 Genius Lyrics
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John Mellencamp – Jackie Brown
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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 girl / In the worn out
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John Mellencamp – To Washington
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Eight years of peace and prosperity / Scandal in the White House / An election is what we need / From coast-to-coast to Washington / So America voted on a president / No one kept
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John Mellencamp – Big Daddy of Them All
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[Verse 1] / You used to raise your voice so that it could be heard / Used to shout out your orders and your word was the final word / Do as I say and not as I do / They've taken
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John Mellencamp – Small Town
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“Small Town” is a song by John Mellencamp, released as the second single from his album Scarecrow. Mellencamp shares his experiences growing up in a small town in Indiana and
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John Mellencamp – Hey God
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[Verse 1] / Weapons and guns, are they really my rights? / Laws written a long time ago / No one could imagine the sight / Of so many dead on the floor / [Chorus] / Hey God, if you
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John Mellencamp – Orpheus Descending
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[Verse 1] / Well you can't go here / And you can't go there / And the police say / You can't go anywhere / Can't make it up to heaven / Got no place to land / Guns that want war
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John Mellencamp – Danger List
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Office girls, they pass me by / They don't know my name / Put me on the danger list / Just too wild to tame / Take the drinks off of the table / Throw my guitar out the door / Set
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John Mellencamp – The Eyes of Portland
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[Verse 1] / As I saw through the eyes of Portland one day / There were so many homeless, they'd all gone astray / They slept on the corners during the day / As not to be harmed
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John Mellencamp – Authority Song
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They like to get you in a compromising position / Well, they like to get you there and smile in your face / Yeah, they think they're so cute when they got you in that condition
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John Mellencamp – You’ve Got to Stand for Somethin’
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[Verse 1] / I've seen the Rolling Stones / Forgot about Johnny Rotten / Saw The Who back in '69 / Saw Bobby Seale / Talkin' to the Panthers / Sayin' just what he had on his mind
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John Mellencamp – Minutes to Memories
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The young songwriter has a long conversation with a stranger on a bus; the wisdom imparted by the stranger sticks with the songwriter for decades to come.
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John Mellencamp – The Real Life
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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
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John Mellencamp – Just Another Day
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Bobie Doll and Big Jim Picato / Call me up every single day / They don't work and they don't want to / Come on down to some Damn Cafe / Bobie Doll tells me "live in the moment
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John Mellencamp – Hand to Hold On To
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You can laugh and joke and make fun of your friends / Spin in the middle when the troubles begin / Take it nice and easy and always pretend / That you're cool, so cool, so cool
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John Mellencamp – Rumbleseat
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[Verse 1] / All the leaves are green / All my friends are gone / I'm livin' in my hometown / I can barely get along / I feel sorry for myself / That's an easy thing to do / I feel
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John Mellencamp – Cheap Shot
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Well the record company's going out of business / They priced their records too damn high / Now the boys in the back could use some assistance / Well the record company's going out
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John Mellencamp – Hurts So Good
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John Cougar (aka John Mellencamp) conceived of this mega hit while taking a shower – one can only wonder: did he stub his toe? He wrote the lyrics in only a few minutes. The song
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John Mellencamp – Justice and Independence '85
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[Intro] / Hey! / [Verse 1] / He was born on the fourth day of July / So his parents called him Independence Day, yeah / He married a girl named Justice / Who gave birth to a son
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John Mellencamp – L.U.V.
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Guilty 'till proven innocent / I'm thinking about the government / Wondering where the money went / Into outer space, I guess / Lying cs's everywhere / Pretty boys in their
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John Mellencamp – Empty Hands
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[Verse 1] / In the shadows of the smokestacks / Through the black snow that lay on the land / Walked home one winter morning / With my life savings in my hand / Maryanne, she's
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John Mellencamp – Check It Out
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A million young poets screaming out their words / To a world full of people just living to be heard / Future generations, riding on the highways that we built / I hope they have a
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John Mellencamp – Love and Happiness
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“Love And Happiness” is the album opener of and second single from Whenever We Wanted.
Despite his intention to go ‘back to the basics’ of sexual and rock ‘n’ roll-themed lyrics
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John Mellencamp – County Fair
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Well, the county fair left quite a mess / In the county yard / Kids with eyes as big as dollars / Rode all the rides / Strip artists and con artists / Put on quite a show / And
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John Mellencamp – The Face of the Nation
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[Verse 1] / 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
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John Mellencamp – Melting Pot
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[Verse 1] / 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
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John Mellencamp – Chasing Rainbows
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[Verse 1] / A long, long time ago / When I used to chase rainbows / I thought there was a pot of gold / When I got to the end / But there were many people there / And I said, "What
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John Mellencamp – Brothers
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Let's get to the point now / Just because we've got the same mom and dad / That don't mean I'm your keeper / That don't mean I owe anything to you / You don't care for me / And man
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John Mellencamp – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
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I saw momma kissin Santa Claus / Underneath the mistletoe last night / Well she did not see me creep / Down the floor to take a peek / She thought that i was tucked up / In my
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John Mellencamp – Country Gentleman
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Country gentleman walked a crooked mile / Got our money in his pocket / Did it all with a very handsome smile / Now, he's livin' it up in a great big office / He ain't a-gonna help
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John Mellencamp – Mean
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I’m not following your frame of mind / Complaining about this life all the time / Surely something good here as the world spins by / Could you please stop being so mean? / "This
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John Mellencamp – Jackie O
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So you went to a party at Jacqueline Onassis / If you're so smart why don't you wear glasses / So you can see what you're doin' to me / So you can see what you're doin' to me / So
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John Mellencamp – I'm Not Running Anymore
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Holly told me, "You better give me a child" / I said, "Holly, there's no way / We don't even like each other all that much / We couldn't make it one more day" / She said, "You
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John Mellencamp – Golden Gates
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[Intro] / Ain't no golden gates gonna swing open / Ain't no streets paved in natural pearl / Ain't no angel with a harp comin' singin' / Leastways not that I know of in this world
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John Mellencamp – Lonely Ol' Night
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[Verse 1] / She calls me up and 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 us it was gonna work out this way
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John Mellencamp – Our Country
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Well I can stand beside / Ideals I think are right / And I can stand beside / The idea to stand and fight / I do believe / There's a dream for everyone / This is our country
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John Mellencamp – Play Guitar
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[Intro] / Oh! / [Verse 1] / You may drive around in your town / In a brand new shiny car / Your face in the wind and your haircut's in / Friends think you're bizarre / You may find
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John Mellencamp – Pop Singer
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[Verse 1] / Never 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
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John Mellencamp – Thank You
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Let me say thank-you to those who love many / Let me say thank-you to those who still play fair / Hallelujah, the meek shall inherit / Let me say thank-you to all you people out
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John Mellencamp – I Need a Lover
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[Intro] / [Chorus] / 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
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