In the sweet belly of the moment When you realize you've changed And everything you're after Has gone down the drain You're nothing more than just a drifter As ...

Written by John Mellencamp Well west of Zion They got a hot spot brewing Handcuffs and kisses For the people who live there Guitar player's playing Cinderella...

Hey Jesus can you give me a ride back home I've been out here in this world too long on my own I won't bother you no more If you can just get me in the door Hey...

Written by John Mellencamp Run in circles again tonight Hump the moon again tonight Gonna wear my dancin' shoes out tonight Gonna have myself a big time again t...

Written by John Mellencamp 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' ...

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 ...

Written by John Mellencamp and George Green John Mellencamp - Vocals and Acoustic Guitar Andy York - Percussion, Acoustic Guitar Electric Guitar Mike Wanchic -...

Written by: John Mellencamp 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 c...

Baltimore oriole Took a look at that mercury, forty below No life for a lady To be draggin' her feathers around in the snow Leaving me blue, off she flew To th...

Written by: John Mellencamp 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 th...

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 dont know where your en...

Written by: John Mellencamp 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 An...

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...

Written by: John Mellencamp, Moe Z MD, and George M Green 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 ...

Written by John Mellencamp Kenny Aronoff - Drums and Percussion John Mellencamp - Vocals Andy York - Guitars Mike Wanchic - Backing Vocals Let's get to the po...

Written by: John Mellencamp I was courting a Southern belle Her daddy was a rich 'un, too Sports car outside her door, She was pretty good looking, too You ca...

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...

Written by: John Mellencamp Tony Jones stabbed Alice Jones On their first anniversary Down in Dallas, Texas In a small apartment With nobody present He pulled ...

Written by: John Mellencamp 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 Desir...

Written by John Mellencamp Well I was out on the town I was out cruising around Looking for a suitable bitch To throw down on the ground I was out looking for...

Written by: John Mellencamp A million young poets Screamin' out their words To a world full of people Just livin' to be heard Future generations Ridin' on the ...

Written by: John Mellencamp Well I lived on the outskirts of town In an eight room farmhouse, baby When my brothers and friends were around There was always so...

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...

Written by: Joe New and Jeff Silbar China girl, I met you on the sea sand You touched me with your cool hand Your perfume's in the wind China girl, your daddy...

Written by: John Mellencamp and George Green There may come a day when you grow weary Troubled waters stain the paper cup From other venues, other voices carry...

Written by: John Mellencamp I may not be a pillar in my town Or have the kind of job you think that I should I know you see me out running around with a couple ...

Ha! I don't care ha about your past I just want ho our love to last dee I don't care darlin about your faults huh I just want to satisfy your pulse Oh

Written by John Mellencamp 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...

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 ...

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...

Written by John Mellencamp and Randy Handley She's got tights on her legs She's got a floppy French hat Voodoo in her eyes An endangered species on her back S...

Written by: John Mellencamp and George Green 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 min...

My baby is a cry cry baby, She sits on my lap and balls, My baby is a top mechanic, She works with my nuts until, She'll do it, do it, do it, Do it, do it, do ...

Written by John Mellencamp, Carlton Ridenhour and Kyle Jason Hey Poppi yea ho Hey Poppi yea ho Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Lay low proud Poppi Lay low proud Poppi (shou...

Written by John Mellencamp Kenny Aronoff - Drums and Percussion John Mellencamp - Guitars and Vocals Andy York - Guitars Mike Wanchic - Backing Vocals Missy - ...

Written by: John Mellencamp and Larry Crane 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 drin...

Be careful How you walk These days are evil Look how you talk I hear there are people that are listening This mystery Is up to you So you be careful What you do...

Written by: John Mellencamp and Toby Myers Be careful How you walk These days are evil Look how you talk I hear there are people that are listening This myster...

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...

Lots of folks back East, they say, is leavin' home every day Beatin' the hot old dusty way to the California line 'Cross the desert sands they roll, gettin' out...

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 groovy It makes you feel happy li...

Written by John Mellencamp 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...

Written by John Mellencamp 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...

This getting older Ain't for cowards This getting older Is a lot to go through Ain't a gonna need this body Much longer Ain't a gonna need this body Much more ...

Dear mr president I live in the suburbs Its a long way from washington, dc Had me a jo Working for wages And they forgot about me Cant draw unemployment For som...

Written by: John Mellencamp 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 o...

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 nothin...

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...

Written by: John Mellencamp 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 a...

Written by: Toby Myers (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 y...

Written by: John Mellencamp and George Green In the shadows of the smokestacks Through the black snow that lay on the land Walked home one winter morning With ...

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 ...

Written by: Bob Dylan 1965 Farewell Angelina, the bells of the crown Are being stolen by bandits, I must follow the sound The triangle tingles, the music plays...

I wish I could give you an answer As to when life really begins I wish I could tell you where we went When our days here come to an end Wish I could see the fut...

Written by: John Mellencamp 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...

Written by: John Mellencamp Cain told Abel, "Brother, you'd better get busy We got watermelon burnin' up out there in the sun" Abel said, "Cain, brother, you'r...

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...

Written by John Mellencamp Don't look at me, don't touch me Keep your mind straight ahead Don't get no funny ideas about me Or you'll wish that you were dead T...

Written by: John Mellencamp 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 no...

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...

Written by: Traditional 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 t...

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 c...

Written by: John 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 and always pre...

You can laugh and joke and make fun of your friends Spin in the middle when your troubles begin Take it nice and easy and always pretend That you're cool, so co...

Written by: John Mellencamp 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 frustratio...

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 a dry summers day Old route 66 and I was just a kid Met a pretty little indian girl Along the way Get her into my car And tried to give her a kiss I...

Written by: John Mellencamp 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 ...

Written by: John Mellencamp and George Green This land today, shall draw it's last breath And take into it's ancient depths This frail reminder of it's giant, ...

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 ...

First you take my heart In the palm of your hand And you squeeze it tight Then you take my mind And play with it all night You take my pride And throw it up ag...

Written by John Mellencamp 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 breat...

Written by John Mellencamp *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 gir...

Written by John Mellencamp *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...

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...

I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus Underneath the mistletoe last night She didn't see me creap Down the stairs to have a peek She thought that I was tucked up In m...

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...

Written by: John Mellencamp 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 ...

If I die sudden Please don't tell anyone There ain't nobody that needs to know That I'm gone Just put me in a pine box Six feet underground Don't be calling no ...

(Traditional) Well in my time of dyin' Don't want nobody to mourn All I want for you to do Is take my body home Well well well so I can die easy Well well well...

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...

Written by: John Mellencamp and George M Green 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 cha...

Written by: Larry Crane Performed by: John Mellencamp Well, it don't scare me none, I've been there before, Sideswiped an old Oak tree In a rusted-out old Ford...

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

Little ditty about jack and diane Two american kids growin up in the heartland Jackies gonna be a football star Diane debutante backseat of jackies car Suckin ...

Written by: John Mellencamp 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 bur...

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...

Written by: John Mellencamp and John Prine 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'r...

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...

An all white jury hides the executioner's face See how we are, me and you? Everyone here needs to know their place Let's keep this blackbird hidden in the flue ...

Written by: John Mellencamp 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 ...

Virginia's in the bath house sayin', "Don't drink the water" And I'm already in the swimmin' pool The woman in the straw hat said, "The meat ain't worth eatin'"...