Music Video

John Mellencamp - I need a lover (1978) • TopPop
Watch John Mellencamp - I need a lover (1978) • TopPop on YouTube

Featured In

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
John Punter
John Punter
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I need a lover that won't drive me crazy
(I need a lover that won't drive me crazy)
I need a lover that won't drive me crazy
Some girl that knows the meaning of, uh
Hey, hit the highway
[Verse 2]
Well, I've been walkin' the streets and up and down
Racin' through the human jungles at night
I'm so confused, my mind is indifferent
Ay, I'm so weak, won't somebody shut off that light?
[Verse 3]
Electricity runs through the video
And I watch it from this hole I call home
And all the stories are dancin' to the radio
And I got the world callin' me up here
Tonight on the phone
[Verse 4]
I need a lover that won't drive me crazy
Some girl to thrill me and then go away
I need a lover that won't drive me crazy
Some girl that knows the meaning of, uh
Hey, hit the highway
[Verse 5]
Well, I'm wiped out by this poolroom life I'm livin'
I'm gonna quit this job and go to school or head back home
(Head back home)
And I'm not askin' to be loved or be forgiven
Hey, I just can't face shakin' in this bedroom
One more night alone
[Verse 6]
I need a lover that won't drive me crazy
I need a lover that won't drive me crazy
I need a lover that won't drive me crazy
Some girl that knows the meaning of, uh
Hey, hit the highway
[Verse 7]
I need a lover that won't drive me crazy
Some girl to thrill me and then go away
I need a lover that won't drive me crazy
Some girl that knows the meaning of, uh
Hey, hit the highway
[Verse 8]
You betcha
Written by: John Mellencamp
instagramSharePathic_arrow_out