John Mellencamp

She had a dream And boy it was a good one So she chased after her dream With much desire But when she get too close To her expectations Well the dream burned up Like paper in fire Paper in fire Stinking up the ashtrays Paper in fire Smoking up the al

Well our hearts beat like thunder I don't know why they don't explode You got your hands in my back pockets And Sam Cooke's singin' on the radio Well I'm tellin' ya that I don't know if I know what to do You say that's all right, hold tight Well I do

Wild Night - John Mellencamp As you brush your shoes and stand before your mirror And you comb your hair and grab your coat and hat And you walk the streets trying to remember All those wild nights breeze through your mind And everything looks so com

They come from the cities And they come from the smaller towns Beat up cars with guitars and drummers Goin crack boom bam Chorus: R.o.c.k. in the u.s.a. R.o.c.k. in the u.s.a. R.o.c.k. in the u.s.a., yeah, yeah! Rockin' in the u.s.a. Said goodbye to

When paradise is no longer fit for you to live in And your adolescent dreams are gone Through the days you feel a little used up And you don't know where your energy's gone wrong It's just your soul feelin' a little downhearted Sometimes life is too

Some people ain't no damn good You can't trust 'em you can't love 'em No good deed goes unpunished And I don't mind bein' their whippin' boy I've had that pleasure for years and years No no I never was a sinner--tell me what else can I do Second best

Little ditty about Jack and Diane Two American kids growin' up in the heartland Jacky's gonna be a football star Diane debutante backseat of Jacky's car Suckin' on a chili dog outside the Tastee Freeze Diane's sittin' on Jacky's lap He's got his hand

We passed upon the stair, we spoke of was and when Although I wasn't there, he said I was his friend Which came as some surprise I spoke into his eyes I thought you died alone, a long long time ago Oh no, not me I never lost control You're face to fa

why does the sun go on shining? why does the sea rush to the shore? don't they know it's the end of the world 'cause you don't love me anymore? why do the birds go on singing? why do the stars glow above? don't they know it's the end of the world? it

When you were a kid you received no good instruction And your mother was never nowhere to be found This lies were yelled and the truth was seldom spoken She likes to keep things upside down When your thoughts are twisted and distorted And your childr

John Cougar Mellencamp-Pink Houses There's a black man with a black cat livin' in a black neighborhood He's got an interstate runnin' through his front yard You know he thinks that he's got it so good And there's a woman in the kitchen cleanin' up th

Small Town Well i was born in a small town And i live in a small town Prob'ly die in a small town Oh, those small communities All my friends are so small town My parents live in the same small town My job is so small town Provides little opportunity

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Please be quiet, everyone's asleep Stella's locked her door and she's requested some peace She teaches the English at the American school She teaches imaginary numbers and the golden rule She says it's hard to worry about the future When your past is

walk tall --john mellencamp the simple minded and the uninformed can be easily led astray and those that cannot connect the dots hey look the other way people believe what they want to believe when it makes no sense at all and i wish you all along th

Beat up cars with guitars and drummers Goin crack boom bam [Chorus] R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A., Yeah, Yeah! Rockin' in the U.S.A. Said goodbye to their families Said goodbye to their friends With pipe dreams

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 She's perched like a parrot on his tux

She calls me home She says baby it's a lonely ol' night I don't know I'm just so scared and lonely all at the same time Nobody told me She was gonna work out this way no no no no no no I guess they knew We'd work it out in our own way [Chorus] It's a

Authority Song They like to get you in a compromising position They like to get you there and smille in your face They think, they're so cute when they got you in that condition Well I think, it's a total disgrace Chorus: I fight authority, authority

As I run through this life Sometimes it breaks my heart Seein' old people goin' downtown Stumblin' their way through the dark And the little babies cry For their mothers' warmth Sometimes I feel so helpless I don't know where to start And the face of