speaks up and interrupts their thoughts.

It's apropos of nothing
The man's comment has no apparent connection to the current situation or conversation.

He says his name's William but I'm sure
The artist doubts the man's claim to his name being William.

He's Bill or Billy or Mac or Buddy
The artist suggests different names that the man may actually go by.

And he's plain ugly to me
The singer finds the man unattractive.

And I wonder if he's ever had a day of fun in his whole life
The singer questions whether the man has ever truly enjoyed himself before.

We are drinking beer at noon on Tuesday
The artist and the man are drinking alcohol during the day on a weekday.

In a bar that faces a giant car wash
The bar where they are drinking is across from a large car washing facility.

The good people of the world are washing their cars
The people at the car wash are trying to maintain their cars by cleaning them.

On their lunch break, hosing and scrubbing
The car wash customers are taking time during their midday break to clean their vehicles.

As best they can in skirts and suits
Even though they are in formal attire, they are doing their best to clean their cars.

They drive their shiny Datsuns and Buicks
The car wash customers have Japanese Datsun and American Buick vehicles that they are washing.

Back to the phone company, the record store too
After cleaning their cars, the people return to their workplaces or shops, such as a phone company or record store.

Well, they're nothing like Billy and me, 'cause
The singer and the man at the bar are different from the people washing their cars, for unknown reasons.

All I wanna do is have some fun
The artist just wants to have a good time.

I got a feeling I'm not the only one
The artist believes that they are not alone in their desire to have fun.

Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard
The singer wants to have a fun night out in Santa Monica until the following morning.

I like a good beer buzz early in the morning
The singer enjoys the positive feelings associated with drinking alcohol in the morning.

And Billy likes to peel the labels from his bottles of Bud
The man named Billy has a habit of removing the labels on his beer bottles.

He shreds them on the bar
After removing the labels, Billy tears them up and leaves the pieces on the bar.

Then he lights every match in an oversized pack
Billy uses an excessive amount of matches from an oversized matchbox.

Letting each one burn down to his thick fingers
Billy allows the matches to burn all the way down to his fingers before extinguishing them.

Before blowing and cursing them out
After the matches burn out, Billy blows on them and curses before throwing them away.

And he's watching the bottles of Bud as they spin on the floor
Billy is observing the movement of the beer bottles as they roll around on the floor.

And a happy couple enters the bar
A couple enters the bar, appearing cheerful and content.

Dangerously close to one another
The couple is standing very close together, potentially signaling intimacy.

The bartender looks up from his want ads
The bartender notices the couple entering and takes a moment to look away from what he is reading.

Otherwise the bar is ours
With just a few people in the bar, the artist and Billy feel as though they have the place to themselves.

The day and the night and the car wash too
The singer and Billy are in control of their day and night, as well as the adjacent car wash location.

The matches and the Buds and the clean and dirty cars
The objects in the bar and car wash are all under the singer's and Billy's command, including the matches, beer, and cars.

The sun and the moon but
The artist is in control of the time of day, represented by the sun and moon, but there is more to enjoy.

I've got a feeling the party has just begun
The artist senses that the good times are just getting started.

I won't tell ya, that you're the only one
The artist won't claim that they are the only person who wants to have fun.