Is She Really Going Out With Him?

Album: Look Sharp! (1979)
Charted: 13 21
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  • Pretty women out walking with gorillas down my street
    From my window I'm staring while my coffee goes cold
    Look over there (where?)
    There, there's a lady that I used to know
    She's married now, or engaged, or something, so I am told

    Is she really going out with him?
    Is she really gonna take him home tonight?
    Is she really going out with him?
    'Cause if my eyes don't deceive me
    There's something going wrong around here

    Tonight's the night when I go to all the parties down my street
    I wash my hair and I kid myself I look real smooth
    Look over there (where?)
    There, here comes Jeanie with her new boyfriend
    They say that looks don't count for much
    If so, there goes your proof

    Is she really going out with him?
    Is she really gonna take him home tonight?
    Is she really going out with him?
    'Cause if my eyes don't deceive me
    There's something going wrong around here
    Around here

    But if looks could kill
    There's a man there who's marked down as dead
    'Cause I've had my fill
    Listen you, take your hands from her head
    I get so mean around this scene
    Hey, hey, hey

    Is she really going out with him?
    Is she really gonna take him home tonight?
    Is she really going out with him?
    'Cause if my eyes don't deceive me
    There's something going wrong around here
    Around here

    Something going wrong around here
    Something going wrong around here
    Something going wrong around here
    Something going wrong around Writer/s: David Jackson
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn December 22nd 1979 Joe Jackson performed "Is She Really Going Out With Him" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
    Six months earlier on June 3rd it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; and on August 12th it peaked at 21 (for 2 weeks) and spent 15 weeks on the Top 100...
    It reached #9 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart...
    Was track three of his debut album, 'Look Sharp!', the album peaked at #20 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart...
    The song was featured in the 1998 movie 'There's Something About Mary'...
    Mr. Jackson, born David Ian Jackson, celebrated his 59th birthday four months ago on August 11th.
  • Dave from Easton, PaOh! That bass line!! I was 15 when this song came out, and it spoke to me.
  • Landon from Winchester, OhThis is brilliant! This is proof that the 70's will never get old!
  • Johnnys Cousin Steve from Villas, NjClever, fun, great riff and a part for all the drunk people to yell! Awesome tune!
  • Sabo Romo from D.f.,There's an a capella version in his first A&M live album: Live 1980/86. And is, probably, the most auto-covered song.
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