John Mellencamp - Chestnut Street Lyrics
Written by John MellencampWell I've lived and breathed and been disbelievedin these small town streets too longI've been up with the winners and down with the sinnersAnd hung on this corner 'til dawnAnd my hands they have been tiedTo a life I've been deniedI'm just a small town boy bein' used like a toyAnd workin' from nine to fiveBy the end of the day, all the kids would go playAnd I'd come staggering homeWith a dream in my hand and a master planThat wouln't leave my mind aloneI compromised all my schemesAnd flucturated all my dreamsI'm just a small town boy bein' used like a toyAnd nothing is like it really seems(bridge)But you must believe that when I walk down the tracksThe 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 awayI keep hopin' and wishin' that these romantic positionsGonna help me hide my painAnd all the hurt that I've felt underneath my leather studded beltOf not finding fortune and fameBut some day I'll blow 'em away with the things that I may sing andmight sayI'm just a small town boy bein' used like a toyAnd waitin' for my pay dirt dayI'm just a small town boy bein' used like a toyAnd waitin' for my pay day
