The Isolation Of Mister - John Mellencamp

Never looked forward to the future

Never enjoyed where I’ve been

Couldn’t keep my mind in the moment

Never really cared if I had a friend

I always felt like there was something better

Even when I had it made

Never respected the job I was doing

Never cared about money but I felt underpaid

Saw so many people

Walking out the door

Never cared about being lonely

Because I couldn’t use you no more

I said, go away

I’m quittin' on you today

I always felt like sorrow was a lesson

I always felt I needed to feel the pain

I thought happiness was a transgression

And I just took it as it came

I never wanted to say too much

To other people I did not understand

Never made love with my heart in it

Never wanted to make any plans

Saw so many lovers

Walk out that door

Never cared about being lonely

Because you didn’t love me no more

I said, go away, go away

I’m quittin' on you today

Love 'em, leave 'em, then forget 'em

Don’t worry about 'em when they’re gone

That’s the way I always played it

Now maybe I played it all wrong

Been so indifferent about so many things

About my time and my rage

Thought I was livin' a life of freedom

But I was living in a cage

And that cage bred with my lower self

So many knots I did not untie

They came undone by my faults

And here’s the reason why

Saw so many lovers

Walk out that door

Never cared about being lonely

Because I didn’t love you no more

I said, go away, go away, go away

I’m quittin' on you today