John Mellencamp piosenki

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 mot...

Oh yeah Well she started out, just to be a dancer Gonna make her livin' dancin' In the Broadway shows So she hitchhiked cross the country From Pasaroba to the Big Red Apple Where your dreams are made Your debts must be paid on time Well she wasn't used to liv...

I read your letter, darlin' Tears filled my eyes All of the promises you made were nothing but lies So I turned your photograph around face to the wall And when I dim the lights in my room tonight Teardrops will fall Teardrops will fall tonight Tears I can't...

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 there, out there Let me say grace for those who don't feel they matter May God look down...

I like my heroes To be honest and strong I wear t-shirts And blue jeans I try to understand All the cultures of this world I’m an American from the Midwest When I speak I have a southern drawl I mind my manners most of the time When you come down here Stop a...

I know you and you know me We met many years ago In the halls of some ivy covered university Where we both used to go Now we stand outside the Denmark hotel With Japanese men in their business suits It's midnight you're talking to some Frenchman About who does...

Why do I think there's nobody out there? No one who wants me and no one who knows. I wait in this place, no one can see me. After all this time could I be so alone? I walk through this old town and still feel lonely. The wind plays sad songs high in the trees....

Why does the sun go on shining Why does the sea rush to shore Don't they know it's the end of the world 'Cause you don't love me any more Why do the birds go on singing Why do the stars glow above Don't they know it's the end of the world It ended when I lost...

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 their mothers' warmth Sometimes I feel so helpless I don't know where to start [Chorus:] And the face o...

I've ridden down Sunset I drank expensive wine I've been married 2 dozen times Raised ten children on a workman's pay And I'm glad to say I've enjoyed everyday Of the full catastrophe of life I've sat in courtrooms had people call me names I've been to London...

Well I don't like it when I see your eyes dartin' Back and forth across the room And I don't like it when I see you doin' dances Baby that I ain't used to [Chorus:] But that's the kind of fella I am That's the kind of fella I am I'm a jealous kinda fella And...

We passed upon the stair, we spoke of was and when Although I wasn't there, he said I was his friend Which came as some surprise I spoke into his eyes I thought you died alone, a long long time ago Oh no, not me I never lost control You're face to face With T...

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 back down to the old haunts That once upon a time were her own She didn't know nobody ou...

Before you go to sleep And close your eyes I'd like to kiss you One more time Touch your lips Perhaps your soul I'll be still and say no more Oh tell me do you feel the same way I do Well the night was sweet You filled the air Your gentle hands touched me eve...

Well the West End now The West End then Went by the other day Just to see my friend His house was dark His socks were thin I told him let’s get out the West End For my whole life I’ve lived down in the West End But it sure has changed here Since I was a kid...

And now I must face The crowd once again The curtain is calling And the show must begin The lights grow dim on the floor And they call me the whore, oh yeah They call me the whore They call me the whore They call me the whore 

Henry worked at Sears or somehwhere, Theo did, too. They both got themselves a van together; Nineteen seventy-two, Ford. Drove around all night long playing music very, very loud. Big noise, all the time; Little legends in a little town. Moments of time they...

They're so tough They like to make us feel little They like to make us feel small And keep us down 'Til we feel no good at all Then they tell us that we're stupid That we got no sense at all They'll ke away the spark Keep us in the dark Make us feel we have...

It’s not my nature To be nostalgic at all I sat by the phone last night Waiting for you to call It’s been decades since I spoke to you I just wanted to say I’ve been thinking about you Did you get my message I left the other afternoon Your young girl’s voice...

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 numbers and the golden rule She says it's hard to worry about the future When your past is knocking...