Troubled Man John Mellencamp

It's the wake of all evil A universal mess I've always found trouble Even at my best No hopes to get better Until they put me down to rest I am a troubled man Anxiety and sorrow Underneath my skin Self

Without Expression John Mellencamp

There are many things I'd love to turn you on to But somehow I feel they're safer where they are Yes, there's a man I know With no expression He's got none at all Yes, there's a man that I know With no

Pink Houses 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 good And there's a woman in the kitchen

Jackie Brown John Mellencamp

This little piece of limestone that says another desperate man took himself out. Is this your dream, Jackie Brown? Going nowhere and nowhere fast We shame ourselves to watch people like this live.

Baltimore Oriole John Mellencamp

guy Till he singed her wings Forgivin' is easy-it's a woman like, now and then Could happen to thing Send her back home Home ain't home without her warbling How she can sing Make a lonely man

Down In The Bottom John Mellencamp

be late Well, when you see me moving, though my life is at stake Well, I hope you'll see me, when I come streaking by Well, I hope you'll see me, when I come streaking by She got a bad old man

Paper In Fire John Mellencamp

desire But when she got too close To her expectations Well the dream burned up Like paper in fire Paper in fare Stinkin' up the ashtrays Paper in fire Smokin' up the alleyways Who's to say the way A man

To Washington John Mellencamp

election went From Florida to Washington Goddamn, said one side And the other said the same Both looked pretty guilty But no one took the blame From coast-to-coast to Washington So a new man

Diamond Joe John Mellencamp

Now There's a man you'll hear about Most anywhere you go, And his holdings are in Texas And his name is Diamond Joe. And he carries all his money In a diamond-studded jar.

We Are The People John Mellencamp

Written by: John Mellencamp If you're feelin' shut down May my thoughts be with you If you're a black man bein' beat down and shoved all around May my thoughts be with you If your world's gettin' a little

Where The World Began (Album Version) John Mellencamp

darkness, Baby, there I am Standin' in the darkness Someone call my name out Standin' in the darkness Someone put the flame out Standin' in the darkness Baby, there I am Where the world began Saw the man

It All Comes True (Album Version) John Mellencamp

I stand here a black man I have no history I was brought up in East Chicago And I grew up on the streets The chains around the playground were the chains around my heart The brand upon my shoulder Well

This May Not Be The End Of The World John Mellencamp

Peter is at the door And he ain't no man to wait Hello all you losers You got nothing to fear This may not be the end of the world but you can see it from here Hello all you losers You got nothing to fear

Break Me Off Some (Album Version) John Mellencamp

say Break me off some Babe break me off a piece of your love Once it's on I can't seem to get enough So keep it up Keep it comin' uh What Break me off some baby (Repeat chorus) Down in Mexico there's a man

John The Revelator John Mellencamp

John The Revelator Who's that a writing? John The Revelator Who's that a writing? John The Revelator A book of the seven seals. Tell me what's John a writing?

Hurts So Good John Mellencamp

When I was a young boy, Said put away those young boy ways Now that I\'m gettin\' older, so much older I love all those young boy days. With a girl like you, With a girl like you, Lord knows there ...

Hurt So Good John Mellencamp

Hurts So Good When I was a young boy, Said put away those young boy ways Now that I'm gettin' older, so much older I love all those young boy days. With a girl like you, With a girl like you, Lord...

Stones In My Passway John Mellencamp

I got stones in my passway And my road seem dark as night I got stones in my passway And my road seem dark as night I have pains in my hearts They have taken my appetite I have a bird to whis...

Death Letter John Mellencamp

i got a letter this morning how do you reckon it read? "hurry the gal you love is dead"? i got a letter this morning i'm wonderin' how you reckon it read he say, "hurry, hurry" "on accoun...

Teardrops Will Fall John Mellencamp

I read your letter, darlin' Tears filled my eyes All of the promises you made were nothing but lies So I turned your photograph around face to the wall And when I dim the lights in my room toni...

The End Of The World John Mellencamp

Why does the sun go on shining Why does the sea rush to 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 ...

Lafayette John Mellencamp

You feel so good, Lafayette, now I've come to greet you Tell all my friends I've come back again I couldn't stay away, I was gone only a day But I'm comin' back to my sweet Lafayette I'm goin...

I Need A Lover John Mellencamp

I've been walking the streets in the eveningRacing through the human jungle at nightI'm so confused my mind is indifferentHey, I'm so weak won't somebody turn off the lightElectricity runs through ...

Ain't Even Done With The Night John Mellencamp

Well, our hearts beat like thunderI don't know why they don't explodeYou got your hands in my back pocketsAnd Sam Cooke's singin' on the radioYou say that I'm the boy who can make it all come trueW...

Jack & Diane John Mellencamp

JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP Jack and Diane Little ditty about Jack and Diane 2 American kids growin up in the heartland Jacky's gonna be a football star Diane debutante backseat of Jacky's car Suckin' on chili

Crumblin' Down John Mellencamp

Some people ain't no damn goodYou can't trust 'em you can't love 'emNo good deed goes unpunishedAnd I don't mind bein' their whippin' boyI've had that pleasure for years and yearsNo no I never was ...

Lonely Ol' Night John Mellencamp

She calls me up and says baby it's a lonely ol' nightI don't know I'm just so scared and lonely all at the same timeNobody told us it was gonna work out this way No, no, no, no, noI guess they knew...

Small Town John Mellencamp

Well I was born in a small townAnd I live in a small townProb'ly die in a small townOh, those small communitiesAll my friends are so small townMy parents live in the same small townMy job is so sma...

R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. (A Salute To 60's Rock) John Mellencamp

They come from the citiesAnd they come from the smaller townsBeat up cars with guitars and drummersGoin crack boom bamChorusR.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,...

Cherry Bomb John Mellencamp

Well I lived on the outskirts of townIn a eight room farmhouse, babyWhen my brothers and friends were aroundThere was always somethin' doin'Had me a couple of real nice girlfriendsStopped by to see...

Check It Out John Mellencamp

A million young poetsScreamin' out their wordsTo a world full of peopleJust livin' to be heardFuture generationsRidin' on the highways that we builtI hope they have better understandingCheck it out...

Your Life Is Now (Album Version) John Mellencamp

See the moon roll across the starsSee the seasons turn like a heartYour finest days are lost to youThis is your time here to do what you will doYour life is nowYour life is nowYour life is nowIn th...

Positively Crazy (Album Version) John Mellencamp

We rode our horses in the cityDidn't we love living thereNow it's gone to those more beautiful'Cause younger is always so prettyThe marmalade the bed we madeSeemed to stretch out into foreverAnd we...

I'm Not Running Anymore (Album Version) John Mellencamp

Holly told me, "You better give me a child"I said, "Holly, there's no wayWe don't even like each other all that muchWe couldn't make it one more day"She said, "You better look out, busterThe next t...

Eden Is Burning (Album Version) John Mellencamp

Diane and Jack went to the moviesThey went to see Richard PryorScreamin' on his knees for his loverHow could have I been wrong about you?How could I have been so wrong about you?Eden is burningI ca...

Miss Missy (Album Version) John Mellencamp

There's a band playing down the street we could see, yeahMovie showing down at the Von LeeA church supper with Grandma and GrandadLet's go out and have ourselves the best time we've ever hadSay goo...

Chance Meeting At The Tarantula (Album Version) John Mellencamp

Hey, don't I know you from somewhereYeah, it was down in New OrleansIn one of those back-street bars in the quarterBetween Desire and HonaleeYou were dancin' with a friend of Michael'sI remember ho...

Summer Of Love (Album Version) John Mellencamp

Exotic cars scream down the sunset of dreamsOn a hot sunny afternoonI'm in a hot dog standWith a strange love holding my handAnd we're both playin' it real coolIt's the summer of loveIt's the summe...

Days Of Farewell (Album Version) John Mellencamp

Be careful How you walkThese days are evil Look how you talkI hear there are people that are listeningThis mystery Is up to youSo you be careful What you doI know There are people who are wondering...

Pop Singer John Mellencamp

Never wanted to be no pop singernever wanted to write no pop songs.never had no weird hair to get my songs overnever wanted to hang out after the show.Pop singer of pop songs.Never wanted to have m...

Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First) John Mellencamp

In a hand painted night, me and Gypsy Scotty are partners At the Hotel Flamingo, wearing black market shoes This loud Cuban band is crucifying John Lennon No one wants to be lonely, no one wants to sing

Mr. Bellows John Mellencamp

I'd like to take him out to dinner sometimeDrive around in his motorcadeTalk about those bills that ain't been paidand maybe later on, just for fun,We'll shoot off his submachine gunWe'll shoot out...

Like a Rolling Stone (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - October 1992) John Mellencamp

Once upon a time you dressed so fineYou threw the bums a dime in your prime, didnt youPeopled call, say, beware doll, youre bound to fallYou thought they were all kiddin youYou used to laugh aboutE...

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - October 1992) John Mellencamp

Well, I see you got your brand new leopard skin pill box hatYes, I see you got your brand new leopard skin pill box hatWell, you must tell me, babyHow your head feels under somethin' like thatUnder...

Hey God John Mellencamp

Weapons and guns, are they really my rights?Laws written a long time agoNo one could imagine the sightOf so many dead on the floor[Chorus]Hey God, if you're still thereWould you please come down?He...

The Eyes of Portland John Mellencamp

As I saw through the eyes of Portland one dayThere were so many homeless, they'd all gone astrayThey slept on the corners during the dayAs not to be harmed when the sun went away[Verse 2]There were...

The So-Called Free John Mellencamp

I went to Long IslandTo look at a diamond ringIt sparkled so brightly in the windowBut to me it didn't mean a thingBoth of us are sailorsAnd our words were noise on wingSome lovers would buy itAnd ...

The Kindness of Lovers John Mellencamp

There's only two cigarettes that matterThe first one and the last one you smokeThe kind of smoke that gets in your eyesThe kind of smoke that makes you chokeThere's only two kinds of loversThe kind...

French Shoes John Cougar Mellencamp

I know it's not right To judge a man by his clothes, By the way that he looks Or the people he may know.

Junior John Cougar Mellencamp

What a small little man I am. I'm afraid of everything From golden rules to airplanes. What a small little man I am. They call me Junior. I'm caught up in this hell.