Uh-Huh

John Mellencamp Uh-Huh Lyrics
1.Authority Song

they like to get you in a compromising position
They like to get you there and smille in your face
They think, they're so cute when they got you in that condition
Well i think, it's a total disgrace

Chorus:
I fight authority, authority always wins
I fight authority, authority always wins
I been doing it, since i was a young kid
I've come out grinnin'
I fight authority, authority always wins

So i call up my preacher
I say: 'gimme strenght for round 5'
He said: 'you don't need no strength, you need to grow up, son'
I said: 'growing up leads to growing old and then to dying,
And dying to me don't sound like all that much fun'

Chorus:
I fight authority, authority always wins
I fight authority, authority always wins
I been doing it, since i was a young kid
I've come out grinnin'
I fight authority, authority always wins

I fight authority, authority always wins
I fight authority, authority always wins
I been doing it, since i was a young kid
I've come out grinnin'
I fight authority, authority always wins
Oh no
Oh no
I fight authority, authority always wins

Chorus:
I fight authority, authority always wins
I fight authority, authority always wins
I been doing it, since i was a young kid
I've come out grinnin'
I fight authority, authority always wins
I fight authority, authority always wins
I fight authority, authority always wins
I been doing it, since i was a young kid
I've come out grinnin'
I fight authority, authority always wins


2.Crumblin' Down

Some people ain't no damn good
You can't trust 'em, you can't love em
No good deed goes unpunished
And i don't mind being their whipping boy
I've had that pleasure for years and years
No, no i never was a sinner-tell me what else can i do
Second best is what you get-till you learn to bend this rules
Time respects no person-what you lift up must fall
They're waiting outside-to claim my crumblin' walls

Saw my picture in the paper
Read the news around my face
And now some peopkle
Don't want to treat me the same

When the walls come tumblin' down
When the walls come crumblin' crumblin'
When the walls come tumblin' tumblin' down

Some people say i'm obnoxious and lazy
That i'm uneducated and my opinipn means nothin'
But i know i'm a real good dancer
Don't need to look over my shoulder to see what i'm after
Everybody's got their problems-ain't no new news here
I'm the same old trouble you've been having for years
Don't confuse the problem with the issue, girl,
'cause it's perfectly clear

Just a human desire to have you come near
Want to put my arms around you
Feel your breath in my ear
You can bend me you can break me
But you better stand clear

When the walls come tumblin' down
When the walls come crumblin' crumblin'
When the walls come tumblin' tumblin' down


3.Golden Gates


4.Jackie O


5.Lovin' Mother Fo Ya


6.Pink Houses

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


7.Play Guitar


8.Serious Business

serious business

You ain't goin' nowhere
Gonna sit by this pool until you fall in
Didn't know what you were getting into
When you walked into this room
Did you, kid?

We got some girls over here
We got some boys over there
And they're here just for your fun

So have some dinner, baby
Play some records
Just remember one thing, son

Chorus
This is serious business
Sex and violence and rock and roll
This is serious business
Sex and violence and rock and roll

You know my head is sweating
I can't dance and i can't relax
Outside is too threatening now
I've come this far and i can't go back

Call up some old friends
Call up some strangers
Get me used to that french telephone
Donna donna, educate me
But tell those girls that i'm not alone

Chorus

Bridge
Take my life and take my soul
Put me on the cross for all to see
Put my name around my neck
Let those people throw stones at me

This is serious business
Sex and violence and rock and roll


9.Warmer Place To Sleep

Well i been up to the mountain
Seen the ashes down below
I had breakfast with the wiseman
He told me what he thought i should know
And i've been to bed with jezabel
And i found the well as deep
And i'd trade in my ambitions
For a warmer place to sleep

Well i've seen the heart of darkness
Read the writing on the wall
And the voice out in the desert
Was the voice out in the hall
And once he called me abel
And once he called me cain
And for forty days and for forty nights
I slept out in the rain

Chorus:
Girl can you share your warm bed tonight
I need to find a safe retreat
Someplace where they can't see my eyes
I need to find a warmer place to sleep

Well i rested in the devils arms
I've chased the hounds of hell
I played truth or dare with the angels
And as i fall as i can tell
That a heart of gold ain't no better
Than a heart torn from the street
And i'd trade in my heart of stone
For a warmer place to sleep

Chorus:
Girl can you share your warm bed tonight
I need to find a safe retreat
Someplace where they can't see my eyes
I need to find a warmer place to sleep