Lyrics to
Alley Of The Angels

This version of Alley Of The Angels was released by John Cougar Mellencamp in 1978.

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Another sad sad day
The world’s KO’d again
And I used to always say
No one could hit, like my old man

Do you really have to be so tough
Is it necessary to talk so (son of a bitchin) rough
Hey ain’t there some place I could fit in

Could I find a little action there
Hey wait just a minute, I don’t really care
Any place is bound to be better
Than where I’m standin’
Yeah I wish that for just one day
Hey ya know I wouldn’t have to be afraid
And ashamed of its work
And its disgusting glory

Welcome to the alley of the angels
Hey they say your eyes can gleam
When you can a just tell the truth all night
(And you can a chase them dreams all night)
Welcome to the alley of the angels
(They say) The reckless young hearts
Beat to (the flash of) the neon lights

Look at those kids, they’re such a mess
Just can’t teach ’em no respect
They want the world
And they want the best on a silver platter
Hey but ain’t that, sometime son
The kids grew up and the world moved on
They’re just lookin’ for some place in the sun
So they would not shatter

Do you really have to be so tough
Is it necessary to talk so (son of a bitchin) rough
Hey ain’t there some place I could fit in

Welcome to the alley of the angles

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John Cougar Mellencamp has released many songs over the years besides Alley Of The Angels. John Cougar Mellencamp released songs from 1976 to 2007 spanning across albums like Chestnut Street Incident, A Biography, John Cougar, Nothin' Matters And What If It Did, American Fool, The Kid Inside, Uh-Huh, Scarecrow, The Lonesome Jubilee, Big Daddy, Whenever We Wanted, Human Wheels, Dance Naked, Mr. Happy Go Lucky, John Mellencamp, Rough Harvest, Cuttin' Heads, Trouble No More, and Freedom's Road. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by John Cougar Mellencamp.

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About Lyrics and Alley Of The Angels by John Cougar Mellencamp

The lyrics to Alley Of The Angels are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that John Cougar Mellencamp used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to Alley Of The Angels have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only John Cougar Mellencamp and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Alley Of The Angels by John Cougar Mellencamp. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Alley Of The Angels" means the words set to the music of Alley Of The Angels, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by John Cougar Mellencamp. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Alley Of The Angels and the lyrics to Alley Of The Angels are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of John Cougar Mellencamp who came here looking just for the lyrics to Alley Of The Angels, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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