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
Words & Music: John Mellencamp’s Greatest Hits
- Pink Houses
- Walk Tall
- Dance Naked
- Love and Happiness
- Again Tonight
- Paper in Fire
- Just Another Day
- I Need a Lover
- Martha Say
- Wild Night
- Check It Out
- Your Life Is Now
- Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)
- Ain’t Even Done with the Night
- Peaceful World
- What If I Came Knocking
- Rain on the Scarecrow
- Rumbleseat
- Lonely Ol’ Night
- When Jesus Left Birmingham
- Jack & Diane
- Hurts So Good
- Cherry Bomb
- Small Town
- Pop Singer
- Jackie Brown
- Teardrops Will Fall
- Thank You
- Crumblin’ Down
- Human Wheels
- Authority Song
- Now More Than Ever
- This Time
- Hand to Hold On To
- Get a Leg Up
- I’m Not Running Anymore
- R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to 60's Rock)
- 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