John Mellencamp

Songwriter: Janis Ian Jon Vezner John Mellencamp

Producer: John Mellencamp Malcolm Burn David Leonard Mike Wanchic

[Verse 1]
They are master and slave
We are sunlight and shadow
All roads to the river
I am lost, I am saved
I'm beloved and betrayed
All roads to the river

[Chorus]
And the river runs wide
And the river runs deep
And I spit in the eye of safe company
When I dive right down to the undertow
Well, the deeper I drown
Lord, the higher I'll go

[Verse 2]
I am whispering dreams
I am howling revolutions
All roads to the river
I am valentine sweet
And I live in this nightmare
All roads to the river

[Chorus]
And the river runs wide
And the river runs deep (Runs Deep)
And I spit in the eye of safe company
When I dive right down (Right down)
To the undertow (Undertow)
Well, the deeper I drown
Lord, the higher I'll go

[Verse 3]
This is nothing like we planned
That's the way it's always been
All roads to the river
I have hated and I have loved
I have prayed and I have sinned
All roads to the river

[Chorus]
And the river runs wide
And the river runs deep (And the river runs Deep)
And I spit in the eye of safe company
When I dive right down (Right down)
To the undertow (Undertow)
Well, the deeper I drown
Lord, the higher I will go

John J Mellencamp, also known as John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American musician, singer-songwriter, painter, and actor. He is known for his catchy, populist brand of heartland rock, which emphasize with the working class.

John Mellencamp has released 22 studio albums, with a career that began in 1976 and still goes on today.

His most recent release was 2014’s Plain Spoken

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Human Wheels

From the albums

Human Wheels (1993)
Other People’s Stuff (2018)

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