This land fed a nation this land made me so proudĪnd son I'm just sorry they're just memories for you now I feel like dying like that scarecrow in the rain I think about my grandpa and my neighbors and my name and some nights Ninety-seven families who lost ninety-seven farms Well there's ninety-seven crosses planted in the courthouse yard There'll be blood on the scarecrow blood on the plow When you take away a mans dignity he cant work his fields and cows Hey calling it your job ol hoss sure dont make it rightīut if you want me to Ill say a prayer for your soul tonightĪnd grandmas on the front porch swing with aīible in her hand Sometimes I hear her singing take me to the promised land He said john its just my job and I hope you understand The crops we grew last summer weren't enough to pay the loansĬouldn't buy the seed to plant this spring and the farmers bank foreclosedĬalled my old friend schepman up to auction off the land This land fed a nation this land made me proudĪnd son I'm just sorry theres no legacy for you now When I was five I walked the fence while grandpa held my hand I grew up like my daddy did my grandpa cleared this land Retrieved 6 February 2020.Scarecrow on a wooden cross blackbird in the barnįour hundred empty acres that used to be my farm "John Mellencamp cuts ad for Bloomberg: He'll 'take the fight directly to Trump' ". "John Mellencamp Endorses Mike Bloomberg For President With New 'Small Town' Ad". "John Mellencamp supports Mike Bloomberg in ad about 'Small Town' America". ^ Pompei, Elizabeth (5 February 2020).^ "1986 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles".^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada".^ "John Mellencamp: My Life in 15 Songs"."Born in a 'Small Town': How John Mellencamp Wrote the Song". In February 2020, the Michael Bloomberg 2020 presidential campaign released a campaign advertisement pitched at small American towns with declining economies, backed by Mellencamp singing "Small Town". I just valued having a family and staying close to friends." Reception Ĭash Box called it "a rocking homage to the small town of the artist’s life and the small towns of America," saying that it is "infectious, meaningful and especially topical." Charts Weekly charts Charts (1985–86) In 2013, Mellencamp told Rolling Stone, "I wanted to write a song that said, 'You don't have to live in New York or Los Angeles to live a full life or enjoy your life.' I was never one of those guys that grew up and thought, 'I need to get out of here.' It never dawned on me. They said, 'You've got to be kidding.' What else can you say about it?" Mellencamp later told The Wall Street Journal that he had written the lyrics using an electronic typewriter that beeped whenever he misspelled a word, which had amused the people listening upstairs however, they were silenced when he played the song to them. And the people upstairs could hear me writing and they were all laughing when I came up. "We had company, and I had to go write the song. "I wrote that song in the laundry room of my old house," Mellencamp told American Songwriter magazine in 2004. The music video has references to both towns. Mellencamp wrote the song about his experiences growing up in a small town in Indiana, having been born in Seymour, Indiana, and living in Bloomington, Indiana, which, at the time of the release of the song, was larger. Billboard Hot 100 chart and #13 Adult Contemporary. " Small Town" is a 1985 song written by John Mellencamp and released on his 1985 album Scarecrow. John Cougar Mellencamp singles chronology 1985 single by John Cougar Mellencamp "Small Town"
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