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Well I lived on the outskirts of town. In an eight room farmhouse, baby. When my brothers and friends were around. There was always somethin' doin'. Had me a couple of real nice girlfriends. Stop
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Written by John Mellencamp. . Well I was out on the town. I was out cruising around. Looking for a suitable bitch. To throw down on the ground. . I was out looking for a cheap shot. Well you
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Good evening, Mr. Bellows. Good evening, Mr. Bellows. Good evening, Mr. Bellows President, he's a pretty nice guy. I'd like to take him out to dinner sometime. Drive around in his motorcade. T
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I met my girl. She was livin' in the melting pot. I touched her skin. It was greasy from the melting pot Get yourself a weapon. 'Cause they slice you up, in the melting pot. Well, I don't really
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Written by John Mellencamp and George Green. . Scarecrow on a wooden cross Blackbird in the barn. Four hundred empty acres that used to be my farm. I grew up like my daddy did My grandpa cleared
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Please be quiet, everyone's asleep. Yeah, 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 rul
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Written by John Mellencamp. . This ain't no make believe. I ain't foolin around this time. You can believe what you want to believe. It's a sin the way we've wasted our time. . Make me feel
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I know you and you know me. We met many years ago. In the halls of some ivy covered university. Where we both used to go Now we stand outside the Denmark Hotel. Japanese men in their business suit
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Written by John Mellencamp. . We weren't afraid of nothing. Wasn't nothing we couldn't do. She held her breath once for seven minutes. And never turned blue. . She could burn a woman down. If
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Written by John Mellencamp and Will Cary. . Riding in the park with your golden tan. You got your new tattoo half devil half man. Straddlin' a stallion made of chrome and steel. Spittin' out
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Hey Jesus can you give me a ride back home. I've been out here in this world too long on my own. I won't bother you no more. If you can just get me in the door. Hey Jesus can you give me a ride ba
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Well there's blood on the hands of the rich politicians. Red is the color of the sand and the sea. Blood on the hands of a arrogant nation. Who start all the bleeding over their policies So she bla
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Written by John Mellencamp. . 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
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Suzanne divorced her husband. She got the keys to the car and the home. But her friends were really his friends. No one stops by to see her much anymore So one night she goes back down to the old h
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Written by John Mellencamp. . 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
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Little ditty about Jack and Diane. 2 American kids growin up in the heartland. Jackie gonna be a football star. Diane debutante backseat of Jacky's car. . Suckin' on chili dog outside the Tastee
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I was watching a movie, the other night on TV. The actress reminded me of you. Her attitude, the way that she smiled. She was doin' a part girl, like you used to do I do believe you played it bette
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Everybody's talking 'bout the seventh son. In the whole wide world, there's only one. I'm the one, yeah baby, I'm the one. I'm the one, I'm the one, the one they call seventh son. . I can tell yo
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Peppermint Twist. Joey Dee and The Starliters. . Well they've got a new dance and it goes like this. (Bop shoo-op, a bop bop shoo-op). Yeah the name of the dance is Peppermint Twist. (Bop shoo-o
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Written by John Mellencamp. . Hello girls and boys. As you sit in your carpeted bedrooms. With your stereos on and on. Playin' with those hundred dollar toys. Built to occupy your minds. So
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Written by John Mellencamp. . Be yourself, boys. Let's get this show on the road. . Well I'm up every morning by 6 08. Take the Voltswagon bus up the interstate. Feel Charlie Manson just like
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Is that okay? Is that okay? Is that okay?. Is that okay? Is that okay? Is that okay?. Is that okay? Someday this will all be over. Nothing lasts forever, thank God for change. I love you now, we s
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I love the things that scare most folks to death. But I ain't ever satisfied. I'll stay till the end till I'm gasping my last breath. But I ain't ever satisfied No, I am never satisfied. No I can
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Written by John Mellencamp. . Ain't no golden gates gonna swing open. Ain't no streets paved in natural pearl. Ain't no angel with a harp come singin'. Leastways not that I know of in this world
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Wish I could give you an answer. As to when life really begins. Wish I could tell you where we went. When our days here come to an end Wish I could see the future. The same way I see the past. Wi
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Written by John Mellencamp. . *I need a lover that won't drive me crazy. I need a lover that won't drive me crazy. I need a lover that won't drive me crazy. Some girl that knows the meaning of a