80s Videos and Lyrics

John Cougar Mellencamp – Pink Houses 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 he’s got it so good And there’s a woman in the kitchen cleanin’ up the evenin’ slop And he looks at her [...]

John Mellencamp – Cherry Bomb 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 [...]

John Cougar Mellencamp – Hurts So Good lyrics When I was a young boy said put away those young boy ways now that I’m getting older, so much older, I long for those young boy days With a girl like you, With a girl like you, Lord knows there are things we can do, baby, [...]

John Cougar Mellencamp – Paper in Fire 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 Paper in fire Stinkin’ up the ashtrays Paper in [...]

John Cougar Mellencamp – Pop Singer lyrics Never wanted to be no pop singer, Never wanted to write no pop songs. Never had no weird hair to get my songs over. Never wanted to hang out after the show. Pop singer (writing) of pop songs. Never wanted to have my picture taken. Now, who would [...]

John Cougar Mellencamp – Lonely Ol’ Night 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 No, no, no, no, no I guess they knew we’d work [...]

John Cougar Mellencamp – Jack And Diane lyrics Little ditty about Jack and Diane Two American kids growin’ up in the heartland Jackie gonna be a football star Diane debutante backseat of Jackie’s car Suckin’ on chili dogs outside the tastee freeze Diane’s sittin’ on Jackie’s lap He’s got his hand between her knees Jackie [...]

John Cougar Mellencamp – R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to 60′s Rock) lyrics They come from the cities And they come from the smaller towns Beat up cars with guitars and drummers Goin crack boom bam R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A., Yeah, Yeah! Rockin’ in the U.S.A. [...]