John Mellencamp - Let It All Hang Out Lyrics






No parking by the sewer sign
Hotdog - my razor broke
Water dripping up the spout
But (hey) I don't care -
Let it all Hang Out

Hanging from a pine tree by my knees
Sun shining through the shade
Nobody knows what it's all about
It's too much, man -
Let it all Hang Out

Let it all hang out,
Let it all hang out.

Saw a man walking upside down
My TV's on the blink
Make Galileo look like a boy scout
Sorry about that -
Let it all Hang Out

Sleep all day and drive all night
Brain my numb can't stop now
Ain't no doubt
Keep an open mind -
Let it all Hang Out

Let it all hang out,
Let it all hang out.
Let it all hang out,
Let it all hang out.

It's raining inside a big brown moon
How's that mess your baby up leg
Eating a Reuben sandwich with sauerkraut
Don't stop now, woman -
Let it all Hang Out

Man in the straw house
Sure don't know what he's talkin' about
Don't leave me standing
On the front porch, baby
Makes me feel like I'm selling something
Ask me in -
Let it all Hang Out

Let it all hang out,
Let it all hang out.
Let it all hang out,
Let it all hang out.
Let it all hang out,
Let it all hang out.
Let it all hang out,
Let it all hang out.





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  1. L.... M....

    Coolest video!

  2. A.... ....

    Listen to The Hombres, this is beggarly.

  3. S.... J....

    Where's the words at the very beginning ??😕

  4. T.... S....

    My favorite from Mellencamp! Hidden gem as final song on "Big Daddy". Video makes it even more fun.

  5. R.... v....

    The Music!!! I Love This! AND!!! This is the most SEXY Video I ever have seen!!!! That is Top! Camera The Lady that dance? WOW! ALL Perfect!

  6. M.... J....

    What Move Like That? I just hate movin, then I gotta make all new friends. Thanks John!

  7. R.... v....

    Really!! I am DJ 4 over 45 years and I must say! This video(without nude)is the most sexy dancing I ever have seen! This remix is GOLD!

  8. D.... R....

    I like her moves. .

  9. J.... B....

    I sure wish this song was 5 mins long

    J.... B....

    @ Johnny, Oh Hell No You Didnt! Did You?

  10. M.... J....

    Oddly cool

  11. D.... R....

    terrible

  12. D.... B....

    If you like this dancing, search "Hang On Sloopy"

  13. G.... R....

    trailer trash fantasy happnin now

  14. s.... j....

    Only one thing, this girl 😍😍😍😘😘😘

  15. T.... M....

    The original 67 hombres version with video makes mellencamp's look like a BOY Scout merit badge project.

  16. M.... W....

    I'd catch Hell for dancing like that - in my slip, yeahhh. I gotta buy a slip now. Hell yes.

    M.... W....

    @suzie wong I just bought two more slips. I'm on a mission. I'm going take a still shot and paint her, I think. Something there that has to be captured.

    M.... W....

    @suzie wong Check out "Bad Woman" by Craig Chaquico. The artists images - the entire imagery is totally fucking perfect for the song. I thought, for some strange reason it was young guitarist, the kind often showcased on YouTube, I mentioned it to a friend who said hell no, shes met him, he's our age (60's) and used to play with I think - Jefferson Airplane, back in the day. Yeah, we're old AF. By the way, the woman in Mellencamps crazy good video was the cover girl on the Sports Illustrated big edition in 2014, and on the cover of Elle a handful of times. I thought she might've been just a girl who lived down the road, hard working farm girl, baling hay, eating ribs and washing them down with whole milk. None of that skin n bones shit.

    M.... W....

    @Mary Willis Good Lord! You HAVE to do it now! Who is singing of that track? I didn't see it listed and the only other videos I could find live was a female singing.
    Please when you get this piece of art done AND you're not SO in love with it that you will let it go, PLEASE let me have the first bid!?🙏

    M.... W....

    @suzie wong You are so right...slips are, IMNSHO, one of the sexiest of all women's attire...red and black, purple, blue, pink, it makes no difference...

    M.... W....

    @suzie wong on the Bad Woman video?

  17. G.... M....

    Sending to my gf Valerie xoxo

  18. G.... R....

    This is right up there with Fox goes FLOOF

  19. p.... ....

    it's like a remix

  20. L.... W....

    Video is great but I'll take the Hombres. Sorry John.

  21. c.... t....

    Not a Johnny Cougar hater but that was pitiful.

  22. J.... B....

    "Let it All Hang Out" is a 1967 song by The Hombres.

  23. D.... P....

    The beautiful model in this video is Ashley Richardson. She's 6ft 1 inch tall. One of my all time favorite models. She almost passed out twice from filming in the heat.

    D.... P....

    And I want that dress, yes, like Ghandi wanted peace, I want that dress....

  24. f.... ....

    M.O.T.O.R.B.O.A.T.

  25. G.... G....

    1:57 It's All Out!!!

  26. D.... C....

    Give John credit for having good "cover tune taste". Not an improvement over The Hombres original, but splendid in its own right.

  27. J.... B....

    you mean Let it ALL SAG DOWN !!! just hung IT. tje.

  28. m.... b....

    Los Hombres

  29. g.... ....

    Any one know of the video that has a girl dancing backstage at one of his concerts?

  30. p.... ....

    If that was around when I first heard this record.
    I would be getting out
    Of prison about now.

    p.... ....

    Ahhhhhh haaaaaaa I know

  31. I.... S....

    COMO SE LLAMA LA RUBIA. ES la compañera de Mellencamp

  32. S.... B....

    what a woman....what a song!!!! Hello to every fan of John from greece

  33. S.... ....

    Gotta love rock.

  34. w.... ....

    Bobs Tango

  35. Z.... J....

    I don't like most covers, but I really like Mellencamp's version.

  36. S.... M....

    Good cover, but I think the drawl would have come a little more naturally to Tom Petty.

    S.... M....

    Steve M. Naturally ? John speaks with a drawl ! Anyway maybe Petty would sound good doing this tune. I'd have to hear him sing it.

    S.... M....

    Steve M. or Dwight Yoakum

  37. S.... M....

    So this is one of the Trump sex tapes?

  38. d.... ....

    And she moves!

  39. G.... ....

    Huge Mellencamp fan. And he gets the hottest girls in his videos.

  40. J.... W....

    Then Johnny Cougar covers this one...Well it's guys like this that gave Honorable Mr. Trump the election in 2016...old school rockers, middle class white America. It's changing.

    J.... W....

    No. Mellencamp spits on Trump.

    J.... W....

    The polar opposite of truth. Like everything that comes out of Hillary's mouth?

    J.... W....

    GO NORTH KOREA !!! KILL california !!!!!

    J.... W....

    You're kidding, right? Mellencamp is a die-hard Democrat and a fierce critic of the Republican establishment (and especially the religious right).

  41. c.... ....

    i remember seeing this once in the old days and for years i thought it was "dance naked" this shoulve been the video for that.

  42. J.... S....

    who is the lady dancer in the video, nice video

    J.... S....

    Ashley Richardson Montana , I think it is...Anyway she was a model , now retired...also Sport Illustrated swimsuit model .

    J.... S....

    Mom of Hannah Montana?

  43. D.... S....

    This video gave me a boner!

    D.... S....

    As He says to us all, you are perfect in your imperfections. And she will be, too. Trust me on this. It's all in the timing. :)

    D.... S....

    Much thanks indeed !!   what a sight she is I do recall this more vividly now !   at the time I may not have admitted to liking MELLENCAMP or this song  but the vid  OOH  YEEES!!

    D.... S....

    Don and Barb are making my teeth hurt. ;)
    And this woman is my template for the sexiest thing breathing.

    D.... S....

    LOL! :) I hope in a good way, +MrJoboy3.
    She's really something when she's moving. I bet she's hot when she's sleepin' too. :-D

    D.... S....

    In a good way.

  44. D.... G....

    Elaine Irwin left Mellencamp for Race Mogul Roger Penske's Son

  45. P.... B....

    Man this makes my pants go crazy.

  46. T.... T....

    I get a chubby ever time I hear this song.

  47. D.... A....

    cool song.....awesum video

  48. D.... L....

    darnn forgot about this tune thanks

  49. P.... S....

    I live here now and have for the past 8 years and actually during those years looked alot better then it does in the video up until recently as we all prepare to leave they are buying us out and knocking it down

  50. A.... R....

    i live right by this trailer park. it is still around here but its a shitty place now not as nice as it is in the video

    A.... R....

    Dammit, if I were that close, I'd throw on a slip and hope the air was as enchanted as it was during the making of this. Just because.

  51. C.... B....

    Elaine is in the video get a leg up

  52. H.... E....

    No guys, this wasn't the model John Mellencamp was married to. That was Elaine Irwin. But she did sort of look like her... both beautiful, leggy, blondes. The model in this vid is Ashley Richardson, a former Sports Illustrated swimsuit mode,l who by the way, is now 50 and is still smokin.

    H.... E....

    correct she's from Sudbury Ma

  53. B.... E....

    i feel alrite from Steve Earle sounds nothing like this

  54. S.... A....

    nowhere near as good as the hombre version.....that why theres a girl in her undies.

    S.... A....

    my thoughts exactly, as I stopped watching at 0:25. Not a knock on the post, not a knock on The Hombres. Just a knock on Mellancamp.

    S.... A....

    It's different, yes, but it more than holds its own. There's a perfectly crazed fevered sexuality in her dancing, it's just parfect.

    S.... A....

    Exactly. Mellencamp with zero artistic imagination, as usual.

    S.... A....

    Neh Hombre version is Cool org.OK,But John Mellencamp swings mate!

    S.... A....

    @CMH 🤣🤣🤣 whatever

  55. m.... ....

    1:57... Beaver Alert!

    m.... ....

    nice and hairy

    m.... ....

    @Franco Herrera Those were the days.

    m.... ....

    @Gypsyscotty9 Yes,I heard nice and hairy is coming back,I dont mind a bit of hair down there

  56. P.... ....

    And they said, "We want you" to be our guy in our rock video......

  57. V.... C....

    Hey people, That old guy was my next door neighbor back then...He's in a nursing home now, he was a nice guy. He would go out of his way to help anyone in need. He got paid next to nothing to do that video, and Ashley got all the fame. The video was controversial back then, and it made all the news stations in New York at least. Mark you are right about the story, the dancer that they fired was from Italy, and Arty (the name of the guy that actually danced with Ashley, rode in on his Harley with his dog in a basket in the rear of the Bike.  That's when they made the decision to have Arty dance with Miss Richardson. We called him Big Arty, He has a son named Arty Jr, and two other sons, Richard, and Roger who passed away at the age of 50. Big Arty lived at the seaplane base in Verplank N.Y. where the video was filmed.He was a welder and he lived in the trailer home that you see in the back round of the video. I was his neighbor when he lived in White Plains N.Y., from there he moved to Ossining then to Verplank........He just happened to be at the right place at the right time.....

    V.... C....

    @Mary Willis I must say ,I could miss that guy in this video! LOL

    V.... C....

    OK nice guy,but has nothing to do with this video! This Girl makes this video! Video could do really without him! Ok he is a good guy! Sorry Has nothing to do with the video!

    V.... C....

    @ScotS .....
    So what was supposed to be
    controversial about this video.
    It's just two people dancing to
    the song ..... Am I missing something ??

    V.... C....

    @Nash Burnette It really was not controversy, I think ScotS using a too strong a word to describe it. When the video was released I do recall seeing on the news magazine show called "A Current Affair" about the video—and they presented a report about this music video along the lines of "Ashley and Arty, what's going on there?" implying that they were a couple, or seeing each other—which was not true, wish it was though.

    V.... C....

    Thanks for sharing that story. How is Arty doing these days?

  58. J.... R....

    When I was in high school and this song was on MTV I loved it, I loved watching the girl (Ashley Richardson) dance... little did I know that I was bisexual, perhaps this song is what tipped me over the edge.

    J.... R....

    @Janice Rael She does have a stunning body and I can see why she tipped you over the edge lol

    J.... R....

    Probably when u was yonger lol

  59. J.... V....

    Ashley Richardson

  60. M.... B....

    The Hombres get justice!

  61. T.... M....

    The song is very mediocre , so I just turns the volume off and watch the girl.- Ashley Richardson .  Too bad I am an old man !

  62. B.... R....

    You posted on your description that this was under license of island def jam records. I used to have this on cassette and back then the album with this song was on mercury records way before signing to island def jam and befigh he signed to Columbia before island def jam.

  63. L.... M....

    I do like John Mellencamp. I was happy when he stopped the cougar!

  64. K.... K....

    This is a great song and I like this version even better than the original. Well done.

  65. b.... f....

    Yep did they no pick the wrong guy

  66. A.... A....

    she remembers when she could stop the clock

  67. p.... ....

    pervy as hell...but I like it.......

  68. D.... M....

    The criminally underrated goddess Ashley Richardson (aka Ashley Montana) is the blistering hot model we're all salivating over

  69. C.... G....

    no its john's ex-wife.

    C.... G....

    Ashley Richardson Not Ex-Wife

    C.... G....

    Here goes more gossip

  70. M.... H....

    Doubt it. She's too skinny and her tits aren't big enough.

  71. w.... ....

    Ashley Richardson. Not Anna Nicole Smith

  72. C.... J....

    I'm living in the wrong trailer park.

    C.... J....

    😂😂😂

    C.... J....

    Haaaaaaaaaa

  73. r.... ....

    I believe thats anna nicole Smith if memory serves right!

    r.... ....

    Ashley Richardson

    r.... ....

    😂🤣😂🤣😂

  74. b.... ....

    I dig your site ! Check out my video "Pray Today" on my site, I filmed it downtown Indy and ran into John Mellencamp while filming a segment, the cool thing is I left him in my video... he was super nice and took time to chat with me and my son.

    b.... ....

    Your video is very cool.👍

  75. S.... S....

    Farm Out:)

  76. r.... h....

    John cougar rocks this 1967 classic. Boy he can sing!!!!!!!

  77. G.... L....

    Point taken B!! :)

  78. G.... L....

    You b a funny dude, B.! Have a great night & don't b lookin' at trashy blonds on yt--- J. is prettier & deserves your attention more than this bimbo!! :)

  79. G.... L....

    Don't let J hear u say that! You'd b in the dog house! Cookie cutter blonds are a dime a dozen...but then I'm just jealous coz I not b her...oh well...I got brains...she's got...everything else... :( Great tune--JCM can sure write em"!

  80. s.... ....

    That chick's stuff is too tight to "hang out." The bitch. ;-)

  81. K.... C....

    Love this video! Hard to believe Ashley is 47 now. The old, fat guy with the mohawk may be the luckiest guy on planet earth

  82. T.... L....

    The model is Ashley Richardson (sometimes billed as Ashley Montana).

  83. M.... B....

    @TheBerserker50 All I can tell is is that's the story I heard on VH1 years ago. I'd like to believe it happened that way!

  84. B.... A....

    @stoneygator serious? killer. is that chick mellemcamps ex-wife? I never forget a sexy foot. hahhahah

  85. E.... ....

    @stoneygator Uh, I'm not sure they made a good choice. Unlikely match, f'sho.

  86. C.... S....

    hi, we are a new band trying to make it, and that happens one fan at a time, please watch our videos and if you like them, please watch more, share, vote, comment,......please help us bring real powerful, original music back instead of the crap radio stations make us listen to now. Who's with me?!!! We love all of our fans and consider them family. Welcome to the Storm family.., Sincerely, Paul, lead singer, Crimson Storm

  87. M.... B....

    Great story behind this video...The crew showed up to shoot with the girl and a sexy male model. The old guy with the Mohawk was just standing by watching and dancing a bit. The director looked at his crew, pointed at the male model and said "Get him out of here. He's fired! I want that old guy right there!!!!". The rest is history.

  88. c.... ....

    The Hombres rendition is better. I could watch the young lady dance all day!!!

  89. b.... ....

    I could increase the population of that trailer park with this chick!

  90. J.... E....

    He left her for Meg Ryan???

    J.... E....

    Ashley Richardson Model Not His Ex-Wife

    J.... E....

    Maan. (an they say women gossip)😂

  91. i.... ....

    I like all three versions of this . The Hombres, The Nails, and JM's cut.

  92. p.... ....

    Sport Illustrated swimsuit model Ashley Richardson / Ashley Montana

  93. J.... D....

    sexiest video ever the girl is hott!