- Check It Out
Check It OutJohn Cougar MellencampA million young poetsScreamin' out their wordsTo a world full of peopleJust livin' to be heardFuture generations Ridin' on the highways that we builtI hope they have better...
- Jackie Brown
Is this your life, Jackie Brown?Poorly educated and forced to live on the poor side of town.Is this your daughter, Jackie Brown?This pretty little girlIn the worn out clothesThat have been hand-me down.Is this your...
- Aint Even Done With The Night
Ain't Even Done with the NightJohn Cougar 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...
- Key West Intermezzo
Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)John MellencampAlbum: Mr. Happy Go LuckyIn a hand painted night, me and Gypsy Scotty are partnersAt the Hotel Flamingo, wearing black market shoesThis loud Cuban band is crucifying...
- Crumblin Down
Crumblin' DownJohn Cougar MellencampSome 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...
- Hand To Hold On To
HAND TO HOLD ON TOJohn Cougar MellencampYou can laugh and joke and make fun of your friendsSpin in the middle when the troubles beginTake it nice and easy and always pretendThat you're cool, so cool, so coolSay I'm...
- Human Wheels
Human WheelsJohn MellancampThis land, today, shall draw its last breathAnd take into its ancient depthsThis frail reminder of its giant, dreaming selfWhile I, with human-hindered eyesUnequal to the sweeping curve of...
- Pink Houses
Pink HousesJohn Cougar MellencampThere's a black man with a black cat livin' in a black neighborhoodHe's got an interstate runnin' through his front yardYou know he thinks that he's got it so goodAnd there's a woman...
- I Need A Lover
I Need A LoverJohn Cougar MellencampI'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...
- Hurts So Good
Hurts So GoodJohn Cougar Mellencamp(John Cougar Mellencamp/G.M. Green)When I was a young boy,Said put away those young boy waysNow that I'm gettin' older, so much olderI love all those young boy days.With a girl like...
- Get A Leg Up
Get A Leg UpJohn MellancampDon't look at me, don't touch meKeep your mind straight aheadDon't get no funny ideas about weOr you'll wish that you were deadThat's what I'm thinking she must be thinkingThe girl I spend...
- Rock In The Usa
R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.John Cougar MellencampThey 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...
- Jack Diane
Jack & DianeJohn CougarLittle ditty about Jack and DianeTwo American kids growin' up in the heartlandJackie gonna be a football starDiane debutante backseat of Jackie's carSuckin' on chili dogs outside the tastee...
- I Aint Ever Satisfied
I Ain't Ever SatisfiedJohn MellancampI love the things that scare most folk to deathBut I ain't ever satisfiedI'll stay till the end or till I'm gasping for breathBut I ain't ever satisfiedNo, I am never satisfiedI...
- Cherry Bomb
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 me every once in...
- Paper In Fire
Paper In FireJohn Cougar MellencampShe had a dreamAnd boy it was a good oneSo she chased after her dreamWith much desireBut when she got too closeTo her expectationsWell the dream burned up Like paper in firePaper in...
- Authority Song
Authority SongJohn Cougar MellencampThey like to get you in a compromising positionThey like to get you there and smile in your faceThey think they're so cute when they got you in that conditionWell I think it's a...
- This Timejcm
This TimeJohn Cougar MellencampI've had a lot of girls in my lifeThey never meant that much to meA good time was always had by allBut those ggod times, they were fleeting memoriesI used to lie to them and then I'd...
- Small Town
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 small townProvides...
- Rain On The Scarecrow
Rain On The ScarecrowJohn Cougar MellencampScarecrow on a wooden cross Blackbird in the barnFour hundred empty acres that used to be my farmI grew up like my daddy did My grandpa cleared this landWhen I was five I...
- Rumbleseat
RumbleseatJohn Cougar MellencampAll the leaves are greenAll my friends are goneI'm livin' in my hometownI can barely get alongI feel sorry for myselfThat's an easy thing to doI feel sorry for the worldI feel sorry for...
- Pop Singer
Pop SingerJohn Cougar MellencampNever wanted to be no pop singer,Never wanted to write no pop songs.Never had no weird hair to get my songs over.Never wanted to hang out after the show.Pop singer (writing) of pop...
- Lonely Ol Night
Lonely Ol' NightJohn MellencampShe 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...