John Mellencamp Key West Intermezzo song lyrics

In a hand painted night, me and Gypsy Scotti are partners

At the Hotel Flamingo, wearing black market shoes

This loud Cuban band is crucifying John Lennon

No one wants to be lonely, no one wants to sing the blues

She's perched like a parrot on his tuxedo shoulder

Christ, what she's doing here, she could be dancing with me

She stirs the ice in her glass with her elegant fingers

I want to be what she's drinking, yeah, I just want to be

I saw you first, I'm the first one tonight

I saw you first, don't that give me the right?

To move around your heart

Everyone's looking but I saw you first

On a moon spattered road in her parrot rebozo

Gypsy Scotty's driving his big long yellow car

She flies like a bird over his shoulder

She whispers in his ear "Boy, you are my star"

I saw you first, I'm the first one tonight

Yes I saw you first, don't that give me the right?

To move around your heart

Everyone's looking

In the bone colored dawn, me and Gypsy Scotti are singin'

The radio is playin', she left her shoes out in the back

Tells me a story about some goodie knows in Kentucky

He just made that story up, there ain't no girl like that

I saw you first, I'm the first one tonight

Yes I saw you first, don't that give me the right

To move around your heart

Everyone's looking but I saw you first

I saw you first, I saw you first yeah, yeah, yeah