Pink Houses - John Mellencamp

"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."

Back before Cougars were horny moms, John Cougar Mellencamp rocked the stage with great music such as "Jack and Diane" and "Hurt So Good".

One of his songs from the early 1980s "Pink Houses" is one of those songs that is written about the heart of America, and the people in it. Telling stories about an old African-American couple, a young hard working man and everyone else that make up our country.

The song made it to #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, and was ranked #439 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

This song also makes my mom and her sisters sing and dance in bars. It's that good.