Get a leg up    (video)

 

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1.      Don’t look at me, don’t touch me, keep your mind straight ahead,

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    don’t get no funny ideas about me, or you’ll wish that you were dead.

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    That’s what I’m thinking she must be thinking,

 

    the girl I spent 53 bucks on last night,

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    she gives me a look from the corner of her eye that says:

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    Boy, keep acting alright.

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    How surprised was I when she learned over and whispered in my ear.

 

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Get a leg up, ah ah, get a leg over boy, yeah yeah !

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Get a leg up, ah ah ! What’s the matter, are you shy, shy, shy ?

 

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2.       I’m pretty good with first impressions,

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    but sometimes I’m not always right,

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    I pulled the car to the shoulder of the road to see what she had in mind.

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    Want me to spend the night, hey, lover boy, you know I will,

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    and my best girlfriend lives down the road, together we will thrill you.

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    And I’m thinking to myself, I could be happy Pierre tonight.

 

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If I could get a leg up, ah ah, if I could get a leg over, yeah yeah !

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You know I ain’t that handsome, ah ah, but you know I ain’t shy, shy, shy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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3.      The rest of the night went on and on, and the moral to this song,

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    don’t go making hasty judgements,

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    because sometimes they could be wrong.

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    Nothing wrong with a good time,

 

    just keep yourself protected, make a list.

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    And you can bet your life that the women don’t know,

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    the little girls are acting like this.

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    So the next time a young one moves up, and she whispers in your ear.

 

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If I could get a leg up, ah ah, if I could get a leg over, yeah yeah !

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Get a leg up, ah ah, now don’t you be shy, shy, shy !

 

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Get a leg up, ah ah, get a leg over, boy, yeah, yeah !

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You know I ain’t that handsome, ah ah, but you know I ain’t shy, shy, shy.

 

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Get a leg up, ah ah, get a leg over, boy, yeah, yeah !

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Get a leg up, ah ah, now don’t you be shy, shy, shy !

 

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+  Oh, get it up !

 

    (John Cougar Mellencamp)