Pink Houses

Artist: Mellencamp (English)
User: Nathan Leach
Duration: 130 seconds
Delay: 12 seconds
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John Cougar Mellencamp - Pink Houses

INTRO:
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VERSE 1:
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There's a black man with a black cat living in a black neighborhood.
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He's got an interstate running through his front yard,
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You know he thinks he's got it so good
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And there's a woman in the kitchen cleaning up the evening's slop,
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And he looks at her and says, "Hey darlin'
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I can remember when you could stop a clock."

CHORUS:
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Oh but ain't that America for you and me.
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Ain't that America.  We're something to see baby.
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Aint that America. Home of the free,  yeah,
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Little pink houses for you and me, oh yeah, for you and me

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Well there's a young man in a tee-shirt
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listening to a rockin' rollin' station.
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He's got greasy hair and a greasy smile he says,
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"Lord this must be my destination."
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Cause they told me when I was younger,
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"Boy you're gonna be president."
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But just like everything else those old crazy dreams
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just kinda came and went.

CHORUS:
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Oh but ain't that America for you and me.
            C                    G
Ain't that America.  We're something to see baby.
           C                   D
Aint that America. Home of the free,  yeah,
                        C
Little pink houses for you and me, oh yeah, for you and me

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Well there's people and more people what do they know, Know, know.
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Go to work in some high rise and vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico.
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And there's winners and there's losers,
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But they aint no big deal,
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Because the simple man baby pays for the thrills, the bills,
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the pills that kill.

CHORUS:
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Oh but ain't that America for you and me.
            C                    G
Ain't that America.  We're something to see baby.
           C                   D
Aint that America. Home of the free,  yeah,
                        C
Little pink houses for you and me, oh yeah, for you and me

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