Pray For Me Lyrics - Mellencamp John Cougar

(John Mellencamp/Brian Bec Var) 

God gave Moses a few little rules 

And he said, I want you to pass them around 

Take a look at those old fools 

I can't believe the shit that's going down 

You're supposed to have a good time 

But I think you take it a little too far 

Watchin' your life in vista-vision 

A monkey on your back, a brand new car 

Well, Shakespeare threw down his pencil 

Said, I think I'm gonna start layin' brick 

Too much of this Romeo stuff enough to make 

Anybody sick 

"To be or not to be," I mean, what's that supposed to me 

I'm changin' my image tomorrow 

Be a groupie, make the scene 

CHORUS 

Pray for me if you want to 

If you don't want to, don't stay 

Somebody shot the vicar and the minister's on his way 

Sellin' open legs on the corner 

Punchin' Judy workin' uptown 

Pray for me if you want to 

Before some fool shoots you down 

The man in the cage is always for freedom 

The way of the transgressor is hard 

Cain and Abel and their old man 

Playin' croquet in the back yard 

Two guys beat up the sole survivor 

Up beat on the back street 

I don't really want to get involved 

Won't someone help me to my feet 

CHORUS 

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