Written by: John Mellencamp

I was courting a Southern belle.
Her daddy was a rich 'un, too.
Sports car outside her door,
she was pretty good looking, too.

You call me up, want me to come over
when the servants are all in bed.
And she said,
Daddy's on a flight tonight.
Does that put any ideas in your head?

I say to her:

Chorus:

Take it all the way.

Written by: Joe New and Jeff Silbar

China girl, I met you on the sea sand.
You touched me with your cool hand.
Your perfume's in the wind.

China girl, your daddy tells you white lies
to keep you from by blue eyes.
To know me is no sin.

CHORUS
And I won't break you, China girl,
if you take me into your world.
It's been my good fortune to find you,
China girl.

Written by: John Mellencamp

I may not be a pillar in my town
or have the kind of job you think that I should.
I know you see me out running around with a couple of people
you think are no good.

I've tried to clean it up a couple of times, but I'm a
backslidin' fool when it comes to walkin' that line.
It's OK. You think you're better than me.
Yeah, that's all right, girl, that's all right.

Written by: John Mellencamp and Larry Crane

Office girls, they pass me by.
They don't know my name.
Put me on the danger list,
just too wild to tame.

Take the drinks off of the table.
Throw my guitar out the door.
Set my sights on some new sunrise.
Help my feet to the floor.

CHORUS
I ain't lookin' for affection.
I guess I need myself a shove.
Give me someone I can look up to.

Written by: John Mellencamp

You can laugh and joke and make fun of your friends
Spin in the middle when the troubles begin
Take it nice and easy and always pretend
That you're cool, so cool, so cool

Say I'm alone and I'm wild and I will not be tamed
Talk like a jerk or an educated brain
Be an old girl drivin' the young boys insane
Be a joker, a preacher, it does not matter

Chorus:

Some people ain't no damn good
You can't trust 'em you can't love 'em
No good deed goes unpunished
And I don't mind bein' their whippin' boy
I've had that pleasure for years and years
No no I never was a sinner--tell me what else can I do
Second best is what you get 'til you learn to bend the rules
And time respects no person--what you lift up must fall

Written by: John Mellencamp and George Green

In these long, hot summer days,
need a way to cool ourselves down.
Pop off the top of that Chevrolet,
drive through the carwash, laugh
and fall around.

Smokin' the old Ducados the old man got down in Spain.
Eatin' eggs and French fries on the side.
Ride that Harley Davidson in the hot summer heat.
Lord knows that I just love to ride.

Written by: John Mellencamp

Well, I hear you downstairs;
you're foolin' around with your father's brother
and your mother's gown.

All the old heroes keep coming round
to find out if you're still at home.

So you lie in the sun, watch your body turn to tan.
Your skin is oiled with the sweat of a man.

He bought you a diamond ring, girl, to wear on your hand.
And baby, he's leaving tomorrow.