John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp & Karen Fairchild
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
“Longest Days” is the opening track on John Mellencamp’s 2006 album Life, Death, Love, & Freedom. It deals with the fleetingness of life and the inability to accomplish everything you want to.
Bob Dylan covered the track in his 2023 Never Ending Tour performances, notably in Mellencamp’s home s...
It seems like once upon a time ago
I was where I was supposed to be
My vision was true, and my heart was too
There was no end to what I could dream
I walked like a hero into the setting sun
Everyone called out my name
Death to me was just a mystery
I was too busy raisin' up Cain
But nothing lasts forever
Your best efforts don’t always pay
Sometimes you get sick
And you don’t get better
That’s when life is short
Even in its longest days
So you pretend not to notice
That everything has changed
The way that you look
And the friends you once had
So you keep on acting the same
But deep down in your soul
You know you got no flame
And who knows then which way to go?
Life is short even in its longest days
All I got here
Is a rear view mirror
Reflections of where I’ve been
So you tell yourself, "I’ll be back up on top some day"
But you know there’s nothing waiting up there for you anyway
Nothing lasts forever
And your best efforts don’t always pay
Sometimes you get sick
And you don’t get better
That’s when life is short
Even in its longest days
Life is short
Even in its longest days
Longest Days was written by John Mellencamp.
Longest Days was produced by T Bone Burnett.
John Mellencamp released Longest Days on Tue Jul 15 2008.