JOHN (COUGAR) MELLENCAMP lyrics - Crumblin' Down

Some people ain't no damn good

You can't trust 'em

You can't love em

No good deed goes unpunished

And I don't mind being their whipping boy

I've had that pleasure

For years and years

No, no I never was a sinner

Tell me what else can I do

Second best is what you get

'Til you learn to bend the rules

Time respects no person

And when you lift up must fall

They're waiting outside

To claim my crumblin' walls



Saw my picture in the paper

Read the news around my face

And now some people

Don't want to treat me the same



When the walls

Come tumblin' down

When the walls

Come crumblin', crumblin'

When the walls

Come tumblin', tumblin'

Down

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah



Some people say I'm obnoxious and lazy

That I'm uneducated

And my opinipn means nothin'

But I know I'm a real good dancer

Don't need to look over my shoulder

To see what I'm after

Everybody's got their problems

Ain't no new news here

I'm the same old trouble

You've been having for years

Don't confuse the problem

With the issue, girl

It's perfectly clear

Just a human desire

To have you come near

Want to put my arms around you

Feel your breath in my ear

You can bend me

You can break me

But you better stand clear



When the walls

Come tumblin' down

When the walls

Come crumblin', crumblin'

When the walls

Come tumblin', tumblin'

Crumblin', tumblin'

Down



When the walls

Come (tumblin' down)

When the walls

Come (rumblin', rumblin')

When the walls

(When the walls)

Come tumblin', tumblin'

Down



Want to put my arms around you

Feel your breath in my ear

You can bend me

You can break me

But you better stand clear



When the walls

Come tumblin' down

When the walls

Come crumblin', crumblin'

When the walls

Come tumblin', tumblin'

Crumblin', tumblin'



When the walls

(When the walls)

Come tumblin' down

When the walls

(When the walls)

Come crumblin', crumblin'

When the walls

Come tumblin', tumblin'

Crumblin', tumblin'



When the walls

(When the walls)

Come tumblin' down

When the walls

Come crumblin', crumblin'

When the walls

Come tumblin', tumblin'

Crumblin', tumblin'

Down