Get A Leg Up

by John Mellencamp

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Lyrics

Don´t look at me don´t touch me

Keep your mind straight ahead

Don´t get no funny ideas about we

Or you´ll wish you were dead

That´s what I am thinking she must be thinking

The girl I spent 53 bucks on last night

She give me a look from the corner of her eye

That says, "Boy, keep acting right"

How surprised was I

When she leaned over and whispered in my ear

CHORUS:

Get a leg up

Get a leg over boy

Get a leg up

What´s the matter

Are you shy, shy, shy?

I´m pretty good with first impressions

But sometimes I´m not always right

I pulled the car to the shoulder of the road

To see what she had in mind

Want me to spend the night

Hey lover boy you know I will

And my best girlfriend lives down the road

Together we will thrill ya

And I´m thinking to myself

I could be lucky Pierre tonight

CHORUS:

If I could get a leg up

If I could get a leg over boy

You know I ain´t that handsome

But you know I ain´t shy, shy, shy

The rest of the night we went on and on

And the moral to this song

Don´t go making hasty judgements

Because sometimes they could be wrong

Nothing wrong with a good time

Just keep yourself protected make a list

And you can bet your life that the women don´t know

The little girls are acting like this

So the next time a young one moves up

And she whispers in your ear

CHORUS:

Get a leg up

Get a leg over boy

Get a leg up

What´s the matter

Now don´t you be shy, shy, shy?

Get a leg up

Get a leg over boy

Get a leg up

What´s the matter

Now don´t you be shy, shy, shy?