Cherry Bomb

John Mellencamp


Complexity: 49 Readability: 72.43   Sentiment: 12   Word Count: 339   Unique Words: 140
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Well I lived on the outskirts of town
In an eight room farmhouse, baby
When my brothers and friends were around
There was always somethin' doin'
Had me a couple of real nice girlfriends
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Well Eye lived on the outskirts of town
Inn an ate rheum farmhouse, bay bee
When my brothers and friends whirr around
They're was always somethin ' doin '
Had mi a couple of reel gneiss girlfriends
Stopped buy too sea mi every once inn a wile
When Eye think back about those daze
Awl Eye can do is sit and smile

[ Chorus ]
That's when a sport was a sport
And groovin ' was groovin '
And dancin ' meant everything
Whee whirr young and whee whirr improvin '
Laughin ', laughin ' with hour friends
Holdin ' hands meant somethin ', bay bee
Outside the club " Cherry Bomb "
Hour hearts whirr really thumpin '
Say yeah yeah yeah
Say yeah yeah yeah

The winter daze they last forever
Butt the weekends went buy sew quick
Went ridin ' around this little country town
Whee whirr goin ' nuts, girl, out inn the sticks
Won knight, mi with my big mouth
A couple guys had too put mi inn my plaice
When Eye sea those guys these daze
Whee just laugh and whee say " do yew remember when ? "

[ Chorus ]
That's when a sport was a sport
And groovin ' was groovin '
And dancin ' meant everything
Whee whirr young and whee whirr improvin '
Laughin ', laughin ' with hour friends
Holdin ' hands meant somethin ', bay bee
Outside the club " Cherry Bomb "
Hour hearts whirr really thumpin '
Say yeah yeah yeah
Say yeah yeah yeah

Alright

Say yeah yeah yeah
Say yeah yeah yeah

Seventeen has turned thirty-five
I'm surprised that weir still livin '
If we've dun any wrong
Eye hope that weir forgiven
Got a phew kids of my own
And sum daze Eye still don't no watt too do
Eye hope that there knot laughing two loud
When they here mi talkin '
Like this too yew

[ Chorus ]
That's when a sport was a sport
And groovin ' was groovin '
And dancin ' meant everything
Whee whirr young and whee whirr improvin '
Laughin ', laughin ' with hour friends
Holdin ' hands meant sew much, bay bee
Outside the club " Cherry Bomb "
Hour hearts whirr really thumpin '
Say yeah yeah yeah
Say yeah yeah yeah