jim crow

• john mellencamp'ın vahşi batı müziği denilebilecek bir sound tercih etmiş olduğu, jim crow ile aynı ismi taşıyan şarkısı. gerçekten sağlam bir şarkıdır ve bu parçada joan baez vokallerde kendisine eşlik etmektedir. sözlerini de yazayım tam olsun;
  
  look what jim crow's done and gone
  went and changed his name
  don't know what he's going by these days
  but he's still actin' the same
  you can call it what you want to
  but it's still a minstrel show
  you can call it what you want to
  but it's still jim crow
  
  jim's probably laying in this morning
  hummin' as he sleeps
  feeling the glow of another man's woman
  as she lies beneath his feet
  enjoyin' the cool morning breeze
  smellin' flowers as he goes
  looks like he's changed his ways
  ah, but he's still jim crow
  
  jim will spend the rest of the day
  playin' in some big hotel
  it's an old song with very bad rhymes
  but he does it so well
  he'll make some new acquaintances
  when he's out on his evening stroll
  it's amazing that after all this time
  so many love
  big jim crow