[00:00.38]Artist:john mellencamp [00:01.07]Songs Title:country gentleman [00:08.25]Country gentleman walked a crooked mile, [00:11.37]Got our money in his pocket. [00:14.73]Did it all with a very handsome smile. [00:17.86]Now, he's livin' it up in a great big office. [00:21.42]He ain't a-gonna help no poor man. [00:24.72]He ain't a-goona help no poor man. [00:27.22]He ain't a-gonna help no poor man. [00:31.40]He's just gonna help his rich friends. [00:37.89] [00:51.06]He ain't a-gonna help no women. [00:54.05]He ain't a-gonna help no children. [00:56.11]He's just gonna help his rich friends. [01:03.16] [01:03.79]Country gentleman, we see him on T.V., [01:06.21]Glad handin' folks and chattin' to the nation. [01:09.71]We never knew what really to believe. [01:11.46]Just word upon slogan with emotional connection. [01:14.71]And in the papers all we'd ever read is [01:19.57]So and so big-shot signed his resignation. [01:21.50]Now, country gentleman he wants us to believe [01:25.64]That he's kind and honest with the best intentions. [01:28.13]He ain't a-gonna help no poor man. [01:32.75]He ain't a-gonna help no children. [01:36.30]He ain't a-gonna help no women. [01:39.54]He's just gonna help his rich friends. [01:51.65] [02:21.16]Country gentleman, now there's a bird that flew [02:23.35]High above his nation, prayed on its weakness. [02:25.54] [02:26.27]Picked our bones and threw it in his stew. [02:30.82]Thank God he went back to California. [02:34.57]He ain't a-gonna help no poor man. [02:37.07]He ain't a-gonna help no children. [02:40.06]He ain't a-gonna help no women. [02:43.75]He's just gonna help his rich friends.