Minutes To Memories-John Mellencamp

[ti:Minutes To Memories] [ar:John Mellencamp] [al:Chronicles] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Minutes To Memories - John Mellencamp [00:08.83]Written by：John Mellencamp/George Michael Green [00:17.66]On a Greyhound thirty miles [00:19.33]Beyond Jamestown [00:20.23] [00:21.19]He saw the sun set on [00:22.84]The Tennessee line [00:23.82] [00:25.27]Looked at the young man who [00:26.81]Was riding beside him [00:28.22] [00:29.19]He said I'm old kind of [00:31.01]Worn out inside [00:32.14] [00:33.44]I worked my whole life in the [00:35.12]Steel mills near Gary [00:36.31] [00:37.36]My father before me [00:38.71]I helped build this land [00:39.99] [00:41.29]Now seventy seven and with [00:43.21]God as my witness [00:44.50] [00:45.29]I earned every dollar that [00:46.79]Passed through my hands [00:48.21] [00:49.13]My family and friends are [00:50.40] [00:51.15]The best things I've known [00:52.31] [00:53.12]Through the eye of the needle [00:54.40] [00:54.93]I'll carry them home [00:56.32] [00:57.50]Days turn to minutes [00:58.62]And minutes to memories [01:00.33] [01:01.32]Life sweeps away the dreams [01:03.01]We have planned [01:04.55] [01:05.42]You are young and [01:06.54] [01:07.15]You are the future [01:08.90]Suck it up and tough it out [01:10.41] [01:11.17]Be the best you can [01:12.53] [01:21.87]Rain hit the old dog in the [01:23.90]Twilight's last gleaming [01:24.61] [01:25.69]He said Son it sounds [01:26.76] [01:27.30]Like rattling old bones [01:28.55] [01:29.69]This highway is long but [01:31.08]I know some that are longer [01:32.77] [01:33.60]By sun up tomorrow I guess [01:35.49]I'll be home [01:36.35] [01:37.77]The hills of Kentucky 'cross [01:39.19]The Ohio river [01:40.73] [01:41.93]The old man kept talking 'bout [01:43.56]His life and his times [01:44.87] [01:45.91]He fell asleep with his head [01:47.30] [01:48.03]Against the window [01:49.00] [01:49.70]He said an honest man's pillow [01:51.19]Is his peace of mind [01:52.43] [01:53.82]This world offers riches [01:54.91] [01:55.56]And riches will grow wings [01:56.91] [01:57.92]And I don't take stock in [01:59.50]Those uncertain things [02:01.06] [02:02.01]Days turn to minutes [02:03.25]And minutes to memories [02:04.74] [02:06.11]Life sweeps away the dreams [02:07.75]We have planned [02:08.86] [02:10.09]You are young and [02:11.31]You are the future [02:12.91] [02:13.82]Suck it up and tough it out [02:15.06] [02:15.89]Be the best you can [02:17.35] [02:50.48]The old man had a vision [02:52.00]It was hard for me to follow [02:53.34] [02:54.44]I do things my way pay [02:55.89]An awfully high price [02:56.78] [02:58.31]When I think back on the [02:59.43] [02:59.96]Old man and the bus ride [03:01.35] [03:02.29]Now that I'm older [03:03.02] [03:03.75]I can see he was right [03:05.20] [03:10.53]Another hot one out [03:11.39] [03:12.24]On highway eleven [03:13.15] [03:14.31]This is my life it's what [03:16.23]I've chosen to do [03:17.04] [03:18.09]There's no free rides and [03:19.83]No one said it'd be easy [03:21.24] [03:22.03]The old man told me this my son [03:23.99]I'm telling it to you [03:25.03] [03:26.15]Days turn to minutes [03:27.39]And minutes to memories [03:28.92] [03:30.14]Life sweep away the dreams [03:31.40] [03:31.95]We have planned [03:32.97] [03:34.19]You are young [03:35.36]And you are the future [03:37.12] [03:37.96]Suck it up and tough it out [03:39.49] [03:40.03]Be the best you can