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John Mellencamp - Hurts So Good (Official Music Video)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
Guitar
Kenny Aronoff
Kenny Aronoff
Drums
Larry Crane
Larry Crane
Guitar
Mike Wanchic
Mike Wanchic
Guitar
George Perry
George Perry
Bass
Dave Parman
Dave Parman
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
Songwriter
George Green
George Green
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Al Stegmeyer
Al Stegmeyer
Assistant Recording Engineer
Brad Gilderman
Brad Gilderman
Assistant Recording Engineer
Dennis Hertzendorfer
Dennis Hertzendorfer
Assistant Recording Engineer
Don Gehman
Don Gehman
Producer
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
Producer
George Tutko
George Tutko
Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
When I was a young boy
Said put away those young boy ways
Now that I'm gettin' older, so much older
I long for those young boy days
[Verse 2]
With a girl like you
With a girl like you
Lord knows there are things we can do, baby
Just me and you
Come on and make it, uh
[Chorus]
Hurts so good
Come on, baby, make it hurt so good
Sometimes love don't feel like it should
You make it hurt so good
[Verse 3]
Don't have to be so exciting
Just tryin' to give myself a little bit of fun, yeah
You always look so invitin'
You ain't as green as you are young
[Verse 4]
Hey baby, it's you
Come on, girl, now, it's you
Sink your teeth right through my bones, baby
Let's see what we can do
Come on and make it, uh
[Chorus]
Hurts so good
Come on, baby, make it hurt so good
Sometimes love don't feel like it should
You make it hurt so good
[Bridge]
I ain't talkin' no big deals
I ain't made no plans myself
I ain't talkin' no high heels
Maybe we could walk around all day long
Walk around all day long, uh
[Chorus]
Hurts so good
Come on, baby, make it hurt so good
Sometimes love don't feel like it should
You make it hurt so good
[Chorus]
Hurts so good, c'mon baby now
Come on, baby, make it hurt so good
Sometimes love don't feel like it should
You make it hurt so good
[Outro]
Hey, hey
Written by: George Green, John Mellencamp

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