Get A Leg Up

John Mellancamp



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 that you were dead

That's what I'm thinking she must be thinking

The girl I spend 53 bucks on last night

She gives me a look from the corner of her eye

That says "Boy, keep acting right"

How surprised I was

When she leaned over and whispered in my ear



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 at 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



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 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



Get a leg up

Get a leg over boy

Get a leg up

Now don't you be shy, shy, shy



Chorus out



Taken from Whenever We Wanted cd cover



From: "Donna Crull"