The Eyes of Portland - John Mellencamp

He wants the life-changing song on a white cassette Old melody I'll never forget Gettin' me a triple-triple & a B.C.D The good times'll be on me Throw in the shifter 1 2 & 3 Find me the queen of Portland street Out in the five-runner out in the rain Me and G chasing hurricanes So come on Lanny cut me a deal I work so hard and I never steal In the 827 punched out my lights Down at Rudy's last Saturday night I know this road like the back of my hand From the donair temple to the L-Town sand Me & G'll meet you down in the dunes With the moon and the tunes yeah we'll be there soon So come on Lanny cut me a deal I work so hard and I never steal In the 827 punched out my lights Down at Rudy's last Saturday night And the good times, they go, flyin' with the sparrow south They flying so hard, cause fools like you and me'll never understand Can't dismiss that distance Throw in the shifter 1 2 & 3 Find me the queen of Portland street Out in the five-runner out in the rain Me & G chasing hurricanes Me & G chasing hurricanes Me & G chasing hurricanes Me & G chasing hurricanes

Look out of any window, any morning, any evening, any day. Maybe the sun is shining, birds are winging, No rain is falling from a heavy sky. What do you want me to do, to do for you to see you through? For this is all a dream we dreamed one afternoon, long ago. Walk out of any doorway, Feel your way, feel your way like the day before. Maybe you'll find direction, Around some corner where it's been waiting to meet you. What do you want me to do, to watch for you while you are sleeping? Then please don't be surprised when you find me dreaming too. Look into any eyes you find by you, you can see clear to another day, Maybe been seen before, Through other eyes on other days while going home. What do you want me to do, to do for you to see you through? It's all a dream we dreamed one afternoon, long ago. Walk into splintered sunlight, Inch your way through dead dreams to another land. Maybe you're tired and broken, Your tongue is twisted with words half spoken and thoughts unclear What do you want me to do, to do for you to see you through? A box of rain will ease the pain, and love will see you through. Just a box of rain, wind and water, Believe it if you need it, if you don't just pass it on. Sun and shower, wind and rain, In and out the window like a moth before a flame. And it's just a box of rain, I don't know who put it there, Believe it if you need it, or leave it if you dare. And it's just a box of rain, or a ribbon for your hair; Such a long long time to be gone, and a short time to be there.

One look in your eyes Baby, just turns me on So inviting to me You know I feel that They're my home (Darling, reach out just for me) And darling, I had to surender with no sense of pride Your touch from behind on the shoulder's so tender The deepness of your eyes I can't stop loving you, baby (the deepness of your eyes) I feel the loving all the time (the deepness of your eyes) The wheel of fate and fortune's standing For a long, long, long day, yeah, yeah, yeah, hoo-aah People say that the eyes Tell stories and they mirror the soul Tell me, do we reflect the sameness of one The unity to have and to hold? (Darling, reach out just for me) I tend our love in quiet seclusion, only you can say If this is love or just an illusion The deepness of your eyes I can't stop loving you, baby (the deepness of your eyes) I feel the loving all the time (the deepness of your eyes) The wheel of fate and fortune's standing For a long, long, long day, yeah I can't stop loving you, baby (the deepness of your eyes) I feel the loving all the time (the deepness of your eyes) I can't stop loving you, baby (the deepness of your eyes), oh, baby I feel your loving all the time (the deepness of your eyes), na-na-na I can't stop loving you, baby (the deepness of your eyes) I feel the loving all the time, (the deepness of your eyes) yes I do I can't stop loving you, baby (the deepness of your eyes) I feel the loving all the time (the deepness of your eyes) I can't stop loving you, baby (the deepness of your eyes), woo, baby I feel, I feel, I feel the loving all the time (the deepness of your eyes) I can't stop loving you, baby (the deepness of your eyes) Loving you baby (the deepness of your eyes), loving you baby, loving you baby

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