Songwriter: John Mellencamp
Producer: John Mellencamp
[Verse 1]
Never wanted to be no pop singer
Never wanted to write no pop songs
Never had no weird hair to get my songs over
Never wanted to hang out after the show
Pop singer of pop songs
[Verse 2]
Never wanted to have my a-picture taken
Now who'd want to look into these eyes?
Just want to make it real—good, bad or indifferent
That's the way that I live and the way that I'll die as a
Pop singer of pop songs
Pop singer of pop songs
[Bridge]
Pop singer
[Verse 3]
Never wanted to be no pop singer
Didn't wanna write no pop songs
Never wanted to have a manager over for dinner
Never wanted to hang out after the show
Pop singer of pop songs
Pop singer writing pop songs
[Outro]
Never wanted to be no pop singer, pop songs
A pop singer
Never wanted to write no pop songs
Never wanted to be no pop singer
Never wanted to write no pop songs
Never had no weird hair to get my songs over
Never wanted to hang out after the show
Pop singer of pop songs
[Verse 2]
Never wanted to have my a-picture taken
Now who'd want to look into these eyes?
Just want to make it real—good, bad or indifferent
That's the way that I live and the way that I'll die as a
Pop singer of pop songs
Pop singer of pop songs
[Bridge]
Pop singer
[Verse 3]
Never wanted to be no pop singer
Didn't wanna write no pop songs
Never wanted to have a manager over for dinner
Never wanted to hang out after the show
Pop singer of pop songs
Pop singer writing pop songs
[Outro]
Never wanted to be no pop singer, pop songs
A pop singer
Never wanted to write no pop songs
- Jack & Diane
- Pink Houses
- Hurts So Good
- Small Town
- Check It Out
- Authority Song
- Rain on the Scarecrow
- I Need a Lover
- Cherry Bomb
- Nothing’s for Free
- Cold Sweat (Live)
- Wild Night (Acoustic version)
- Crazy Island
- The Face of the Nation
- Days of Farewell
- Get a Leg Up
- Rodeo Clown
- When Margaret Comes to Town
- I Ain’t Ever Satisfied
- Junior
- Just Like You
- Lonely Ol’ Night (live)
- Great Mid-West
- Take Home Pay