David Lee Roth Drops New Track Saluting Van Halen's Early Days

David Lee Roth Drops New Track Saluting Van Halen's Early Days

David Lee Roth has blown more than a few longtime fans' minds with the unannounced drop of his tribute to Van Halen, called "Nothing Could Have Stopped Us Back Then Anyway." The acoustic-based track popped up on his official YouTube site sporting a photo of the band circa 1979 jumping while on tour.  

The track finds a clearly nostalgic Roth sifting through memories and touching on the band's early days and their unprecedented ride at the turn of the 1970's. "Nothing Could Have Stopped Us Then Anyway" stems from 2007 sessions with guitarist John 5 and Roth's original solo band drummer Gregg Bissonette for a project that never materialized.

"Nothing Could Have Stopped Us Back Then Anyway" - lyrics via Blabbermouth:

We laughed, we cried, we threw the television off that balcony

That memory means so much to me

No doubt in me, I do believe that no one listens to both sides except the neighbors

Fine art of compromise, happy losing half of mine 'cuz she'll lose her half later

First taste of being victim of the very songs I sing

Ended up with "say goodbye" and "I hope I hear good things"

Walk away

Walk away

Nothing could have stopped us back then anyway

Remember when you safety pinned the tablecloth to my pants

And I stood up to the sound of dancing and the sound of our romance beginning

Kicked out the restaurant to make the night complete

Six pack and a happy meal on a park bench down the street

Dinner with Tennessee’s elite

"Once upon a time" is how a fairy tale sells it

"Sit down you won't believe this s***" is how the trucker tells it

Strike up the band, hire the piper we will pay

Nothing could have stopped us back then anyway