Pink Houses Lyrics - Mellencamp John Cougar

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 that he's got it so good 

And there's a woman in the kitchen cleanin' up the evenin' slop 

And he looks at her and says, "Hey darlin', I can remember when 

you could stop a clock." 

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Oh but ain't that America for you and me 

Ain't that America somethin' to see baby 

Ain't that America home of the free 

Little pink houses for you and me 

There's a young man in a t-shirt 

Listenin' to a rockin' rollin' station 

He's got greasy hair, greasy smile 

He says, "Lord this must be my destination." 

'Cause they told me when I was younger 

"Boy you're gonna be president." 

But just like everything else those old crazy dreams 

Just kinda came and went 

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Well there's people and more people 

What do they know know know 

Go to work in some high rise 

And vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico 

Ooh yeah 

And ther's winners and there's losers 

But they ain't no big deal 

'Cause the simple man baby pays for the thrills, the bills, 

the pills that kill 

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