John Cougar Mellencamp - John's Classic Music Anything

John Cougar Mellencamp - John's Classic Music

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John Cougar Mellencamp has had an interesting career. Encouraged by his management team to call himself John Cougar, reluctant and unable to completely commit to this plan, John worked hard and his musical talent and songwriting ability earned him some early success! As his management team continued to use him ineffectively and inappropriately, rebellion, especially in his song lyrics: YOUR NAME, IT MEANS NOTHING! AND THE DREAMS THAT WE LIVE?/ GONNA MAKE ME A BIG STAR, OR HAVEN'T YOU HEARD? AND IF IT'S JUST MY NAME, WELL, HELL, I CAN CHANGE IT! AND IF IT'S FOR THE FAME, I GUESS I BETTER GRAB IT FAST!/ and friction led to an early completed album not even being released!
His record company did believe in Cougar as a songwriter, and he did allow Pat Benetar to record "I NEED A LOVER" but John wanted to keep his songs for himself! John believed in himself as an entertainer even more than his company did. He continued to work hard and as his performing experience increased, his great songwriting talent continued to blossom!
With the release of AMERICAN FOOL a new American super-star was born! John Cougar had, and continued to develop a unique sound. Adding a country sound to his rock-and-roll success, his music was soon to be classified as Heartland Rock! John's lyrics and music did the talking as he dealt with the corruption of the American Dream, the heartlessness of Big Business, racism, and the plight of the common man! And sometimes with sex, love, rock-and-roll and having fun! John Mellencamp now classifies himself as a folk singer.
Cougar co-founded FARM AID in 1985 in order to bring help to, and focus on, the plight of the great American farmer and working man. A cause he is still involved with to this day! A cause which is unfortunately needed now more than ever!
John Cougar Mellencamp's commercial success kept him at the top of the charts for twenty years He has had twenty-two TOP 40 hits including ten in the TOP TEN! Suprisingly, only one, JACK AND DIANE reached #1!

List Criteria: All songs with lyrics written or co/written by John Cougar Mellencamp

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    I NEED A LOVER

    “ Meaningful, descriptive lyrics: i need a lover that won't drive me crazy. Some girl that knows the meaning of Hey, hit the highway! Well, I've been walkin the street up and down, RACING THROUGH THE HUMAN JUNGLES AT NIGHT! i'M SO CONFUSED, MY MIND IS INDIFFERENT. HEY, I'M SO WEAK WON'T SOMEBODY SHUT OFF THAT LIGHT! ELECTRICITY RUNS THROUGH THE VIDEO and I watch it from this hole I call home! AND ALL THE STONEYS ARE DANCING TO THE RADIO AND I GOT THE WORLD CALLING ME UP HERE TONIGHT ON THE PHONE!...SOME GIRL TO THRILL ME AND THEN GO AWAY!...NOW I'M NOT WIPED OUT BY THIS POOLROOM LIFE I'M LIVING! I'M GONNA QUIT THIS JOB, go to school OR HEAD BACK HOME! AND I'M NOT ASKIN TO BE LOVED OR BE FORGIVEN! HEY, I JUST CAN'T FACE SHAKIN IN THIS BEDROOM ONE MORE NIGHT ALONE...YOU BETCHA! „
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    PINK HOUSES

    “ Meaningful, descriptive lyrics: 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! There's a woman in the kitchen...and he looks at her and says "Hey darlin I can remember when you could stop a clock!"...But aint that America for you and me. Aint that America, somethin to see baby. Aint that America, home oif the free!...WELL THERE'S A YOUNG MAN IN A T-SHIRT LISTENIN TO A ROCK AND ROLLIN STATION...He says Lord, this must be my destination! Cause THEY TOLD ME WHEN I WAS YOUNGER...BOY, YOU'RE GONNA BE PRESIDENT! BUT JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE THOSE OLD CRAZY DREAM'S JUST KINDA CAME AND WENT!...Little pink houses...built baby for you and me! WELL THERE'S PEOPLE AND MORE PEOPLE WHAT DO THEY KNOW. KNOW, KNOW? GO TO WORK IN SOME HIGH RISE AND VACATION DOWN AT THE GULF OF MEXICO...AND THERE'S WINNERS AND THERE'S LOSERS BUT THAT AINT NO BIG DEAL. CAUSE THE SIMPLE MAN BABY PAYS THE THRILLS, THE BILLS, THE PILLS THAT KILL! „
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    GOLDEN GATES

    “ Meaningful, descriptive lyrics: AINT NO GOLDEN GATES GONNA SWING OPEN. AINT NO STREET PAVED IN NATURAL PEARL. AINT NO ANGEL WITH A HARP COME SINGIN, LEASTWAYS NOT THAT i KNOW OF IN THIS WORLD! IN THESE DAYS OF UNCERTAIN FUTURES, WHO KNOWS WHAT THE MASTERS MIGHT DO? THEY GOT THEIR BIG DEALS GOIN ON...GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH ME AND YOU. If I could I'd get us a big suite overlooking the park. THE ONLY PROMISES i KNOW TO BE TRUE ARE THE PROMISES MADE FROM THE HEART! I don't need to see the whole thing go down. I don't need to see another lonely man. I don't need to see a woman crying for the savior, holding onto some moneyman's hand. WHO CAN I CALL TO MAKE MY RESERVATIONS? Forever thrown in the dark...I DON'T BELIEVE IN THE AUTHORITIES, THEY AINT GONNA TAKE CARE OF ME AND YOU! I DON'T HAVE ALL THE STRENGTH i NEED TO LIVE THE WAY THAT I WANT TO! „
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    RAIN ON THE SCARECROW

    “ Real, meaningful lyrics: Scarecrow on a wooden cross, blackbird in the barn. 400 empty acres that used to be my farm! I grew up like my daddy did. My grandpa cleared this land. When I was five I walked a fence while grandpa held my hand...Bloiod on the plow! This LAND FED A NATION, THIS LAND MADE ME PROUD! And son I'm just sorry THERE'S NO LEGACY FOR YOU NOW!...The crops we grew last Summer weren't enough to pay the loans! Couldn't buy the seed to plant this Spring and the farmer's bank foreclosed! Called my old friend Schepman up to auction off the land. He said, "John, it's just my job and I hope you understand." HEY, CALLING IT YOUR JOB oL hoss, SURE DON'T MAKE IT RIGHT! BUT IF YOU WANT ME TO, I'LL SAY A PRAYER FOR YOUR SOUL TONIGHT! And grandma's on the front porch swing with a bible in her hand. Sometimes I hear her singing take me to the promised land! WHEN YOU TAKE AWAY A MAN'S DIGNITY, he can't work his fields and cows!...BLOOD ON THE SCARECROW!...WELL THERE'S 97 CROSSES PLANTED IN THE COURTHOUSE YARD. AND 97 FAMILIES WHO LOST 97 FARMS! I THINK ABOUT MY GRANDPA, MY NEIGHBORS, AND MY NAME AND SOME NIGHTS I FEEL LIKE DYIN LIKE THAT SCARECROW IN THE RAIN!...And son I'm just sorry THEY'RE JUST MEMORIES FOR YOU NOW! „
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    CRUMBLIN DOWN

    “ Meaningful lyrics: SOME PEOPLE AINT NO DAMN GOOD. YOU CAN'T TRUST EM, YOU CAN'T LOVE EM, NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED. AND I DON'T MINE 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 IS WHAT YOU GET TIL YOU LEARN TO BEND THE RULES! And time respects no person, what you life up must fall! They're waitin outside to claim my tumblin walls! SAW MY PICTURE IN THE PAPER, READ THE NEWS AROUND MY FACE, AND NOW SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO TREAT ME THE SAME! When the walls come tumblin down...crumblin...SOME PEOPLE SAY I'M OBNOXIOUS AND LAZY. I'M UNEDUCATED - MY OPINION MEANS NOTHIN! BUT I KNOW I'M A REAL GOOD DANCER! DON'T NEED TO LOOK OVER MY SHOULDER TO SEE WHAT I'M AFTER! EVERYBODY'S GOT THEIR PROBLEMS - AINT NO NEW NEWS HERE! I'M THE SAME OLD TROUBLE YOU'VE BEEN HAVIN FOR YEARS! DON'T CONFUSE THE PROBLEM WITH THE ISSUE GIRL, IT'S PERFECTLY CLEAR! JUST A HUMAN DESIRE TO HAVE YOU COME NEAR! WANNA PUT MY ARMS AROUND YOU, FEEL YOUR BREATH IN MY EAR. YOU CAN BEND ME, YOU CAN BREAK ME, BUT YOU'D BETTER STAND CLEAR! „
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    AINT EVEN DONE WITH THE NIGHT

    “ Romantic lyrics: 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. YOU SAY THAT I'M THE BOY WHO CAN MAKE IT ALL COME TRUE! 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 DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I'M DOIN THIS RIGHT!...We can stay out all day or we can run around all night...WELL, IT'S TIME TO GO HOME AND I AINT EVEN DONE WITH THE NIGHT! WELL, I DON'T KNOW NO GOOD COME-ONS AND I DON'T KNOW NO COOL LINES. I FEEL THE HEAT OF YOUR FRUSTRATION. I KNOW IT'S BURNIN YOU UP DEEP DOWN INSIDE! „
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    GREAT MID-WEST

    “ Descriptive, meaningful lyrics: Everything is slower here. Everybody's got a union card. They get up on Sunday and go to the church of their choice. Come back home cook out in the backyard. And they call this the great mid-west, where the cornfields row and flow. THEY'RE ALL FIVE YEARS AHEAD OF THEIR TIME OR TWENTY-FIVE BEHIND, I JUST DON'T KNOW!...Hey let's get drunk, pary it up, start a fight...Sure make a hell of a car. And the old hearts they race their way through the night. The upheaval of who they really are! GROWIN UP UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, TELEVISION AND RADIO! THAT'S JUST ABOUT ALL OF THE WHOLE WORLD THAT ANY OF US GET TO SEE, GET TO KNOW...WHERE YOU SACRIFICE YOUR BODY AND SOUL! AND NO ONE REALLY WANTS TO GET EVEN, MOST OF US FIND IT HARD ENOUGH JUST LETTIN GO! DON'T GET ME WRONG. I AINT COMPLAINING. I AINT BREAGGIN NOR DO I MEAN TO PLACE BLAME! THAT'S JUST THE WAY THINGS ARE AROUND HERE! AND THERE'S A FUTURE CARRYIN MY NAME ON IT! SAYIN, HEY MAN, YOU GONNA STICK AROUND HERE YOU BETTER GET ON IT! IF YOU'RE GONNA STICK AROUND HERE YOU BETTER MAKE YOUSELF SOME REAL GOOD FRIENDS! WELL, I WASN'T BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN MY MOUTH SO I CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE BIG CITY HIGH LIFE BUT IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT BEING BORED AND RUNNIN AWAY FROM YOUSELF, HELL, I CAN TALK TO YOU ALL NIGHT!...WHERE LIVIN IS JUST GETTING BY AND PEOPLE THEY TRADE IN THEIR HAPPINESS FOR...A BIG MONEY DEAL IN THE SKY! „
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    RUMBLESEAT

    “ Descriptive lyrics: All the leaves are green. ALL MY FRIENDS ARE GONE! I'M LIVIN IN MY HOMETOWN, CAN BARELY GET ALONG. I FEEL SORRY FOR MYSELF, THAT'S AN EASY THING TO DO! I FEEL SORRY FOR THE WORLD. I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU! YES, I AM A PITIFUL SIGHT, I CAN'T EVEN GET ONE THING RIGHT! I know just what it's like to be ridin in the rumbleseat. Yes, I know just what it's like to be a big time rider in the rumbleseat. WELL, I COULD HAVE A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IN SHRINKS! i SHOULD BE DRUNKER THAN A MONKEY BUT I DON'T LIKE TO DRINK! CALL UP SOME GIRLS BUT I'M AFRAID OF THE PHONE! i'M ALWAYS TALKIN TO MYSELF, I GUESS I'M NEVER ALONE! AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT FEELS THIS WAY? I'd buy myself some stylish clothes but I sure hate to pay! THE SUN IS COMING UP, JUST GOIN TO BED. I COMBED MY HAIR WITH MY PILLOW. STILL GOT SOME DREAMS LEFT. TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY, GONNA MAKE THESE DREAMS COME TRUE! I'M GONNA BELIEVE IN MYSELF. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'M GONNA DO. I'M GONNA STOP PUTTING MYSELF DOWN. I'M GONNA TURN MY LIFE AROUND! I'll be ridin high WITH MY FEET KICKED UP in the rumbleeat. Yeah, we'll go for a drive and we'll be singing SHOTGUN from that rumbleseat! Yes, I'LL BLOW YOU A KISS and we'll be ridin BIG TIME! „
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    DANGER LIST

    “ Meaningful, descriptive lyrics: 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 MY SIGHTS ON SOME NEW SUNRISE. Help my feet to the florr. I aint lookin for affection I GUESS I NEED MYSELF A SHOVE!...SHOW ME SOMEONE I CAN LOVE. Good boys go to heaven. Good girls say their prayers. ME, I DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL. I HOPE THE BIG MAN STILL CARES! Touch my soul with your religion. Cut my throat with your spite! HURT ME WITH YOUR SILENCE GIRL. Stay with me, stay with me...tonight...DON'T GO STARIN AT ME, MAKES ME FEEL SO INSECURE! TALK BEHIND MY BACK IF YOU WANT TO, I DON'T HEAR NO MORE! TAKE ME TO MY DESTINATION. Put me on the plane. Fly me to heaven dear Lord, take me home again! „
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    MINUTES TO MEMORIES

    “ Meaningful lyrics: On a Greyhound thirty miles beyond Jamestown, he saw the sun set on the Tennessee line, Looked at the young man who was riding beside him. He said, ";I'm old kind of worn out inside.".; I worked my whole,life in the steel mills near Gary. Like my father before me I helped build this land. Now I'm seventy-seven and with God as my witness I earned every dollar that passed through my hands. MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE THE BEST THINGS I'VE KNOWN. Through the eye of the needle, I'll carry them home! ...This highway is long but I know some that are longer!...He fell asleep with his head against the window. He said AN HONEST MAN'S PILLOW IS HIS PEACE OF MIND! This world offers riches and riches will grow wings. And I don't take stock in those uncertain things. DAYS TURN TO MINUTES AND MINUTES TO MEMORIES, LIFE SWEEPS AWAY THE DREAMS WE HAVE PLANNED! YOU ARE YOUNG AND YOU ARE THE FUTURE. SUCK IT UP AND TOUGH IT OUT, BE THE BEST YOU CAN! The old man had a vision it was hard for me to follow. I DO THINGS MY WAY, PAY AN AWFULLY HIGH PRICE. When I think back...now that I'm older I can see he was right. Another hot one on Highway Eleven. THIS IS MY LIFE, IT'S WHAT I'VE CHOSEN TO DO. THERE'S NO FREE RIDES AND NO ONE SAID IT'D BE EASY! „
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    LONELY OL NIGHT

    “ Descriptive lyrics: 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...I GUESS THEY KNEW WE'D WORK IT OUT IN OUR OWN WAY!...Can I put my arms around you? It's a lonely ol night, CUSTOM MADE FOR TWO LONELY PEOPLE LIKE ME AND YOU! Radio playing softly, some singer's sad sad song. He's singing about STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF LOVE. I guess he feels awfully alone! She says I know exactly what he means...and it's a sad, sad...feeling when you're living on those in-betweens!...She calls me baby, SHE CALLS EVERYBODY BABY! It's a lonely ol night BUT AINT THEY ALL?...Like me and you! „
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    WEAKEST MOMENTS

    “ Descriptive, meaningful lyrics: Well, I hear you downstairs. You're foolin around with your father's brother and your mother's gown. ALL THE OLD HEROES KEEP COMIN AROUND TO FIND YOU IF YOU'RE STILL AT HOME. So you lie in the sun, watch your body turn to tan. You're skin is oiled with the sweat of a man. He brought you a diamond ring girl to wear on your hand and baby he's leaving tomorrow! Yeah, I'll be with you in your weakest moments...You say you remember when IT WAS YOUR WORLD and you were Mister Ruby's girl. HE GAVE YOU DREAMS AND SCHEMES THAT SWIRL AROUND YOUR HEAD and your body. And when you drink sometimes you try to liberate and you stagger in the front yard til you find the gate that swings on that thin line of love and hate! And baby, just let it go! „
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    PEACEFUL WORLD

    “ Meaningful, realistic, descriptive lyrics: Come on bay take a ride with me. I'm up from Indiana down to Tennessee. Everything is cool as can be, in a peaceful world! PEOPLE KNOW THIS WORLD IS A WRECK. WE'RE SICK AND TIRED OF BEING POLITICALLY CORRECT. I SEE THROUGH IT NOW BUT I DIDN'T AT FIRST, THE HYPOCRITES MADE IT WORSE AND WORSE. Looking down their noses at what people say. These are just words and words are okay! IT'S WHAT YOU DO AND NOT WHAT YOU SAY! IF YOU'RE NOT PART OF THE FUTURE THEN GET OUT OF THE WAY!...Racism lives in the USA! Better get hip to what MARTIN LUTHER KING HAD TO SAY! I DON'T WANT MY KIDS BEING BROUGHT UP THIS WAY! HATRED TO EACH OTHER IS NOT OKAY! Well, I'm not a preacher. Just a singer, son. BUT I CAN SEE MORE WORK TO BE DONE!...The money's good...looks like everything is rolling our way. Til you gotta look the devil in the eye! YOU KNOW THAT BASTARD'S ONE BIG LIE! SO BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR HEART AND WHAT YOU LOVE. MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS SENT FROM ABOVE! „
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    TAKE WHAT YOU WANT

    “ Meaningful lyrics: PUT YOUR LIFE ON THE TABLE. STICK YOUR MONEY ON THE LINE! CREATE THE SITUATION THERE ONE MORE TIME! YOUR NAME IT MEANS NOTHING AND THE DREAMS THAT WE LIVE? AND NOW YOU DON'T CARE IF SHE IS THE GIRL FROM NEXT DOOR, SHE'S NEVER BEEN KNOWN FOR NOTHING BUT A...STREET WHORE! YOU DON'T BELIEVE NOTHING THAT YOU CAN'T SEE! AND YOU SEE IT MEANS NOTHING TO ME...YOU CAN TAKE WHAT YOU WANT...BUT JUST DON'T TAKE IT AWAY. YOU CAN STAY IF YOU WANT...BUT JUST DON'T STAY ALL DAY! CAUSE YOU KNOW IT MEANS NOTHING TO ME! DON'T SEE MUCH SENSE IN LYING HERE WITH YOU. THE SEX IS OVER NOW, WHAT IS THERE LEFT TO DO? CONVERSATION?...Baby, I DON'T TALK THAT MUCH! AND NOW I DON'T KNOW WHEN I'M GONNA SEE YOU AGAIN. I'm leaving tomorrow and this will all start again! I hope you don't believe that you was a failure and you see it means nothin to be a man! „
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    CHERRY BOMB

    “ Descriptive, meaningful lyrics: 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 STOPPED BY TO SEE ME EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE! WHEN I THINK BACK ABOUT THOSE DAYS ALL I CAN DO IS SIT AND SMILE! That's when a sport was a sport, and groovin was groovin, AND DANCIN MEANT EVERYTHING! WE WERE YOUNG AND WE WERE IMPROVIN! LAUGHIN WITH OUR FRIENDS. HOLDING HANDS MEANT SOMETHIN BABY. Outside the club CHERRY BOMB, OUT HEARTS WERE REALLY THUMPIN!...The Wnter days they last forever BUT THE WEEKENDS WENT BY SO QUICK! WENT RIDIN AROUND THIS LITTLE COUNTRY TOWN, WE WERE GOIN NUTS GIRL OUT IN THE STICKS! ONE NIGHT, ME WITH MY BIG MOUTH, A COUPLE GUYS HAD TO PUT ME IN MY PLACE! WHEN I SEE THOSE GUYS THESE DAYS WE JUST LAUGH AND SAY DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN?...SEVENTEEN HAS TURNED THIRTY-FIVE. I'M SURPRISED THAT WE'RE STILL LIVIN! IF WE'VE DONE ANY WRONG, I HOPE THAT WE'RE FORGIVEN! Got a few kids of my own and SOME DAYS I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! I hope that they're not laughing too loud when they hear me talk like this to you! „
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    JACK AND DIANE

    “ Descriptive, meaningful lyrics: Little ditty about Jack and Diane. TWO AMERICAN KIDS GROWIN UP IN THE HEARTLAND. Jacky's gonna be a football star!...Diane's sittin on Jacky's lap, GOT HIS HANDS BETWEEN HER KNEES!...Hey Diane let's run off behind a shady tree DRIBBLE OFF THOSE BOBBY BROOKS LET ME DO WHAT I PLEASE! And Jacky say OH YEAH, LIFE GOES ON LONG AFTER THE THRILL OF LIVIN IS GONE...They walk on. Jacky sits back REFLECTS HIS THAUGHTS FOR THE MOMENT. SCRATCHES HIS HEAD AND DOES HIS BEST JAMES DEAN...You know...we oughta run off to the city. DIANE SAYS, 'BABY, YOU AINT MISSIN A THING!" Gonna let it rock, let it roll. Let the Bible Belt come down and save my soul! HOLD ON TO 16 AS LONG AS YOU CAN, CHANGES AROUND REAL SOON MAKE US WOMEN AND MEN!...Two American kids doin the best they can! „
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    Hurts So Good

    “ Descriptive, meaningful lyrics: WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY, said, put away those young boy ways. NOW THAT I'M GETTING OLDER SO MUCH OLDER, I LOVE ALL THOSE YOUNG BOY DAYS! WITH A GIRL LIKE YOU...Lord knows there are things we can do baby, just me and you! COME ON AND MAKE IT HURT SO GOOD!...SOMETIMES LOVE DON'T FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD! YOU MAKE IT HURT SO GOOD! DON'T HAVE TO BE SO EXCITING. JUST TRYING TO GIVE MYSELF A LITTLE BIT OF FUN YEAH! YOU ALWAYS LOOK SO INVITIN. YOU AINT AS GREEN AS YOU ARE YOUNG!...Sink your teeth right through my bones baby, LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO! Come on and make it...I AINT TALKIN NO BIG DEALS. I AINT MADE NO PLANS MYSELF. I AINT TALKIN NO HIGH HEELS! Maybe we could walk around all day long! „
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    Paper in Fire

    “ Descriptive, meaningful lyrics: She had a dream and boy it was a good one! So she chased after her dream WITH MUCH DESIRE! BUT WHEN SHE GOT TOO CLOSE TO HER EXPECTATIONS, WELL, THE DREAM BURNED UP LIKE PAPER IN FIRE!...Stinkin up the ashtrays...Smoking up the alleyways. WHO'S TO SAY THE WAY A MAN SHOULD SPEND HIS DAYS? DO YOU LET THEM SMOLDER LIKE PAPER IN FIRE? HE WANTED LOVE WITH NO INVOLVEMENT SO HE CHASED THE WIND. THAT'S ALL HIS SILLY LIFE REQUIRED! AND THE DAYS OF VANITY WENT ON FOREVER. AND HE SAW HIS DAYS BURN UP...THERE IS A GOOD LIFE RIGHT ACROSS THIS GREEN FIELD AND EACH GENERATION STARES AT IT FROM AFAR. BUT WE KEEP NO CHECK ON OUR APPETITES SO THE GREEN FIELDS TURN TO BROWN! „
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    Sidewalks and Streetlights

    “ Descriptive, meaningful lyrics: Homicide on the edge of town and NO ONE SAID IT'S BE EASY. SURE HAS IT'S UPS AND DOWNS and Garfield is laughing! Sitting in a dark room making love to Sylvannia, NO SO-CALLED FRIENDS AROUND. Cigarettes and champagne. GONNA MAKE ME A BIG STAR OR HAVEN'T YOU HEARD YET? DON'T KNOW HOT IT'S GOING TO GO. TOO YOUNG TO TELL! AND IF IT'S JUST MY NAME, WELL, HELL, I CAN CHANGE IT! AND IF IT'S FOR THE FAME, I GUESS I BETTER GRAB IT FAST! BUT IT'S JUST A DANGEROUS GAME THAT YOU'RE PLAYING...AND YOU PLAY IT SO WELL! SO LET'S PLAY IT AGAIN! SIDEWALKS AND STREETLIGHTS SURE MAKE A PRETTY PICTURE. Strangers in the night, are you going my way? You can drop me off at the corner, I can walk the rest of the way. IT'S NOT THAT FAR TO THE NEAREST STAR! AND IF IT'S FOR THE MONEY, HEY, WHY CAN'T I HAVE IT? AND IF IT'S FOR THE GLORY, I GUESS I BETTER GET IT FAST! „
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    LOVE AND HAPPINESS

    “ Meaningful, realistic lyrics: Well, we're droppin our bombs in the Southern hemisphere. AND PEOPLE ARE STARVING THAT LIVE RIGHT HERE! AND THEY'RE TEARING DOWN WALLS IN THE NAME OF PEACE. AND THEY'RE KILLING EACH OTHER IN THE MIDDLE EAST! BUT LOVE AND HAPPINESS HAVE FORGOTTEN OUR NAMES! AND THERE'S NO VALUE LEFT IN LOVE AND HAPPINESS! THEY RAISE THE PRICE OF OIL AND THEY CENSOR OUR MOUTHS! IF YOU ARE A YOUNG COUPLE TODAY, FORGET BUYING A HOUSE! AND WE WAGE OUR WARS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE KILL THE YOUNG TO FEED THE OLD! AND MAN THAT AINT NO GOOD!...SO IF YOU SELL ARMS. OR YOU RUN DOPE. YOU'VE GOT RESPECT AND YOU GOT HOPE! BUT THE REST OF US DIE ON YOUR BATTLEFIELDS WITH WOUNDS THAT FESTER AND BLEED BUT NEVER HEAL! „
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    Play Guitar

    “ Descriptive, meaningful lyrics: You may drive around your town in a brand new shiny car. Your face in the wind and your hair cuts in, and your friends think you're bizarre! You MAY FIND A CUSHY JOB AND I HOPE THAT YOU GO FAR BUT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO TASTE SOME COOL SUCCESS, BETTER LEARN TO PLAY GUITAR!...WELL YOU GOT YOUR EYES ON A CHEERLEADER QUEEN AND YOU'RE WALKING HER HOME FROM SCHOOL! YOU KNOW THAT SHE'S ONLY SEVEN-TEEN, but she knows that she can cheat a fool! YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T TOUCH THAT STUFF WITHOUT MONEY OR A BRAND NEW CAR! LET ME GIVE YOU SOME GOOD ADVICE YOUNG MAN, YOU BETTER LEARN TO PLAY GUITAR...ALL WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD WANT A PHONY ROCK STAR!...Well you punp your iron and shine your shoes and wear your hair just right. YOU GO DOWN ON A CRUISIN STRIP CAUSE YOU WANNA SCORE TONIGHT! Ya gotta really ripped phsique and you really wanna show your scars. FORGET ALL ABOUT THAT MACHO S**T AND LEARN TO „
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    WILD NIGHTS

    “ featuring MeShell Ndegechello. Written by VAN MORRISON „
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    Young Genocides

    “ Meaningful , descriptive lyrics: Destiny shares the eyes of the young genocides. SUICIDES THAT ARE STILL ALIVE. THEIR SUCCESS HAS BEEN SO WELL DISGUISED. AND ON THEIR FACE IS THE RAZOR'S BLANK STARE! As if to know their destiny is to go no where. BUT NO WHERE IS NOT SO HARD TO BARE! Where, their parents can decide. Hand in hand they walk together with their broken pride! Mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers and the whole world to decide! Desperately searching and dangerously nurturing their ideas of fraternicide. Not much worse than dead for the young genocides! FACING THE WORLD WITH YOUR BACK TO THE WALL, IT'S HARD TO FEEL IMPORTANT AT ALL! THE GRAND ILLUSION THAT'LL NEVER COME, IT'S DISGUISED ITSELF AS TOMORROW! „
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    CHECK IT OUT

    “ Meaningful lyrics: A million young poets screamin out their words to a world full of people. JUST LIVIN TO BE HEARD! Future generations ridin on the highways that we built, I hope they have a better understanding! Check it out! Goin to work on Monday...Got yourself a family...All utility bills have been paid. YOU CAN'T TELL YOUR BEST BUDDY THAT YOU LOVE HIM!...WHERE DOES OUR TIME GO?...Got a brand new house in escrow...SLEEPIN WITH YOUR BACK TO YOUR LOVED ONE. THIS IS ALL THAT WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT HAPPINESS!...Forgot to say hello to my neighbors...SOMETIMES I QUESTION MY OWN BEHAVIOR!...Talkin about the girls that we've seen on the sly. JUST TO TELL OUR SOULS WE'RE STILL THE YOUNG LIONS!...GETTIN TOO DRUNK ON SATURDAYS!...Playin FOOTBALLl with the kids on Sunday...SOARIN WITH THE EAGLES ALL WEEK LONG! AND THIS IS ALL THAT WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT LIVING! A million young poets, screamn out their words. MAYBE SOMEDAY THOSE WORDS WILL BE HEARD BY FUTURE GENERATIONS...MAYBE THEY'LL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING...HOPE THEY'LL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING! „
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    AUTHORITY SONG

    “ Descriptive, meaningful lyrics: Oh, they like to get you in a compromising position. THEY LIKE TO GET YOU THERE AND SMILE IN YOUR FACE! Well, THEY THINK THEY'RE SO CUTE WHEN THEY GOT YOU IN THAT CONDITION! Well, I THINK IT'S A TOTAL DISGRACE! AND I SAID I FIGHT AUTHORITY, AUTHORITY ALWAYS WINS!...WELL, I'VE BEEN DOIN IT SINCE i WAS A YOUNG KID I COME OUT GRINNIN!...SO I CALL UP MY PREACHER. I SAY GIVE ME STRENGTH FOR ROUND FIVE! HE SAID, "YOU DON'T NEED NO STRENGTH YOU NEED TO GROW UP SON!" i SAID, "GROWING TP LEADS TO GROWING OLD AND THEN TO DYING AND DYING TO ME DON'T SOUND LIKE ALL THAT MUCH FUN!" „

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