Hello fellow bloggers and writing the rapids followers

Hello fellow bloggers and writing the rapids followers, and those in the USA. I know you have a bit going on at the moment with COVID and the upcoming election.

Posting one of the great songs and artists to originate from the USA - John Mellencamp - playing popular heartland rock with a focus on traditional instrumentals such as acoustic guitar.

Posting this great song to ramp up the mood in the present climate - a great John Mellencamp original - John Mellencamp - Pink Houses (Live at Farm Aid 2005) 

As John says at the end of the song - I too, wish you all great fortune:

 

Lyrics and link:

https://youtu.be/z13qXQf1Gk8

There's a black man with a black cat
Living in a black neighborhood
He's got an interstate running' through his front yard
You know, he thinks, he's got it so good
And there's a woman in the kitchen cleaning' up evening slop
And he looks at her and says:
"Hey darling, I can remember when you could stop a clock"
Oh but ain't that America, for you and me
Ain't that America, we're something to see baby
Ain't that America, home of the free, yeah
Little pink houses for you and me, oh for you and me
Well there's a young man in a T-shirt
Listenin' to a rock 'n' roll station
He's got a greasy hair, greasy smile
He says: "Lord, this must be my destination"
'Cause they told me, when I was younger
Sayin' "Boy, you're gonna be president"
But just like everything else, those old crazy dreams
Just kinda came and went
Oh but ain't that America, for you and me

Ain't that America, we're something to see baby
Ain't that America, home of the free, yeah
Little pink houses, for you and me, oh baby for you and me

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
Ooo yeah
And there's winners, and there's losers
But they ain't no big deal
'Cause the simple man baby pays the thrills,
The bills and the pills that kill

Oh but ain't that America, for you and me
Ain't that America, we're something to see baby
Ain't that America, home of the free, yeah
Little pink houses for you and me, ooo, ooo yeah
Ain't that America, for you and me
Ain't that America, hey we're something to see baby
Ain't that America, oh the home of the free,
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Little pink houses babe for you and me, ooo yeah ooo yeah
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: John Mellencamp
Pink Houses lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC