John Mellencamp Can You Take It song lyrics

I was courtin' a Southern belle

Her daddy was a rich 'un, too

Sports car outside her door

She was pretty good looking, too

Call me up, want me to come over

When the servants are all in bed

And she said, uh

Daddy on a flight tonight

Does that put any ideas in your head

I say to her

Take it all the way

Can you really take it all the way down

Can you really take it all the way down, down, down

Down, down, down

So we watch a little TV

I drink up the family wine

She said, you're such a snake in the grass, boy

But tonight, you're mine

Wait a minute, wait a minute, baby

Are you tryin' to make a fool out of me

She said, I've seen men like you before

I got a long family tree

And she said to me

Take it all the way

Can you really take it all the way down

Can you really take it all the way down, down, down

And I say to myself

Even a fool like me can be the lovin' kind

Even a fool like me can be the lovin', lovin' kind

Take it all the way

Can you really take it all the way down

Can you really take it all the way down, down, down

Take it all the way

Can you really take it all the way down

Can you really take it all the way down, down, down