Lyrics:

Written by John Mellencamp I met my girl She was livin' in the melting pot I touched her skin It was greasy from the melting pot Get yourself a weapon Cause they slice you up in the melting pot Well, I don't really have time to talk But I wish you lots of luck in the melting pot CHORUS And in the end it's always just some game The heartbreak, the laughter has all been in vain Beat up and lied to For your whole life Kick you in the head In the melting pot The hawks live upstairs Where the air is clean in the melting pot They like to swoop down And gnaw at your brain in the melting pot Money, sex and power Jerk you off in the back seat of the melting pot Then they say I saw you last night And you sure were looking sweet in the melting pot CHORUS They'd like to buy you off If they possibly can in the melting pot With temptation and dreams and persuasion That's what they got In the melting pot Keep you bleeding, begging and snotty here In the melting pot Well, don't you dare laugh out loud They'll take away what you got In the melting pot CHORUS