Minutes To Memories
John Mellencamp

On a Greyhound thirty miles beyond Jamestown
He saw the sun set on the Tennessee line
He looked at the young man who was riding beside him
He said I'm old kind of worn out inside
I worked my whole life in the steel mills of Gary
And my father before me I helped build this land
Now I'm seventy-seven and with God as my witness
I earned every dollar that passed through my hands
My family and friends are the best thing I've known
Through the eye of the needle I'll carry them home

CHORUS:
Days turn to minutes
And minutes to memories
Life sweeps away the dreams
That we have planned
You are young and you are the future
So suck it up and tough it out
And be the best you can

The rain hit the old dog in the twilight's last gleaming
He said Son it sounds like rattling old bones
This highway is long but I know some that are longer
By sunup tomorrow I guess I'll be home
Through the hills of Kentucky 'cross the Ohio river
The old man kept talking 'bout his life and his times
He fell asleep with his head against the window
He said an honest man's pillow is his peace of mind
This world offers riches and riches will grow wings
I don't take stock in those uncertain things

CHORUS:
Days turn to minutes
And minutes to memories
Life sweeps away the dreams
That we have planned
You are young and you are the future
So suck it up and tough it out
And be the best you can

The old man had a vision but it was hard for me to follow
I do things my way and I pay a high price
When I think back on the old man and the bus ride
Now that I'm older I can see he was right

Another hot one out on highway eleven
This is my life It's what I've chosen to do
There are no free rides No one said it'd be easy
The old man told me this my son i'm telling it to you

CHORUS:
Days turn to minutes
And minutes to memories
Life sweeps away the dreams
That we have planned
You are young and you are the future
So suck it up and tough it out
And be the best you can


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M´s Question   J.M.'s Question   Jack \u00b4n Diane   Jack & Diane   Jack & Diane   Jack ´n Diane   Jack And Diane   Jackamo Road   Jackie Brown   Jackie Brown (Acoustic Version) [*]   Jackie Brown [Acoustic Version][*]   Jackie O   Jailhouse Rock   Jailhouse Rock   Jena   Jerry   Jim Crow   Jim Crow - duet with Joan Baez   John Cockers   John The Revelator   Junior   Just Another Day   Just Like You   Justice and Independence '85   Key West Intermezzo   Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)   Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First) [Live]   Key West Intermezzo (I Saw Your First) [DVD][*]   Kid Inside   L. U. V.   L.U.V.   L.U.V. [#]   Lafayette   Large World Turning   Last Chance   Lawless Times   Let It All Hang Out   Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)   Let Them Run Your Lives   Life Is Hard   Like A Rolling Stone   Lonely Ol' Night   Longest Days   Love And Happiness   Love and Happiness [DVD]   Love and Happiness [London Club Mix][*]   Lovin' Mother Fo Ya   Lovin' Mother For Ya   Make Me Feel   Mansions In Heaven   Martha Say   Mean   Melting Pot   Miami   Miami [*]   Miss Missy   More Than Just the Two of Us   Mr. Bellows   My Aeroplane   My Sweet Love   My Sweet Love [Live][*]   Night Dancin'   Night Slumming   No Better Than This   Nothing's For Free   Nothings For Free   Now More Than Ever   Now More Than Ever [Dolby Digital 5.1 Surr   Oh Pretty Woman   Our Country   Our Country [Country Version]   Overture   Paper And Fire   Paper In Fire   Peaceful World   Peppermint Twist   Pink Houses   Play Guitar   Pop Singer   Positively Crazy   Pray For Me   R. Gang   R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A   R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A (A salute to the 60s rock)   R.o.c.k. In The U.s.a.   R.O.C.K. In the U.S.A. (A Salute To 60's Rock)   R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. [DVD][*]   Rain On The Scarecrow   Rain on the Scarecrow [DVD][*]   Rave On   Rodeo Clown   Rooty Toot Toot   Rumble Seat   Rumbleseat   Rural Route   Rural Route [#]   Sad Lady   Serious Business   Seventh Son   Shy   Sidewalk & Streetlights   Sidewalk & Streetlights   Sidewalk And Streetlights   Small Paradise   Small Town   Small Town (Acoustic Version)   Small Town [Acoustic Version][*]   Someday   Someday The Rains Will Fall   Sometimes A Great Notion   Sometimes Thereu2019s God   Stones In My Passway   Sugar Marie   Summer Of Love   Supergirl   Survive   Suzanne And The Jewels   Sweet Evening Breeze   Take What You Want   Taxi Dancer   Teardrops Will Fall   Tears in Vain   Thank You   The Americans   The Big Jack   The Brass Ring   The Breakout   The Company of Cowards   The Courtesy of Kings   The End of the World   The Face Of The Nation   The Full Catasrophe   The Full Catastrope   The Full Catastrophe   The Great Midwest   The Isolation of Mister   The Kind Of Fella I am   The Man Who Sold The World   The Real Life   The Same Way I Do   The Whore   Theo And Weird Henry   They're So Tough   Theyre So Tough   Thinking About You   Thinking About You   This May Not Be The End of The World   This Time   Thundering Hearts   To Live   To M.G. (Wherever She May Be)   To M.G. (Wherever She May Be) [#]   To The River   To Washington   Tonight   Too Much To Think About   Too Young To Live   Troubled Land   Troubled Man   Twentieth Century Fox   Under The Boardwalk   Under the Boardwalk [*]   Velociraptor!   Void In My Heart   Void in My Heart [#]   Walk Tall   Warmer Place To Sleep   We Are The People   Weakest Moments   Welcome To Chinatown   What If I Came Knocking   What If I Came Knocking [Live][*]   When Jesus left Birmingham   When Margaret Comes To Town   Whenever We Wanted   Where The Sidewalk Ends   Where The World Began   Wild Angel   Wild Night   Without A Shot   Without Expression   Women Seem   Worn Out Nervous Condition   You've Got To Stand For Somethin'   You've Got To Stand For Something   Young Genocides   Young Without Lovers   Your Life Is Now   Your Life Is Now [Guitar Version Callout Hook #1]   Your Life Is Now [Guitar Version Callout Hook #2]   Your Life Is Now [Guitar Version]   Your Life Is Now [Violin Version Callout Hook #1]   Your Life Is Now [Violin Version Callout Hook #2]   Your Life Is Now [Violin Version]   Yours Forever   Youve Got To Stand For Somethin

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