Released: July 27, 1979
Songwriter: John Mellencamp
Producer: Howard Albert Ron Albert
You've been checking some girls heart
For some tenderness
But all you found this far
Her credit card eyes and some pretentiousness
Tell her you're gonna have to pass
If she don't like it she can kiss your ass
Cos all you wanted anyway
Was your take home pay
Take home pay, better spend it as fast as you can
Take home pay, buy yourself a lover beats beatin’ it by hand
You know what they say
Money can't buy happiness
But you 're feelin real good
When you’re real well dressed
And you're blowin them all away
Spending your take home pay!
For some tenderness
But all you found this far
Her credit card eyes and some pretentiousness
Tell her you're gonna have to pass
If she don't like it she can kiss your ass
Cos all you wanted anyway
Was your take home pay
Take home pay, better spend it as fast as you can
Take home pay, buy yourself a lover beats beatin’ it by hand
You know what they say
Money can't buy happiness
But you 're feelin real good
When you’re real well dressed
And you're blowin them all away
Spending your take home pay!
more tracks from the album
From the album
- John Cougar (1979)
John Mellencamp popular songs
- Jack & Diane
- Pink Houses
- Hurts So Good
- Small Town
- Check It Out
- Authority Song
- Rain on the Scarecrow
- I Need a Lover
- Cherry Bomb
- Nothing’s for Free
- Cold Sweat (Live)
- Wild Night (Acoustic version)
- Crazy Island
- The Face of the Nation
- Days of Farewell
- Get a Leg Up
- Rodeo Clown
- When Margaret Comes to Town
- I Ain’t Ever Satisfied
- Junior
- Just Like You
- Lonely Ol’ Night (live)
- Great Mid-West
- Take Home Pay