[00:00.00]Artist：john mellencamp
[00:04.12]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
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[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
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[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