Paper In Fire Lyrics

Lyric discussion by rabbitbunny 

Cover art for Paper In Fire lyrics by John Mellencamp

Paper in Fire is a brilliant Mellencamp Classic Rocker! In this loud rocker, the Cat Named Johnny Rebel in the Coda/Finale writes the last half of the song. It is Subtitled Farmer's Lament, In it, Farmer Meowing Cat Mellencamp writes "There is a good life/Right across the green fields/Each generation stares at it from afar/But no checks are kept on our appetites/So the green fields turn to brown/Like Paper in Fire!" The backbone of America is broken. If we don't save the farmers and the family farm, America will be a third world country! So let's eat a steak at a sports bar, get our Peaches and Beans from a farmers market and let's have a chocolate ice cream while summer is still here. Mellencamp will thank you for it! Purr and Meow!

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