Meditações - I can remember when you could stop a clock

There's a black man with a black cat

Livin' in a black neighborhood

He's got an Interstate runnin' through his front yard

You know he thinks that he's got it so good

 

And there's a woman in the kitchen

Cleanin' up the evenin' slop

And he looks at her and says, "Hey darlin'

I can remember when you could stop a clock."

 

[Chorus]

Oh, but ain't that America for you and me?

Ain't that America somethin' to see, baby?

Ain't that America home of the free, yeah?

Little pink houses for you and me

Oh, yeah, for you and me

Ey!

 

Well, there's a young man in a t-shirt

Listen' to a rock 'n' roll station

He's got greasy hair, greasy smile

He says, "Lord, this must be my destination"

 

John Cougar Mellencamp, Little pink houses