Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival (often referred to as Creedence or CCR) was an American rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s which consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty; his brother rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty; bassist Stu Cook; and drummer Doug Clifford. Their musical style encompassed roots rock, swamp rock, and blues rock. They played in a Southern rock style, despite their San Francisco Bay Area origin, with lyrics about bayous, catfish, the Mississippi River, and other popular elements of Southern United States iconography, as well as political and socially conscious lyrics about topics including the Vietnam War. The band performed at the 1969 Woodstock Festival in Upstate New York.
Song lyrics
[edit]All songs written by John Fogarty.
Bayou Country (1969)
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Proud Mary keep on burnin'
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.
- Now, when I was just a little boy,
Standin' to my Daddy's knee,
My papa said, "Son, don't let the man get you
An' do what he done to me."
Because he'll get you.
Because he'll get you now, now.An' I can remember the fourth o' July,
Runnin' through the backwood bare.
An' I can still hear my ol' hound dog barkin',
Chasin' down a hoodoo there.
Chasin' down a hoodoo there.Born on the Bayou.
Born on the Bayou.
- Left a good job in the city,
Workin' for the man ev'ry night and day.
And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been.Big wheel keep on turnin',
Proud Mary keep on burnin'.
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.
Green River (1969)
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I see trouble on the way…
- Well, take me back down where cool water flow, yeh
Let me remember things I love
Stoppin' at the log where catfish bite,
Walkin' along the river road at night,
Barefoot girls dancin' in the moonlight.I can hear the bull frog callin' me
Wonder if my rope's still hangin' to the tree
Love to kick my feet way down the shallow water,
Shoe fly, dragon fly, get back t your mother
Pick up a flat rock, skip it across Green River.
- I see the bad moon arising,
I see trouble on the way.
I see earthquakes and lightnin',
I see bad times today.
Don't go around tonight,
Well, it's bound to take your life.
There's a bad moon on the rise.
- Just about a year ago,
I set out on the road
Seekin´ my fame and fortune,
Lookin´ for a pot of gold.
Things got bad and things got worse.
I guess you know the tune.
Oh Lord, stuck in Lodi again.- "Lodi"
Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)
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It ain't me, it ain't me... I ain't no fortunate one, no.
- Down on the corner,
Out in the street
Willy and the poorboys are playin'
Bring a nickel, tap your feet.
- Some folks are born made to wave the flag,
Ooo, they're red, white and blue.
And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief",
Ooo, they point the cannon at you, Lord.
It ain't me, it ain't me... I ain't no senator's son, no.
It ain't me, it ain't me... I ain't no fortunate one, no.
- Don't look now, someone's done your starving.
Don't look now, someone's done your praying too.Who will make the shoes for your feet?
Who will make the clothes that you wear?
Who'll take the promise that you don't have to keep?
Don't look now, it ain't you or me.
Cosmo's Factory (1970)
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The rain's been comin' down
Clouds of mystery pourin'
Confusion on the ground
Good men through the ages
Tryin' to find the sun
And I wonder, still I wonder
Who'll stop the rain?
- Seven thirty seven coming out of the sky,
Won't you take me down to Memphis on a midnight ride?I want to move,
Playing in a travelin' band,
Yeah!
Well I'm flying across the land, trying to get a hand,
Playing in a travelin' band.
- Just got home from Illinois, lock the front door, oh boy
Got to sit down, take a rest on the porch.
Imagination sets in, pretty soon I'm singing:
Doo, doo, doo, looking out my back door.
- Whoa, thought it was a nightmare, low, it's all so true.
They told me, don't go walking slow, the devil's on the loose.Better run through the jungle.
Better run through the jungle.
Better run through the jungle.
Don't look back to see.
- You can ponder perpetual motion,
Fix your mind on a crystal day.
Always time for good conversation,
There's an ear for what you say.Come on the rising wind,
We're going up around the bend.
Yeeaahhh!
- As long as I remember,
The rain's been comin' down.
Clouds of mystery pourin',
Confusion on the ground.
Good men through the ages
Tryin' to find the sun.
And I wonder, still I wonder
Who'll stop the rain?
- Pack my bag and let's get movin'
'Cause I'm bound to drift a while.
Well I'm gone, gone, you don't have to worry no
Long as I can see the light.- "Long As I Can See the Light"
- Someone told me long ago,
There's a calm before the storm, I know.
And it's been coming for some time.
When it's over, so they say,
It'll rain a sunny day, I know.
Shining down like water.I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain?
I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain
Coming down on a sunny day?
Mardi Gras (1972)
[edit]- First thing I remember was asking papa "Why?"
For there were many things I didn't know.
And Daddy always smiled; took me by the hand
Saying, "Someday you'll understand."Well, I'm here to tell you now each and every mother's son,
You better learn it fast; you better learn it young,
'Cause someday never comes.
- Was riding alongside the highway,
Rolling up the country side,
Thinking I'm the devil's heat wave.
What you burn in your crazy mind?
Saw a slight distraction standing by the road.
She was smiling there, yellow in her hair.
Do you want to, I was thinking,
Would you care?
External links
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- Creedence Clearwater Revisited official site
- Official John Fogerty website
- Creedence Clearwater Revival interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1970)