Hurts So Good

By: John Mellencamp & George Green
John Cougar Mellencamp
Key: A

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When I was a young boy,
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Said put a-way those young boy ways
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Now that I’m get-tin’ old-er, so much old-er
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I love all those young boy days.
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With a girl like you,
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With a girl like you,
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Lord knows there are things we can do, ba-by,
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Just me and you.
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Come on and make it

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Hurt so good.
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Come on ba-by, make it hurt so good.
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Some-times love don’t feel like it should.
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You make it hurt so good.

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Don’t have to be so ex-cit-ing.
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Just try’n’ to give my-self
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a lit-tle bit of fun, yeah.
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You al-ways look so in-vit-in’
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You ain’t as green as you are young
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Hey ba-by, it’s you.
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Come on, girl, now, it’s you.
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Sink your teeth right through my bones, ba-by.
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Let’s see what we can do.
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Come on and make it

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Hurt so good.
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Come on ba-by, make it hurt so good.
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Some-times love don’t feel like it should.
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You make it hurt so good.

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I ain’t talk-in’ no big deals
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I ain’t made no plans my-self.
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I ain’t talk-in’ no high heels
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May-be we could walk a-round all day long,
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walk a-round all day long.

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Hurt so good.
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Come on ba-by, make it hurt so good.
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Some-times love don’t feel like it should.
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You make it hurt so good.
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Hurt so good.
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Come on ba-by, make it hurt so good.
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Some-times love don’t feel like it should.
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You make it hurt so good.