John Mellencamp - Chestnut Street Revisited Lyrics
Written by John MellencampWell I've lived and breathed and been disbelievedIn these small town streets too longI've held nothin' but aces and been many placesAnd hung on the corner 'til dawnBut my hands have been tiedTo a life I've been deniedI'm just a small town boy bein' used like a toyAnd workin' a nine to fiveWell I worked like a fool 'til after done with high schoolJust to form a rock and rollin' bandBut the streets were exploding and my life I was decodingHad a dream I couldn't understandAnd I work it out everydayFor no fun and very little payI'm just a smal town boy bein' used like a toyAnd doin' what other people sayWell I've drooled and fooled and been ridiculedFor havin' dreams just above my reachAnd I've lied and died and tried suicideFor all the things you people wanna preachBut I always had to turn the other wayWhen I heard those homefolks say(They say) You're just a small town boy bein' used like a toyAnd livin' on a day to dayBut you must believe that when I walk down the tracksAll those young girls fall back and sayThere goes that sleek young silhouetteHe don't drive no Corvettebut he stings just like a Sting RayAnd that's my only redemption in this house of detentionThat keeps me from simply blowin' it all away'Cause when I walk down the street in the hot summer heatI say, God don't take this awayWell by the end of the day, all the kids would go playAnd I'd come staggering back homeWith a dream in my hand and a master planThat wouldn't leave my mind aloneWell I compromised all my schemesAnd I fluct
