One man
Does his work
He's not satisfied
Not at all
Feels like
That he is being used
His self respect starts to fall
His frustration
Runnin' very very high
He takes it out
On the one he loves
Because it's safe
And who they gonna tell
And he hates the cold-bloodedness
That runs inside
Chorus
Oh yes
It's hard times
For an honest man
Very very very hard times
Hard times for an honest man
Very very very hard times
Sister
She's got a lot of pride
You can see it when she walks into the room
But she's young
And she's unaware
Of what a brutal world can do to you
So she loves a man
He lies like a dog
Tears her little world all apart
So the walls go up
For the rest of her days
And there ain't no man can touch this girl's heart
Chorus
So we walk
From the front porch to the back yard
Just to laugh and say hello and say good-bye
But some days are hard, like a soldier's steel-toed boots
And the rent we pay to stay here gets high
Chorus
The lyrics HARD TIMES FOR AN HONEST MAN of JOHN MELLENCAMP is also present in the album The lonesome jubilee (1987)
John Mellencamp (Seymour, Indiana, 7 ottobre 1951) è un musicista, cantante e compositore statunitense considerato uno dei pilastri del rock americano degli anni '80. Inizialmente noto come Johnny Cougar, ha cambiato nome in John Cougar e poi in John Cougar Mellencamp per riflettere la sua evoluzione musicale. Mellencamp ha venduto oltre 40 milioni di dischi in tutto il mondo, ottenendo 13 nomination ai Grammy Awards, vincendone uno. Nel 2008 è stato introdotto nella Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Le sue influenze musicali includono Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie e i Rolling Stones. Conosciuto per la sua musica diretta e autentica, Mellencamp ha affrontato temi come l'amore, il dolore, la vita rurale americana e le disuguaglianze sociali. Tra i suoi successi più famosi figurano "Jack and Diane", "Hurts So Good", "Pink Houses" e "Small Town." Mellencamp è anche un attivo attivista per cause sociali, in particolare per l'agricoltura sostenibile, attraverso la sua partecipazione al Farm Aid. Vive a Bloomington, Indiana, con la moglie Elaine Irwin Mellencamp.
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