John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
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
Pop Singer was written by John Mellencamp.
Pop Singer was produced by John Mellencamp.
Mellecamp told Rolling Stone in 2013:
This song is me realizing what kind of monster I’d created. I was going through a divorce [with second wife Victoria Granucci], and I was questioning the validity and the importance of music. Things were changing. Everybody was having to kiss everybody’s ass. I...