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Lyrics for Chestnut Street Revisited by John Mellencamp:
| | | Artist: | John Mellencamp |
| | Album: | Unknown | | Track: | Chestnut Street Revisited | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 80 | | | | Lyrics: | Written by John Mellencamp
Well I've lived and breathed and been disbelieved
In these
small town streets too long
I've held nothin' but aces and been many places
And hung on the
corner 'til dawn
But my hands have been tied
To a life I've been denied
I'm just a small
town boy bein' used like a toy
And workin' a nine to five
Well I worked like a fool
'til after done with high school
Just to form a rock and rollin' band
But the streets were
exploding and my life I was decoding
Had a dream I couldn't understand
And I work it out
everyday
For no fun and very little pay
I'm just a smal town boy bein' used like a
toy
And doin' what other people say
Well I've drooled and fooled and been
ridiculed
For havin' dreams just above my reach
And I've lied and died and tried
suicide
For all the things you people wanna preach
But I always had to turn the other
way
When I heard those homefolks say
(They say) You're just a small town boy bein' used like
a toy
And livin' on a day to day
But you must believe that when I walk down the
tracks
All those young girls fall back and say
There goes that sleek young silhouette
He
don't drive no Corvette
but he stings just like a Sting Ray
And that's my only redemption in
this house of detention
That keeps me from simply blowin' it all away
'Cause when I walk
down the street in the hot summer heat
I say, God don't take this away
Well by the end
of the day, all the kids would go play
And I'd come staggering back home
With a dream in my
hand and a master plan
That wouldn't leave my mind alone
Well I compromised all my
schemes
And I fluct | | | |  Reddit | X / Twitter | Facebook | Copy link |
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