John Mellencamp - Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First) Lyrics
In a hand painted night, me and Gypsy Scotty are partners
At the Hotel Flamingo, wearin black market shoes
This loud Cuban band is crucifying John Lennon
No one wants to be lonely, no one wants to sing the blues
Christ, what's she doing with him she could be dancing with me
She stirs the ice in her glass with her elegant finger
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 in your heart
Everyone was lookin
On a moon spattered road in her parrot rebozo
Gypsy Scotty is driving his big long yellow car
She flies like a bird over his shoulder
She whispers in his ear, boy, you are my star
But I saw you first
I'm the first one tonight
Yes I saw you first
To move around in your heart
Everyone was lookin.....
In the bone colored dawn, me and Gypsy Scotty are singin'
The radio is playin, she left her shoes out in the back
He tells me a story about some girl he knows in Kentucky
He just made that story up, there ain't no girl like that
But I saw you first
I'm the first one tonight
Yes I saw you first
Don't that give me the right
Everyone was lookin
But I saw you first
I saw you first
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John Mellencamp Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First) Comments
Love the man - saw him in 1992. i come frlm rural - his stuff is rural. It's just the kind of guy i am
He gets better with age! An American poet
Agreed: Mellencamp, Don Henley, Billy Joel a slice of the Great American Songbook.
My dude, hometown proud! Indiana rules today baby💋💜
Love you
So cute
So cute.
100 miLes to Cuba V
i've loved this song since the first time i heard it at 14 years old! :)
The girl like that I lost and went to heaven
WoW, Karen Alexander is Gorgeous in video then & now 😊
His music still rocks!
first thing we climb a tree....
This is great
Good memories I love this song
this is just a bad mofo, always has been, always will be. end of story.
Incredible song after song with Mr. Mellencamp .. At this point it seems endless...
Love this song and all of the memorable lyrics. Just found the video tonight and it takes me back to a drunken night, a dozen or more years ago, in Key West in which I sang this song at one of the Karaoke Bars on Duval St. The DJ didn't even know the song, had to educate him and then I was a loud drunk crucifying John Mellencamp!
Karen Alexander, what a Beauty ! ☺
Been looking for this song! That riff, drum beat, amazing!
The 90s were a great time to see Hollywood actors in music video's. Matthew McConaoghey in Mellencamps, Keanu Reeves in Paula Abduls, Johnny Depp in Tom Pettys etc 😊
i think this is johns' best
Awesome song!.
Good looking suit anyway.
Yes. lol.
The lyrics are so descriptive, you can picture everything in your mind without even looking at the video.
It reminds me of the time. Orlando told me that. When we were young and just getting together. He really made me happy. I miss you so much. Rest In Peace My Love
John's cooler than the other side of the pillow!
but u been a bad bad boy cougar.....ur voice is getting like mine lol ANNIELEE
back out of hospital.... ….wow great to be back luv u man hows Meg?? set the date man, I might not live to see the day
come round for a guitar session my man...….love ANNIELEE
“She flies like a bird over his shoulder “
matthew mcconaughey at 3:16?
Ooops nvm, that's him all the way through...
BTW there's a girl in Kentucky like that
That's a fact! 😉
Great song. Takes me back to my teenage years.
irresistible and groovy
I just love his music
Cause I can'...
Favorite Mellencamp song out of many I love
Yeah, I saw you first, Mija....
cu-oooh-oooh-te but he won't "let me come"...nice of him, like the rain in Spain.
90s will always be the best times of my life.
this is my favorite album of all time. i mean it. ✨💜💕💜✨
What about Gypsy Scotty?
🤘😑🤘
Great song!
best album ever!!!
I want to be what she's drinking...yeah I just want to BE....
(....and the girl doesn't even know you're alive...).
That add sucked...
Thanks John for all of the great Pop music for some 42 years, and for helping the small farmers since the 1980's with The Live-Aid annual concerts.
I really like your music videos of "Cherry Bomb", "Hurts So Good", and "I Saw You First"
Farm Aid
He will known as one of our best ever. You gotta believe. He's as good as Dylan, Springsteen, Fogarty, Young and dare I say, the Dead and the Band, my top two. Of those that are "folk-rock" and what i call progressive populist. Damn far right stole populist too, bastids. so now I have to quote title of the lefty rag, the progressive populist. anyway, meaning of the people. But his range is great, discounting the John Cougar days, which he disowns, and his production just continues to amaze, meaning quality and quantity. You can't do music justice in words but, there, i tried. he can't live a personal life to save his soul but most great artists are challenged there.
1:40. Blink-and-you-miss-it lesbian kiss. This video was made in 1996. Many of JCM's fans are pretty conservative. It took balls of steel for him to have that in his video. Good on him.
Everyone was looking, but I saw you first!
His videos are paintings in motion.
Theo @wierid henry
hey do u'all see Mathew Monaghay[sorry spelling] put up for this Matty….gotta start some where...……..my look how well you have done and you ain't forgotten ME ANNIELEE
Matthew McConaughey was already well-known by this point! This music video was filmed and released in the summer of 1996. By then, McConaughey had already been in *Dazed and Confused,* (which got him noticed) *Boys on the Side,* (his sensitive cop was a favorite with women) and *A Time to Kill* (which made him a star and was a huge hit).
just love this song..never get tired of hearing it love to you John...….ANNIELEE
Get off my screen
My girlfriend and I are headed to Key West in June. We can't wait!
John Mellencamp Always Kicks ASS !!!
I love this man. Sooo many great songs. Yet this is hands down my favorite of all time. This is one song that will NEVER get old for me.
I knew first, Mija....
Love John's music but to me his earliest stuff was best
Hey man u just made that story up there ain't no girl like that
Oh, but there is my brother!! I'm from Kentucky, and I know her!!
“I want to be what she’s drinking.”
Underrated song.
I love This Song ❤❤❤❤❤
I will have to find a new place to post and do my classic hits and oldies shows so no one loses them
Yep up there with his best. Love the line about the loud Cuban band :-)
The greatness of JC is that everyone can identify with his lyrics. They are about things we all have dealt with, love, doubt, insecurity, etc. He has no ego in his music either, he could be our friend playing in a garage band we go to see in the bar on Friday.
Yes i Love it!!
Drunk I live in ky
THIS and Authority Song...my faves by Mr. Mellancamp...AWESOME!
First time seeing this one. Awesome!
My favorite song of his. Is this from Mr Happy go Lucky ? Love the line He talks about a girl he knows from Kentucky ,You just made that story up, there ain't no girl like that..
Oh how we all Love John. Thank you for your sweet tunes from the 80s' 90s' and to this day.
Special memory that’s dead 💀 now
One of his best. And that's saying a lot.
Hope John is doing well.
I adore this song. Simple.
His best, I think, definitely his best. The first time I heard this song, it just rang my bells.
I never get sick of listening to it, never.
This fool used to smoke 4 packs of cigarettes per day
And had a massive heart attack because of it
Over 500 songs. Amazing.
This man is timeless. Been listening to him since 1979.. john cougar days. Crybaby..
I would never hurt you Jamie for one reason and one reason alone. David
Great song
Love is. What? I know how about you? Xoxo xoxo. LA Gun Finger
One of the catchiest and sweetest songs ever. :) Thanks John!
Why Jamie Why wouldn't you call me back. I will eventually find out how long you knew I was talking about your brother. You can't send anyone but you. You tell me what happen to him and I will tell you what he is to me forever, tell Michelle I won't show you. Oh and she's RUDE.
Funny David nice shoes.
2'DAY, DEC. 8th. 2018 .....
38 YEARZ
NOW SINCE
THE
DREAM IZ
OVER ! ☹️
[ THIS LOUD
CUBAN BAND
IZ "CRUCIFYING"
JOHN LENNON ] ......
One or many great John Mellencamp songs 😀
Ur right
Great Video
Meg Ryan phoned Dennis Quaid to tell him she that was getting married to John Mellencamp. He replied, "I saw you first."
I fuckin love this song. Makes me feel happy.
John has been my friend for 39 years, he just doesn't know it, YET, OR does he?😜I count myself blessed to have attended numerous JM concerts. JM never ceases to amaze me with all of his talents💋❤💋 I’ve always come away from his concerts with a natural high that lasts for hours🎵 JM's kinetic energy is WOW factor extraordinaire★☆★To see JM perform is a spectacular ride not to be missed ❤❤❤ 💋💋💋Thank you for it all John!!! 🙌 Namasté
This song makes me so happy and long to dance again!! Thank you John Mellencamp!!!
love this song and pink houses that come after love at first sight....lol
I need 25