Attn: Mellencamp fans! New album out Oct. 19, 2004...

[AlFrankenFan]

Full article: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040810/latu012_1.html

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Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits
Tuesday August 10, 10:01 am ET
Two New Songs ... Every Hit From 'Jack & Diane' and 'Hurts So Good' to 'Pink Houses' and 'R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.,' to 'Wild Night' and 'Peaceful World' the Biggest 'Best Of' Album of His Career

Bringing together rock, folk, country, blues and R&B, Mellencamp has sold more than 40 million albums and received 11 Grammy nominations.

Spanning 25 years, 1979 to 2004, WORDS & MUSIC: JOHN MELLENCAMP'S GREATEST HITS celebrates the most popular and important roots rocker of his generation, including the upcoming single "Walk Tall" and "Thank You," -- two new songs -- both produced by Mellencamp and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. WORDS & MUSIC will also be featuring 37 digitally remastered selections and boasts all 22 Top 40 pop hits of his career to date, with 10 Top 10 hits, culled from 14 albums.

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I can't WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:bounce::bounce::bounce:

[freetobegay]

1. One of my favorites!

There’s a black man with a black cat
Living in a black neighbourhood
He’s got an interstate runnin’ through his front yard
You know, he think, that he’s got it so good
And there’s a woman in the kitchen cleanin’ up the evening slop
And he looks at her and says: hey darling, I can remember when you could stop a clock

Chorus:
Oh but ain’t that america for you and me
Ain’t that america we’re someting to see baby
Ain’t that america, home of the free
Little pink houses for you and me

Well there’s a young man in a t-shirt
Listening to a rockin’ rollin’ station
He’s got a greasy hair, greasy smile
He says: lord, this must be my destination
’cuz they told me, when I was younger
Boy, you’re gonna be president
But just like everyting else, those old crazy dreams
Just kinda came and went

Chorus:
Oh but ain’t that america for you and me
Ain’t that america we’re someting to see baby
Ain’t that america, home of the free
Little pink houses for you and me

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
Ohhh yeah
And there’s winners, and there’s losers
But they ain’t no big deal
’cuz the simple man baby pays for the thrills,
The bills and the pills that kill

Chorus:
Oh but ain’t that america for you and me
Ain’t that america we’re someting to see baby
Ain’t that america, home of the free
Little pink houses for you and me

Oh but ain’t that america for you and me
Ain’t that america we’re someting to see baby
Ain’t that america, home of the free
Little pink houses for you and me

[AlFrankenFan]

2. My personal favorite

Though I love almost all his songs...it's so hard to choose!

Come on baby take a ride with me
I'm up from Indiana down to Tennessee
Everything is as cool as can be
In a peaceful world

People know this world is a wreck
We're sick and tired of being politically correct
If I see through it now but I didn't at first
The hypocrites made it worse and worse
Lookin' down their noses at what people say
These are just words and words are okay
It's what you do and not what you say
If you're not part of the future then get out of the way

Come on baby take a ride with me
I'm up from Indiana down to Tennessee
Everything is cool as can be
In a peaceful world

Racism lives in the U.S. today
Better get hip to what Martin Luther King had to say
I don't want my kids being brought up this way
Hatred to each other is not okay
Well I'm not a preacher just a singer son
But I can see more work to be done
It's what you do and not what you say
If you're not part of the future then get out of the way

Come on baby take a ride with me
I'm up from Indiana down to Tennessee
Everything is cool as can be
In a peaceful world

The money's good and the work is okay
Looks like everything is rollin our way
"Til you gotta look the devil in the eye
You know that bastard's one big lie
So be careful with your heart and what you love
Make sure that it was sent from above
It's what you do and not what you say
If you're not part of the future then get out of the way

Come on baby take a ride with me
I'm up from Indiana down to Tennessee
Everything is cool as can be
In a peaceful world

Lay back the top and ride with me
I'm up from Indiana down to Tennessee
Everything is cool as can be
In a peaceful world

Hey yeah
Hey yeah
Hey yeah
Hey yeah

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

3. always liked his stuff....

Pink Houses, of course...but also things like Cherrybomb and Jack and Diane....

[AlFrankenFan]

4. Ever since I went to summer camp when I was five on in PA

I remember listening to "Hurts So Good", "Jack & Diane", "Pink Houses", "Small Town", "Cherry Bomb", etc...never knowing they all came from one great singer! I have John Edwards to thank for finding it out :D