Small Town (Acoustic) [2022 Mix] - John Mellencamp

She's leaving home, bye, bye No, she won't keep them waiting Dreams she'll follow, so high Birds are born to fly Never alone, follow your lead Home's where your heart will be Up on a wing and a prayer You dare to dream (always remember) No matter how far you get you'll always be Small town beautiful Small town beautiful What's beautiful is you don't even know It's hidden in your heart and your soul Small town beautiful Your eyes shine brighter than big cities You're onе of a kind That smile is so much more than pretty Lеt that light be your guide Inside, yeah, that's where they'll find you Yeah, they could offer the world And all its gold (always remember) Her only treasure on earth, home sweet home She's my small town beautiful Small town beautiful What's beautiful is you don't even know It's hidden in your heart and your soul Small town beautiful Small town beautiful Small town beautiful What's beautiful is you don't even know I see it in your heart and your soul Small town beautiful Small town beautiful I don't think you really even know See it in your heart and your soul Small town beautiful

You feel frozen But you've been chosen You lay there drunken Your dreams seem sunken Your world's a small one And you break the rules You're one big fish In a bowl of fools Tired of serving up your town Tired of wearing that crown Tired of sliding up and down Tired of being you Your work's no future Your girl don't suit you Your bar won't serve you You have no nerve to Make a break From this sad old school Across the lake Lies a place that's cool Run, you got a place to go Run, you got a boat to row Run, you got a face to show Run while you can The high street's sleeping As Friday's creeping The shops are open But their minds are closed How's it going? But it's not their concern They're talking stuff about you That you never learn Smile, you're on your own Smile, 'cause you've outgrown Smile, you lost your home Smile to yourself

Jerry's yelling at the man in the moon He's right outside of my window He acts like a madman from time to time I hope he brings it to a crescendo soon Jerry's yelling at the man in the moon Jerry's yelling at the man in the moon Jerry rides his skateboard down the street He's thirty-seven years old with six children He sees the world through a ten year old boy's eyes He doesn't even notice that it's raining outside Jerry's yelling at the man in the moon Jerry's yelling at the man in the moon But sometimes he cries He wants me to console him But I know that he's lying About everything he's told me Man in the moon Man in the moon Jerry's yelling at the man in the moon Says, he's prepared to suffer the consequences What is his penalty for his immaturity? Will he be cast into eternal darkness? Jerry's yelling at the man in the moon Jerry's yelling at the man in the moon Jerry's yelling at the man in the moon Jerry's yelling at the man in the moon Jerry's yelling at the man in the moon Jerry's yelling at the man in the moon Man in the moon Man in the moon Man in the moon Man in the moon

Headed south to work to the pipeline Make some cash while in the meantime Baby jumped a bird and flew away Lordy, Lordy my mind's aching Drunken down and out and making time With anything that comes my way I staggered to the Greyhound station L.A. man's my destination Put me on the dog take me away Mobile blues baby I can't make it Got me down Lord I can't take it Here in Alabama one more day I called a friend in Frisco He said baby's in L.A. Here I am in Alabama two thousand miles away Lord I got these Mobile blues today Well I left her back in Frisco And she begged me not to go I know somebody must have told her That I travel and I lie That they saw me drunk in Mobile With some wired up chick from Jacksonville And brother did it we look like we could fly I staggered to the Greyhound station L.A. man's my destination Put me on the dog take me away Lord I got these Mobile blues today Lord I got the Mobile blues today