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 places
And hung on the corner 'til dawn
But my hands have been tied
To a life I've been denied
I'm just a small town boy bein' used like a toy
And workin' a nine to five
Well I worked like a fool 'til after done with high school
Just to form a rock and rollin' band
But the streets were exploding and my life I was decoding
Had a dream I couldn't understand
And I work it out everyday
For no fun and very little pay
I'm just a smal town boy bein' used like a toy
And doin' what other people say
Well I've drooled and fooled and been ridiculed
For havin' dreams just above my reach
And I've lied and died and tried suicide
For all the things you people wanna preach
But I always had to turn the other way
When I heard those homefolks say
(They say) You're just a small town boy bein' used like a toy
And livin' on a day to day
But you must believe that when I walk down the tracks
All those young girls fall back and say
There goes that sleek young silhouette
He don't drive no Corvette
but he stings just like a Sting Ray
And that's my only redemption in this house of detention
That keeps me from simply blowin' it all away
'Cause when I walk down the street in the hot summer heat
I say, God don't take this away
Well by the end of the day, all the kids would go play
And I'd come staggering back home
With a dream in my hand and a master plan
That wouldn't leave my mind alone
Well I compromised all my schemes
And I fluct
John Mellencamp (Seymour, 7 ottobre 1951) è un musicista, cantante e compositore statunitense. Precedentemente conosciuto con i nomi Johnny Cougar, John Cougar e John Cougar Mellencamp, nella sua carriera ha venduto oltre 40 milioni di dischi, è stato nominato a 13 Grammy Awards vincendone uno. Mellencamp è stato inserito nella Rock and Roll Hall of Fame il 10 marzo 2008. Le sue più grandi influenze musicali sono state Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie ed i Rolling Stones. Conosciuto per una lunga carriera di successi tra cui le hits degli anni ottanta tra I quali "Jack and Diane", e il suo ruolo nell'organizzazione dei concerti benefici Farm Aid vive a Bloomington, Indiana, è sposato con l'ex modella Elaine Irwin Mellencamp. Mellencamp, che ha una forma lieve di spina bifida, ebbe una giovinezza travagliata, caratterizzata da qualche problema con la legge. Fuggì di casa con la sua ragazza dell'epoca che aveva appena messo incinta e cominciò a fare concerti in un gruppo l'anno successivo. All'età di 24 anni deciso a sfondare nel mondo della musica si trasferisce a New York e firmò un contratto con l'agente Tony DeFries (a quel tempo famoso per essere l'agente di David Bowie). DeFries insistette perché il primo album di Mellencamp, Chestnut Street Incident, una raccolta di cover, fosse registrato con lo strano nome di Johnny Cougar, una mossa fatta all'insaputa e contro la volontà di Mellencamp. L'album fu un insuccesso e Mellencamp perse il suo contratto con la MCA Records. Firmò un contratto con l'etichetta Riva Records e registrò nel 1978 A Biography, non edito negli Stati Uniti, che però gli frutto un hit in Australia ("I Need A Lover"), che la Riva decise di aggiungere al suo album successivo, John Cougar (1979). Pat Benatar registrò "I Need a Lover" come singolo del suo album di debutto In the Heat of the Night. Dopo un altro album per la Riva, Mellencamp firmò con la Mercury Records e registrò l'album con cui si fece conoscere, American Fool, in 1982. I singoli "Hurt So Good" e "Jack and Diane" che permisero all'album di scalare le classifiche.
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