The Sky is black and you can't see the sun and I know it's gone for a reason The Eagle has landed on the moon and the weather is all of one season In the holy b...

Please be quiet, everyone's asleep Stella's locked her door and she's requested some peace She teaches the English at the American school She teaches imaginary ...

Run in circles again tonight Hump the moon again tonight Gonna wear my dancin' shoes out tonight Gonna have myself a big time again tonight CHORUS Again tonigh...

Well, 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...

Authority Song John Cougar Mellencamp They like to get you in a compromising position They like to get you there and smile in your face They think they're so c...

I wish you love And happiness I guess I wish you All the best I wish you don't Do like I do And ever fall in love with Someone like you Cause if you fell Just l...

Written by John Mellencamp Another sad sad day The world's KO'd again And I used to always say No one could hit, like my old man **Do you really have to be so...

Written by John Mellencamp I had a face so cute made a young girl cry And I could blow 'em away with just a wink of my eye I got all dolled up on a Saturday ni...

Written by John Mellencamp Stuck inside a jigsaw Of the Midwestern modern midtown ?? Feeling like a trophy that The old man's been passing around Just another ...

We see it on TV, we get calls on the phone By the prophets of doom, they won't leave us alone The planet is dying and there's no time to spare They spend all o...

We see it on TV, we get calls on the phone By the prophets of doom, they won't leave us alone The planet is dying and there's no time to spare They spend all ou...

They like to get you in a compromising position They like to get you there and smile in your face They think they're so cute when they got you in that condition...

No songs on the stereo That we could sing with anymore No dance that I can do That would not embarrass you A sound bite here and there With no reason for me to ...

When paradise is no longer fit for you to live in And your adolescent dreams are gone Through the days you feel a little used up And you don't know where your e...

You used to raise your voice so that it could be heard You used to shout out your orders, and your word was the final word Do as I say and not as I do They've t...

Written by John Mellencamp You used to raise your voice so that it could be heard You used to shout out your orders, and your word was the final word Do as I s...

Written by John Mellencamp Spend a lot of time tryin' to grow up Guess I got a lot of growin' up to do Used to tell me sit down, hey shut up Guess they don't k...

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 You're wicked, Baby ...

Let's get to the point now Just because we've got the same mom & dad That don't mean I'm your keeper That don't mean I owe anything to you You don't care for me...

Tony Jones stabbed Alice Jones On their first anniversary Down in Dallas, Texas In a small apartment With nobody present He pulled out a knife And he stuck it t...

Tony Jones stabbed Alice Jones On their first anniversary Down in Dallas, Texas In a small apartment With nobody present He pulled out a knife And he stuck it t...

Hey, don't I know you from somewhere Yeah, it was down in New Orleans In one of those back-street bars in the quarter Between Desire and Honalee You were dancin...

Well, the record company's goin' out of business They price the records too damn high And the boys in the band could use some assistance Well, the record compan...

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...

Crumblin' Down John Cougar Mellencamp Some people ain't no damn good You can't trust 'em you can't love 'em No good deed goes unpunished And I don't mind bein'...

Written by John Mellencamp Well I've lived and breathed and been disbelieved in these small town streets too long I've been up with the winners and down with t...

Written by John Mellencamp Well I've lived and breathed and been disbelieved In these small town streets too long I've held nothin' but aces and been many plac...

In the cool of the evening I don't know the reason But I long to touch Some young tender hearts sometimes So I go to this party With a bunch of me hardies They ...

There may come a day when you grow weary Troubled waters stain the paper cup From other venues, other voices carry Spilled dreams soaking into thristy dust May...

Written by John Mellencamp Hey Hey America You're some kind of crazy island You're a place where dreams can grow And there's history in your mansions Good fort...

(John Mellencamp/Randy Handly) She's got tights on her legs She's got a floppy French hat Voodoo in her eyes An endangered species on her back She talks about t...

Some people ain't no damn good You can't trust 'em you can't love 'em No good deed goes unpunished And I don't mind bein' their whippin' boy I've had that pleas...

Some people ain't no damn good You can't trust 'em, you can't love em No good deed goes unpunished And I don't mind being their whipping boy I've had that pleas...

I want you to dance naked So I can see you I'd like to get to know you You don't have to act naughty Spin it round and round Spin it round and round and round I...

Written by John Mellencamp Daylight is leaving And the night is closing in In just a few hours The sleeplessness begins again My head feels thick And I'm unabl...

Written by John B Sebastian Do you believe in magic in a young girl's heart How the music can free her, whenever it starts And it's magic, if the music is groo...

Well, I see you've got a new boyfriend Got your mixed-up husband, too I got 25 dollars in my pocket Want me to spend it all on you But I know that you cheat on ...

I want you to dance naked So I can see you I'd like to get to know you You don't have to act naughty Spin it round and round Spin it round and round and round I...

I bring you renegade stories And you tell me I'm crazy and wild You say that I lack maturity Stop actin' like a child But you know I am a liar And my promises o...

Well, I see you've got a new boyfriend Got your mixed-up husband, too I got 25 dollars in my pocket Want me to spend it all on you But I know that you cheat on ...

Dear Mr President I live in the suburbs It's a long way from Washington , DC Had me a jo Workin' for wages Till the company moved out And they forgot about me C...

Written by John Mellencamp and George Green Pre-war matador save your broken bones Golden rule, he's such a fool in the streets alone Slow burn, taciturn nothi...

Diane and Jack went to the movies They went to see Richard Pryor Screamin' on his knees for his lover How could have I been wrong about you? How could I have be...

(Sally in the roses) I woke up today Everything's on my shoulders I never told her Such emotional love I hear what you say Yes I owe ya But I don't know ya An...

In the shadows of the smokestacks Through the black snow that lay on the land Walked home one winter morning With my life's savings in my hand Maryanne, she's f...

well our hearts beat like thunder i dont know why they dont explode youve got your hands in my backpockets and sanfran singin on the radio you say that im the ...

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 ...

He was a good lookin' guy Stood about six foot three Long brown hair As nice as he could be Everybody liked him But he didn't have a clue He looked silly as hel...

Cain told Abel, "Brother, you'd better get busy We got watermelon burnin' up out there in the sun" Abel said, "Cain, brother, you're drivin' me silly Raisin' up...

Written by John Mellencamp As the sound bounds in the street And you settle down to your back seat And the movement seems to be And all the jokes that you use...

HAND TO HOLD ON TO John Cougar Mellencamp You can laugh and joke and make fun of your friends Spin in the middle when the troubles begin Take it nice and easy ...

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 knwo if in this worl...

Written by John Mellencamp Good girls don't stay for breakfast They know it's in poor taste Good girls won't blow your evening With small talkin' chit chat jus...

Written by John Mellencamp It's rainin' on me Watch the cab drive you away I see the night bein' eatin' up By just another day I guess I'd better accept That w...

(Public Domain) Was a dark stormy night As the train rattled on All the passengers had gone to bed Except a young man with a baby in his arms Who sat there with...

(Public Domain) Was a dark stormy night As the train rattled on All the passengers had gone to bed Except a young man with a baby in his arms Who sat there with...

Everything is slower here, everybody's got a union card They get up on Sunday, go to church of their choice Come back home, cook out in the backyard And they ca...

One man Does his work He's not satisfied Not at all Feels like That he is being used His self respect starts to fall His frustration Runnin' very very high He t...

Written by John Mellencamp She's one of those Sunday afternoon walkers Who searches down the rich dick So here comes, speak this way baby Ain't no tongue some ...

Written by Percy Mayfield Ah, ah, ah, ah, hey hey hey, yeah Ah, ah, ah, ah, hey hey hey, yeah Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more Hit that road J...

Written by Geoffrey Cushing-Murray and Richard Littlefield Sonny's out strolling, ambling slowly Washed in amber street lights A Mexican wind blows in Takin' a...

Drivin' down on a dry summer's day Old Route 66 and I was just a kid Met a pretty little Indian girl Along the way Got her into my car And tried to give her a k...

Hurts So Good John Cougar Mellencamp (John Cougar Mellencamp/GM Green) When I was a young boy, Said put away those young boy ways Now that I'm gettin' older, s...

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 ...

I Ain't Ever Satisfied John Mellancamp I love the things that scare most folk to death But I ain't ever satisfied I'll stay till the end or till I'm gasping fo...

I love the things that scare most folks to death But I ain't ever satisfied I'll stay till the end or till I'm gasping my last breath But I ain't ever satisfied...

I Need A Lover John Cougar Mellencamp I've been walking the streets in the evening Racing through the human jungle at night I'm so confused my mind is indiffer...

I've been walking the streets in the evening Racing through the human jungle at night I'm so confused my mind is indifferent Hey, I'm so weak won't somebody tur...

Written by Osterberg/Williamson I am your crazy driver Honey I'm sure to steer you so wrong I'm a dieing in this story I'm only livin' to sing this song I nee...

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 sai...

I've been walking the streets in the evening Racing through the human jungle at night I'm so confused, my mind is indifferent Hey, I'm so weak, won't somebody t...

Written by John Mellencamp Well I'm a middle-aged teenager I'm a man of angst and leisure Doin' the best that I can do My problems are incorrect I've always go...

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...

A little ditty 'bout Jack & Diane - Two american kids growing up in the heart land Jack he's gonna be a football star Diane debutante in the back seat ofJacky'...

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 debuta...

Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First) John Mellencamp Album: Mr Happy Go Lucky In a hand painted night, me and Gypsy Scotty are partners At the Hotel Flamingo,...

I'd like to buy you a cabin cruiser And we could sail around with our time I'd like to get you, a southern mansion And we could burn it down, down to the ground...

Written by John Mellencamp Is this your life, Jackie Brown? Poorly educated and forced to live on the poor side of town Is this your daughter, Jackie Brown? Th...

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...

Gets harder to see With every passing moment I'm told that I'm free There's so much I don't know Lately I've fallen And I can't get it together What keeps me g...

Written by Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller The warden threw a party in the county jail The prison band was there and they began to wail The band was jumpin' down th...

Jerry's yelling at the man in the Moon He's right outside of my window He acts like a madman from time to time I hope he brings it to a crescendo soon Jerry's y...

They call me Junior I live here on the street I earn two hundred dollars a week I'd like to say "Hey, thanks a lot" I know I'm missin' something But I don't kno...

Written by John Mellencamp As my time goes by On the mean, cruel earth Trying to find some peace A little something to believe in How can things go so wrong In...

He was born on the fourth day of July So his parents called him Independence Day He married a girl named Justice who gave birth to a son called Nation Then she ...

There may come a day when you grow weary Troubled waters stain the paper cup From other venues, other voices carry spilled dreams soaking into thirsty dust Mayb...

In a hand painted night, me and Gypsy Scotty are partners At the Hotel Flamingo, wearin black market shoes This loud Cuban band is crucifying John lennon No one...

Guilty till proven innocent Im thinking about the government Wondering where the money went Into outer-space, I guess Lying css everywhere Pretty boys in their ...

Someday this will all be over Nothing lasts forever Thank god for change I love you now, we should stay together No one's crying about a single thing Large wor...

A cold day in December And I'm still here alone I look through my window and I surrender Should be gone But I've not place to go CHORUS Last chance to get up La...

Written by BB Cunningham, G McEwen, J Master, J Hunter There are minor changes by John Mellencamp in ( ) I preach my dear friends you are about to receive on J...

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...

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 ...

Here are the Lyrics to the song "Love and Happiness" by John Cougar Mellencamp, Love and Happiness Well, we're droppin' our bombs In the southern hemisphere And...

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 fire, this ca...

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 the...

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 like ...

The old paper mill stinks up the beaches As I walk along the ocean shore I'm just a plain man, thoughts full of creases, Haven't accomplished much, but I dream ...

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 melti...

Well, I hear in Miami they have a lot of girls Who toast their flesh in the sun Living on allowances they receive from the old man at home To keep up appearance...