Lyrics to
Take Home Pay

This version of Take Home Pay was released by John Cougar Mellencamp in 1979.

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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!

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John Cougar Mellencamp has released many songs over the years besides Take Home Pay. John Cougar Mellencamp released songs from 1976 to 2007 spanning across albums like Chestnut Street Incident, A Biography, John Cougar, Nothin' Matters And What If It Did, American Fool, The Kid Inside, Uh-Huh, Scarecrow, The Lonesome Jubilee, Big Daddy, Whenever We Wanted, Human Wheels, Dance Naked, Mr. Happy Go Lucky, John Mellencamp, Rough Harvest, Cuttin' Heads, Trouble No More, and Freedom's Road. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by John Cougar Mellencamp.

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About Lyrics and Take Home Pay by John Cougar Mellencamp

The lyrics to Take Home Pay are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by John Cougar Mellencamp in 1979. Elements of the lyrics to Take Home Pay are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by John Cougar Mellencamp and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Take Home Pay back when it was created.

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