| Song | The West End |
| Artist | John Mellencamp |
| Album | No Better Than This |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| Well the West | |
| End now The | |
| West End then | |
| Went by the other day | |
| Just to see my friend | |
| His house was dark | |
| His socks were thin | |
| I told him let’s get out the | |
| West End For my whole life | |
| I’ve lived down in the | |
| West End But it sure has changed here | |
| Since I was a kid | |
| It’s worse now | |
| Look what progress did | |
| Someone lined their pockets | |
| I don’t know who that is | |
| Well my old man slaved | |
| Down here in the | |
| West End He thought the future was bright | |
| Way back then | |
| But it beat him down | |
| Till he had nothing to give | |
| It broke his back | |
| Took away his will to live | |
| Now me I don’t think much of the | |
| West End Ain’t gonna end up | |
| Like the old man did ‘ | |
| Cause I got dreams and they’re bigger than this | |
| As far as | |
| I’m concerned | |
| You can keep the | |
| West End Well | |
| I guess down here | |
| In the West | |
| End Broken promises | |
| Now and then | |
| It’s not even fair | |
| To think that they would ‘ | |
| Cause the | |
| West End now | |
| Ain’t no damn good | |
| Out there somewhere | |
| You know there’s gotta be a place | |
| Where a man can live | |
| With a smile on his face | |
| And every day something new begins | |
| But it ain’t down here | |
| At the West | |
| End Some day down here | |
| In the West | |
| End No one will remember | |
| How the whole place began |
| Well the West | |
| End now The | |
| West End then | |
| Went by the other day | |
| Just to see my friend | |
| His house was dark | |
| His socks were thin | |
| I told him let' s get out the | |
| West End For my whole life | |
| I' ve lived down in the | |
| West End But it sure has changed here | |
| Since I was a kid | |
| It' s worse now | |
| Look what progress did | |
| Someone lined their pockets | |
| I don' t know who that is | |
| Well my old man slaved | |
| Down here in the | |
| West End He thought the future was bright | |
| Way back then | |
| But it beat him down | |
| Till he had nothing to give | |
| It broke his back | |
| Took away his will to live | |
| Now me I don' t think much of the | |
| West End Ain' t gonna end up | |
| Like the old man did ' | |
| Cause I got dreams and they' re bigger than this | |
| As far as | |
| I' m concerned | |
| You can keep the | |
| West End Well | |
| I guess down here | |
| In the West | |
| End Broken promises | |
| Now and then | |
| It' s not even fair | |
| To think that they would ' | |
| Cause the | |
| West End now | |
| Ain' t no damn good | |
| Out there somewhere | |
| You know there' s gotta be a place | |
| Where a man can live | |
| With a smile on his face | |
| And every day something new begins | |
| But it ain' t down here | |
| At the West | |
| End Some day down here | |
| In the West | |
| End No one will remember | |
| How the whole place began |
| Well the West | |
| End now The | |
| West End then | |
| Went by the other day | |
| Just to see my friend | |
| His house was dark | |
| His socks were thin | |
| I told him let' s get out the | |
| West End For my whole life | |
| I' ve lived down in the | |
| West End But it sure has changed here | |
| Since I was a kid | |
| It' s worse now | |
| Look what progress did | |
| Someone lined their pockets | |
| I don' t know who that is | |
| Well my old man slaved | |
| Down here in the | |
| West End He thought the future was bright | |
| Way back then | |
| But it beat him down | |
| Till he had nothing to give | |
| It broke his back | |
| Took away his will to live | |
| Now me I don' t think much of the | |
| West End Ain' t gonna end up | |
| Like the old man did ' | |
| Cause I got dreams and they' re bigger than this | |
| As far as | |
| I' m concerned | |
| You can keep the | |
| West End Well | |
| I guess down here | |
| In the West | |
| End Broken promises | |
| Now and then | |
| It' s not even fair | |
| To think that they would ' | |
| Cause the | |
| West End now | |
| Ain' t no damn good | |
| Out there somewhere | |
| You know there' s gotta be a place | |
| Where a man can live | |
| With a smile on his face | |
| And every day something new begins | |
| But it ain' t down here | |
| At the West | |
| End Some day down here | |
| In the West | |
| End No one will remember | |
| How the whole place began |