Pink Houses: John Cougar Melloncamp

Intro: G F C (x4)

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There's a black man with a black cat. Living in a black neighborhood

He's got an interstate runnin' through his front yard

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You know, he think, that he's got it so good

G

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

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And he looks at her and says: "Hey darling, I can remember when you could stop a clock"

CHORUS:

C G

Oh but ain't that America for you and me

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Ain't that America we're something to see baby

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Ain't that America, home of the free

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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 everything else, those old crazy dreams

Just kinda came and went

CHORUS

Bridge: G F C (x4)

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

'Cause the simple man baby pays for the thrills,

The bills and the pills that kill

CHORUS

End: G F C (x2)