Rooty Toot Toot Songtext
von John Mellencamp

(Pick it up in the first verse, in the first verse, okay)

(One, two, three, four)

Got my hands on a little bit of dough
So I went to the grocery store
And got some steaks to go
Went by and picked up my gal, Teddi Jo
We had ourselves a picnic
Beside a dirt road

Rooty toot tooty toot
Rooty toot toot
We had it made in the shade
Like a ball through the hoop
Spinnin′ and tumblin' inside this hoola hoop
Livin′ and learnin'
Rooty toot toot


We laid out a blanket and started a fire
The radio playin' from inside the car
I took off my shirt and kicked off my shoes
She read the paper and told me the news
She said, there′s a lot of people out there
Who are at the end of their rope
Sometimes baby
You just got to lay low

Rooty toot tooty toot
Rooty toot toot
We had it made in the shade
Like a ball through the hoop
Spinnin′ and tumblin' inside this hoola hoop
Livin′ and learnin'
Rooty toot toot

We stayed there all day
We both got us some real good suntans
I thought that was ok
Sometimes life can be so grand

We were gettin′ ready
To shake it out of that place
When an Illinois state trooper
Got in my face
He said, "You're on private property"
But once he cooled down he was ok
Sometimes you′re golden, man
That's all I got to say


Rooty toot tooty
Rooty toot toot
We had it made in the shade
Like a ball through the hoop
Spinnin' and tumblin′ inside this hoola hoop
Livin′ and learnin'
Rooty toot toot

Rooty toot tooty
Rooty toot toot
We had it made in the shade
Like a ball through a hoop
Spinnin′ and tumblin' inside this hoola hoop
Livin′ and learnin'
Rooty toot toot