Written by John Mellencamp
Virginia’s in the bath house sayin’, “Don’t drink the water,”
And I’m already in the swimmin’ pool.
The woman in the straw hat said, “The meat ain’t worth eatin’,”
And sunbathin’ here, baby, ain’t so cool.
There’s a hole in the ozone and the rats all got cancer
From too much tartar and nicotine.
Well, what kind of world do we live in
When the babysitter treats all the kids so mean?
No trespassing will blow your brains out,
Will do it with atomic bomb.
They’re cuttin’ down the rain forest and the food here’s fattenin’,
And I hope there’s no satanic message in this song.
But, there’s Live Aid and Farm Aid and all kind of hand grenades
To help us all get along.
Well, what kind of world do we live in
When ev’rything we do turns out so wrong?
Well, what kind of world do we live in
When eleven and seven equals two? Yeah.
What kind of world do we live in
When you do it to your buddy ‘fore he does it to you?
Got to do it to your buddy ‘fore he does it to you.
Written by John Mellencamp
Kenny Aronoff – Drums and Percussion
John Mellencamp – Vocals
Andy York – Guitars
Mike Wanchic – Backing Vocals
Let’s get to the point now
Just because we’ve got the same mom & dad
That don’t mean I’m your keeper
That don’t mean I owe anything to you
You don’t care for me
And man, I don’t think that much of you
Cause we’re brothers brothers brothers
I don’t approve of anything you do
Cause we’re brothers brothers brothers
Cain and Abel and me and you
You drove my car when we were young boys
And you tore it up too
You never paid to get it fixed
And you got me beat up a time or two
I know I should forgive and forget
But man I still hold a grudge against you
There goes my everything
I hear footsteps slowly walking as they gently walk across a lonely floor
And a voice is softly saying darling this will be goodbye forever more
There goes my reason for living there goes the one of my dreams
There goes my only possesion there goes my everything
[ steel - piano ]
As my mem’ry turns back the pages I can see the happy years we had before
Now the love that kept this heart beating has been shattered by the closing of a door
There goes my reason for living



